Kayaks

Getting ready for an early swim the other morning, but the kayakers were even earlier. We’ve had a couple of great swimming weeks… calm weather and clear water.

On the other side of town, a big sewer line failed, pumping zillions of litres of poo into the bay for almost a month before they got a temporary fix in place. Supposedly the contamination had dispersed to “acceptable levels” by the time the water got to where I swim.

We’ve just had national elections, and it was mostly a tussle over cost of living issues. But in my view all the political parties ran away from infrastructure issues like sewers and roads which are urgently needing attention. And because they think it’s just too expensive to fix those things with tax revenue, I fear that the right-leaning National party who won will shrug its “business-friendly” and “low-tax” shoulders and start selling assets to the Chinese and the UAE.

But while all that plays out, it’s still very nice to go to the beach and watch the kayaks glide by as the sun comes up.