Surfers, Waipu Cove, Northland NZ. Image: Su Leslie 2019
The last couple of weeks has seen our schools on end of term break, so coupled with the close proximity of Easter and ANZAC Day, it seems that half the country has been on holiday (estimate based on highly scientific personal observation of traffic on State Highway One and the red dashed lines on Apple Maps).
Beach, Waipu Cove, NZ. Image: Su Leslie 2019
I guess with people heading back to work and school tomorrow, it doesn’t seem so bad that the weather has packed in.
Last chance to play. Beach, Waipu Cove, NZ. Image: Su Leslie 2019
Zimmerbitch 
I love the last image with the mountain/island in the distance under the clouds. Very cool capture.
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Thanks. It was really cool watching the cloud cover the island.
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With storm clouds on the horizon people find it a bit easier to go back to work and school. The beach on your photos almost look deserted. Have a great week, Su!
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All the beaches were deserted. I think lots of people had already gone home to avoid the traffic and the rain.
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I so love the scientific studies. We do the same. **roads are packed. Must be spring break.**
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🙂
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The skies are looking ominous Su.
Leslie
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Yes; the rain chased us home.
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Su, are you getting more rain there? It seems like it is raining for weeks on end here and there’s lots of flooding.
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I’m so sorry to hear about the flooding. I hope you are safe. The rain started here yesterday afternoon, and is quite heavy today, but overall we’ve had quite good weather. It is nearly winter here, so we can expect a bit more rain. Flooding is a problem for many communities here too, but so far we seem to have been ok. Our land seems to be on a tiny rise, and slopes away in two directions so while it gets very wet, the water doesn’t stay here.
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We are lucky too Su, we aren’t on a flood plain and are a bit higher up.
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It seems early by US standards for the end of the school year—or is this just a one week break? Do children go to school year round? Here schools close for the summer in late June and reopen in September. There are three week long breaks—late December, mid-February, and mid-April. So maybe this was just the NZ April break?
NEVER MIND! (LOL)
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Our school year runs from late January to mid December, with three x two week breaks which vary in timing a bit depending on other public holidays. This year, Easter and Anzac Day fell in the first set of holidays. The next break will probably be mid-July and the third around the end of September.
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No wonder the rest of the world is surging ahead of the US….
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Perfect end-of-the-year shots, Su, and evidently end of the day shots as well. 🙂
janet
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It definitely looked like everyone had packed up and gone home.
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Love the dots of red in these stormy grey shots, Su! Always handy to have a surfer around! 😁
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Yes; I was getting a bit worried, as it’s a surf beach and it was practically empty.
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