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How many runways can you see for Christchurch International airport (New Zealand) ? : The answer is on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/nzch/en #christchurchinternationalairport #airport #christchurch #newzealand #nzch #chc #aviation #avgeek vl

Between festive moths and grumpy moths are elegant moths. Here's one of the Opogona comptella that showed up at my moth light last night.

They'd look good on a runway in any high fashion show.

This one's an Australian species that established in northern NZ then spread southwards. Its caterpillars have been found eating dead wood.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/336923284

#mothodon #moths #insects #entomology #nz #Christchurch #Ōtautahi

A photo of a small, elegant moth. It's wings are body are covered in large geometric yellow and dark brown shapes, and its antennae are also yellow.

And, at the opposite extreme of moths from a huge and fluffy gum emperor moth, there was this minute brown Batrachedra moth.

Whereas the gum emperor moth is generally cheery, the Batrachedra looks grumpy. 😄

I saw one at my home moth light in January last year, and it's back again this year.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/336922795

#mothodon #moths #Christchurch #Ōtautahi #NZ #entomology #insects

A close-up photo of the head of a small brown moth, and it's looking grumpy.

Check out this big gum emperor moth that visited my moth light at home last night, in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ.

I first thought there was a bird flapping in the bushes, before it appeared. This one was pinker than most I've seen, and it happily clambered about on its big fluffy feet.

They're more like Pokémon than real moths.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/336921630

#moths #mothodon #Christchurch #NZ #Ōtautahi #insects #entomology

A photo of a pink pink fluffy moth with a big black-rimmed orange eye spot on each rear wing. It's got big feathery antennae, which means it's a male.

A photo of a big fluffy moth on a hand, with my moth light blazing white on the top right.

A photo of a big fluffy pink moth on a hand,

A closer photo of the head and antennae of this big fluffy pink moth. Even its legs are fluffy, making it look like it's wearing leg warmers.

Yesterday I found this proposal for improving the transport network of Christchurch city, NZ, drawn on a footpath in chalk. It's brief, but good.

https://flic.kr/p/2rUsBSV

#graffiti #bikeTooter #Christchurch #nz #bikes

#Christchurch in New Zealand is important for the exploration of #Antarctica . The International Antarctic Centre is a base facility for Antarctica exploration and it has a very good museum. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Christchurch/#antarctic

As the stench of sewage wafts over Christchurch with no end in sight, it's worth remembering that Labour was going to fix the water systems but when National won the election instead they cancelled all that and said "Naah, let the councils pay for it".

And here we are, breathing shit, because too many people voted for National and their buddies.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/585457/christchurch-resident-says-council-should-communicate-better-over-toxic-smell

#nzpol #christchurch

I missed everything so much, it's so good to be here :')

First stop after a 15-hours sleep, #Tūranga for breakfast, before going to spend the day on visiting cars for sale.

#Ōtautahi #christchurch #Aotearoa #Newzealand #nz

Two cups of coffee on a table with beautiful tulip latte art

The #NZ tour of Doomsday Comedy has two shows to go: #Wellington (Thursday 29 January) and #Christchurch (Waitangi Day Friday 6 February). Hilarious, heartwarming #comedy about #cults that brings beautiful, unexpected human connection. Ticket links in the thread. www.doomsdaycomedy.com

Image showing comedians against a stormy sky. The main comedian has devil horns. Doomsday Comedy. The tour continues – two shows to go! Supported by Decult: raising cult awareness. Wellington: Thursday 29 January. Christchurch: Friday 6 February.

I just saw *seven* male korimako (NZ bellbirds) at our sugar water feeder all *at the same time*. That might be a house record.

Here are two of them.

Plus, there was a juvenile being fed by its mother nearby.

That's one up-side of grey stormy weather. It brings in the birds to our garden feeders.

#birds #nz #sugarWaterFeeder #Christchurch

A photo of a male korimako (NZ bellbird) perched on a branch. He's a mid-sized olive green bird with a darker head and red eyes.

A photo of a male korimako (NZ bellbird) at a sugar water feeder. He's a mid-sized olive green bird with a darker head and red eyes. You can just see the tip of his long feathery tongue sticking out.

Here are four of the many things I found taking my camera for a run this afternoon in Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ.

Curious European greenfinches on a wire (one twisted around to look at me): https://inaturalist.nz/observations/335927660

A late instar caterpillar of an Australian yellow admiral butterfly that I found feeding on a European dwarf nettle: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/335927656

A mallard duck swimming on the Heathcote River with the *best* reflections (I took a lot more photos of the swirling patterns on the silver water): https://inaturalist.nz/observations/335927802

A mushroom of what I think is the native *Pluteus readiarum*, growing on the dead stump of a planted ribbonwood tree: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/335927658

#nature #WildCounts #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #NZ

Two greenfinches, small olive green birds with thick beaks, perched on a wire. The bird on the right is bent over under the wire to look at me.

A photo of a yellow admiral caterpillar on a nettle leaf by my thumb. The caterpillar is striped and has greenish-yellow spikes.

A photo of a female mallard duck, brown, on the river. The reflections of the overcast sky and trees on the river create an intricate network of swirling patterns.

A photo looking down on the top of a tan brown mushroom with rays of dark brown.

How much rain fell where I live just out of #Christchurch in the last 2 days in a caravan by the beach, we'll it filled up this bottle and I brought a submersible pump home from work for the local community to use I live in.

We've all seen people lose there lives in this weather event and previously ones, where in the middle of fucking summer in #newzealand if your still saying #climatechange is bullshit well fuck I dunno what will wake you up.

#NZPol

Wow! A guy making an Ed Sheeran portrait from Rubix cubes.
He’s around the back of the Arts Centre in Christchurch

#art #christchurch #edsheran

Here's a short timelapse of last night's aurora from Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, before my camera battery went flat.

https://flic.kr/p/2rSMH8h

#aurora #Christchurch #nz #Ōtautahi #timelapse

How many runways can you see for Christchurch International airport (New Zealand) ? : The answer is on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/nzch/en #christchurchinternationalairport #airport #christchurch #newzealand #nzch #chc #aviation #avgeek vl

Here's a recently fledged baby korimako (NZ bellbird) that's settled in our garden this week. Its mother is sometimes coming by to check in.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/334991764

#nz #birds #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #bellbird

My #travel #poetry, from WalkaboutsVerse, with #photos of #Christchurch, on #NewZealand/"Aotearoa": http://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/09/walkaboutsverse-31-of-230.html

Aviation weather for Christchurch International airport (New Zealand) is “NZCH 142300Z AUTO 06013KT 2500 -RA HZ BKN008/// BKN013/// 15/14 Q1013” : See what it means on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/nzch/en #christchurchinternationalairport #airport #christchurch #newzealand #nzch #chc #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek vl

More than a year later and this one has developed nicely. Flavourful, better balance. Sometimes it makes sense to buy 2 (or more 😁) of a new brew.

Fat Cat Jack by Wilderness Brewing 🇳🇿
"An imperial stout aged in an ex jack daniels barrel for over a year. Big, rich with plenty of vanilla and coconut from the barrel."

#CraftBeer #BarrelAged #stout @beersofmastodon #Christchurch

#ChristChurch

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