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i went on my usual friday morning walk to work so saw a few photo worthy things

meanwhile everyone else went to matakana then omaha then charlie’s ice-cream shop

shopping for everyone this morning (except me, although i did pop out from work at lunchtime)

kezia has had a stinking cold and this evening jane, esther and i have sore throats.  oh dear.

kezia had a friend over this afternoon and P&P managed to get home from the mall by public transport.  everyone had a swim this afternoon

there’s a temporary beach in town (because auckland doesn’t have enough beaches apparently)

and this evening we watched the final of The Apprentice

kezia did the reading at church this morning and was excellent

after lunch we all went to Coatesville Market

then, after a quick swim for the olds, jane’s dad and i went to Muriwai to look at the gannets and enjoy the blow hole

and kezia had a church youth thing between 4 and 9.30pm

i spent the morning cleaning for Team Taupo who arrived back just after lunch

the Simpsons then went to the mall for essential and non essential shopping

after dinner P&P and Jane and me (sic) walked pearl round the cemetery and cemetery field in the evening sunlight

i worked from home today and had to pop out briefly at lunchtime to walk pearl round the cemetery.  the weather is picking up a bit as summer is settling in

i got this from dodgy day care yesterday.  these are pearls foot prints (i think)

then this evening i drove in to town to meet up with some colleagues to see Star Wars in 3D at a giant imax cinema

it was excellent (despite me taking a wrong turn on the way and adding 30 minutes to my drive)

meanwhile there’s been fun in taupo with walking to a cafe and then walking near a lake

they are back tomorrow

work for me today – still quite busy despite there only being a few days left before the summer break

everyone else is still in taupo having fun, although it’s been thundery and lighteningy this afternoon apparently

i drove to work in the morning as i had to drop Pearl off at dodgy daycare.

i left work a bit before 4pm so i could find somewhere to park near the stadium and then met up with the other photographers to go backstage for the AC/DC concert!  We had our own little holding area which was quite spacious so we could sit around between bands.  there were three bands so by the time AC/DC were on i knew my way around the giant photo pit and had experimented with a few lenses and positions. 

at the start of the concert we were all told to strictly stay behind a certain point to avoid being hit by fireworks.  fair enough

it all went very quickly then we were escorted off the venue and i was home by 10pm.

you can see my official set of pictures on Cheese On Toast: http://cheeseontoast.co.nz/2015/12/16/live-photos-of-acdc-at-western-springs-last-night/

here’s some more of Shihad :

And here’s loads of AC/DC:

it’s amazing what you find backstage …

and here’s my photo pass

everyone is having a great time in taupo.  yesterday they went to the huka prawn place where kezia caught a prawn and cooked it

 

i think there was some cooking and shopping involved too

the taupo people are having a good time i think

meanwhile i worked from home and walked pearl, sold a couple of photos to a friend as christmas presents, and got two offers of more photo work  – one from a rival publication to Cheese On Toast (so i said no) and one from an experimental band who are doing some gigs in auckland next year and want an experimental photographer

not forgotten – busy night.  will update soon