The rain of the Western Ranges.
Updated: Apr 23, 2025
If it should rain on the Western Ranges I will make my way up to Brittania Heights to look out past Haulashore Island to where the mountains tail off and Tasman Bay turns to the open sea.
If it rains on the Western Ranges I will then walk down to the terraced Tasman Heights Lookout and look to Rabbit Island, then over Mapua's farmland to Motueka lying under dark grey and threatening cloud, and with wisps of lighter cloud drifting infront of it. I will identify the Western Ranges with the panoramic photograph, there.
If it rains on the Western Ranges, I will trip down the lane and wind my way to Tahunanui Beach, where waterlogged branches rest on the high tide mark and the sea gently reaches the dark sand.
If it rains on the Western Ranges , I will swim in the restess water and look towards those mountains with a smile as a wide and slanting band of light cuts through the cloud and picks out details in a warm ochre glow . I will watch that remote scene with endless enjoyment as the light slowly moves down the mountains toward Fairwell Spit.
If it rains on the Western Ranges, I will reluctantly turn away from them and walk around Rocks Road until I stand opposite the cut between Haulashore Island and the Boulder Bank's tail. There, I will look at the peaceful scene of yachts with their sails furled and sit there until the clouds close around the continuing rays from the heavens, extinguishing it and leaving the scene alive but muted.
Haulashore Island, the Boulder Bank and Golden Bay
Looking from Tahunanui Beach to the Western Ranges
Rocks Road looking through the cut between Haulashore Island and the Boulder Bank
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