Why is floating so enjoyable? This is me having my first paddle in the new Kayak during labour weekend 07, despite the photos it was blowing a gale out of the bay so I did not get to go too far. This new year I will go for a more decent paddle, maybe across to the Noises or somewhere.
 
 

 

Ablusions Waiheke style 2007.. long may it survive.
 

Dorothy Nugents house as I remember it as a child taken during the 1970s.
 

My Great Grandmother Dorothy Nugent in the bow of this dinghy.. full tide, Enclosure Bay, 1940s?
 

You never get tired of looking at the veiw..
 

Heres a really old shot of Enclosure Bay I just discovered showing the first building in the bay, the shearers hut.
 

Pimple the pony used to visit Enclosure Bay back in the 80s

 

 

 

Two photos taken in 1988, the year of cyclone Bola

A Stormy day at Enclosure Bay 1963 video

includes footage of Nugents Bay and Sandy Bay

Walking from Sandy to Enclosure Bay, mid 1960s video

Two more closer photos of the bach.

 

 

Looking across Enclosure Bay at the bach.

 

The same view as below, non reflected.

 

Enclosure Bay reflected in the windows of bach, where we spend as much time as possible, long may it last. The bach was built in about 1964 by my grandmother.. her first own place.

 

Great Barrier Road, Enclosure Bay 1963 video

What Enclosure Bay looked like with no seawall (video)

Children in Enclosure Bay 1961 (video!)

Children having fun in the timeless fashion they do down in Enclosure Bay.

Enclosure Bay 1957 (video!)

This is what Enclosure Bay looks like at 1 am with a full moon. This photo was taken on new years day 2007.

 

A fantail (piwakawaka in Maori) seen flittering around in the bush beside the bach.

 

Another bird the Tauhou in the Maori language means "stranger" Wax eye, white eye or silver eye in english.

 

Heres a sight my great grandmother would not have seen back in the 1920s. Kereru or New Zealand bush pigeon are getting almost common on Waiheke Island. Having no possum to destroy the bush certainly helps. This photo was taken sitting on the deck of the bach, this bird would turn up every morning in the puriri tree.

 

A panarama looking back at Enclosure Bay taken from the outside reef.

 

Some of the different moods of the sea and sky.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The shearers hut with what will be Empire Avenue behind. There are a few people sitting close to the hut.