Spent Kowhai...

I love the kowhai flowers when they are budding up and open but they are are also stunning when they have been spent, by the birds, and the seeds are about to form.  Last year this tree only had a few flowers but this year it was covered in many flowers.

It was a day of sport...All blacks winning, by a hares breath against the Spring Boks, the Silver Ferns losing to Australia and then Bathhurst.  I don't normally watch cars racing but this one was interesting due to the rain and the many crashes.