On Coconut Island in Hilo, a big attraction, especially for kids, is a stone tower from which they can jump into a sheltered little bay. Here’s one such jump!
Category Archives: Places
Coconut Island
I while back I posted (here) that next time I was in Hilo I should visit Coconut Island. Last week I was able to do just that. There’s a footbridge to reach the island, which is small and popular. There are some nice views, though the view of Hilo itself wasn’t as good as I’d hoped.
Tomorrow, I’ll run photos of one of the big attractions on the island!
Seating for one
Another bench from Pana’ewa Zoo & Gardens in Hilo, for Jude’s Bench Challenge (here).
The Numbers Game #95
The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 217. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
’Io
This ’Io (Hawaiian hawk) is a resident at Pana’ewa Zoo & Gardens in Hilo. Seeing birds in a cage like this is a bit depressing to me, but this is a rescue bird and, because of injuries, it would not survive long in the wild. It did at least give me the chance to see it and appreciate what a majestic bird it is.
At the garden
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Autumn or spring plant life.’ See more responses here. These photos were taken at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden at this time of the year.
After sunset
A couple of days ago I posted an early morning view from my house (here). This was the view the other way on the evening of that same day.
Buddy, can you spare a tire
I saw this tire on a car parked outside the local Costco Tire Center. In the U.S., this kind of tire is known as a donut, a temporary tire intended to get the car to the nearest garage for a proper fix. Those labels on the wheel explain, in four languages, the limitations of this spare tire together with the speed that should not be exceeded.
Judging from the state of the tire, I suspect the driver didn’t pay too much attention to those warnings.
Graham's Island 