At the end of the day...

I know that it is my Dad's most hated cliche, but at the end of the day, we are spoilt by the amazing sunsets!

Bernie has posted a few pictures before but each day the half-an-hour or so around sunset is just stunning and ever-changing.

Nelson has been in almost perpetual sunshine for the past 5 months however, there is often cloud towards the mountains in the east - where the sun sets (do southern hemisphere muslims pray to the west?!).

As stated before, we are in a upmarket area of Nelson - Monaco, but we have cheap rent due to the fact that we have no direct beach access or view. We are less than 20 metres from the sea (as the crow flies) and a short walk takes us to views like these:

And with so much colour like this:
Fishing at this time is perfect. There are oyster catchers, herons, stilts, terns, plovers, gannets, harriers, kingfishers, gulls and spoonbills flying over-head at various times. Some alone, in pairs, or in flocks. Some dive to catch fish, others head for a place to roost, others are heading out to catch the same things I'm after.

I've almost got over the shark-phobia thing now, although Kahawai need bleeding straight after being caught in order to make the meat more palatable. This involves making fish the size of your (or my) lower arm bleed profusely into the sea right around perfect shark hunting time... I am getting pretty good (and fast!) at filleting fish though!