Some of Napier - coast view North
Beach N
Coast view South - Hawke's Bay
A nice running/cycling route.
Hundreds of people come every day and night to the Soundshell stage, where numerous vintage entertainers dance and perform. Photo credit: Jasmijn de Boo
Vintage performers on the pier
Performers
Bagpipes
Most people wore some kind of vintage gear - like being in a giant theme park
Fancy dress
Dancers were everywhere
Needless to say we joined them :)
Heading out for a night of dancing :)
JdeB sunset 1
Sunset at the beach
Tree sunset
Magic fountains at the beach
Magic fountains
Gala lunch
Sadly, we weren't invited
The Lord Mayor made an appearance
Garden party picnic competition
Entrants were judged on their picnic layout. Enormous efforts and and competition rules were applied (no set-up prior to 6 AM, etc).
Tea party 2
Tea party 3
Tea party 4
Vintage dog show
Dog show
Vintage air show
Air show 1
Vintage cars were everywhere - 380 of them!
There was a real risk of being run over in the street by a vintage car, whilst dancing in the streets - as we discovered! Fortunately, we're quite agile dancers :)
Vintage traffic jam
Car 1922RR
Car 1930CJ
Car silver ghost
Car silver ghost interior