Category: On the Street
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Project Legit Legal Graffiti in Waltham
This artwork can be see at Waltham Park. It’s part of Project Legit which is run by the Christchurch City Council. The project encourages graffiti artists to express themselves legitamitly, reducing the incidence of vandalism in the city. I can’t comment on whether it’s working, but I sure love the artwork. Will post more tomorrow.
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Saving the Planet
This crowd scene is from last weekend, and I’ve been saving it for a rainy day… And boy has it been raining in Christchurch lately! Anyway, these lovely happy people are supporters of the 350 Movement which says on their website that: “350ppm is the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide that scientists say is the…
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So now you know where to go for great coffee
Well the sign says it all. I didn’t try them out, but I trust the coffee was indeed good, as the standard of coffee in New Zealand is generally very high. New Zealanders really miss their coffee and their chocolate when they travel. In fact, I’ve been known to post kiwi lollies and chocolate overseas…
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Sorry nice people only – Wunderbar Sign
Love this sign! This is the Wunderbar, a bar in Lyttelton (which is a port town). They only let nice people in. I wonder what the test for niceness is? I snapped this with my cellphone after walking over the bridle path from Heathcote over the hill down into Lyttelton.
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The Press Building
Here’s a view of The Press building (which is home to our local newspaper ‘The Press’) and located in Cathedral Square. And once again I’ve used a tilt shift filter. If you want to have a play with tilt shift, try out the online image editor called Pixlr at www.pixlr.com – it has a tilt…
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He won’t catch swine flu
Spotted from my prime position up the Cathedral, and zoomed with with my big lens. These three caught my interest, especially the chap with the mask on! I think NZ is over the swine flu for now…. but I guess when you are travelling it can pay to take precautions 🙂 I particularly like how…
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Bill sticker at work
I always notice the posters, but I rarely ever see someone putting them up. Snapped on Armagh street.
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The Blue Kiwi Antiques & Curios
This is the antique store that has the ‘buy anything old sign’ on their door. So go to 180 Tuam street directly for old stuff. I’ve never been in there, I dare not, I might come out with something I don’t need… yes, antique stores, and any jumble sale have a strangely compelling appeal for…
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Window Stickers
Stickers on a window down Tuam street. Interesting…
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Tru Bar
The is the entrance to Tru Bar, which I have only recently discovered. It plays only New Zealand music and features a lot of New Zealand design touches. Looks like a great place to spend a few hours – especially if you love NZ music (which I do).
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Dog Chauffeur
What a sweet ride these dogs of leisure have! They were beautiful labs and I think one is sitting up front with the other clearly in the back. I was in town looking for things to photograph and not feeling very inspired, when a friend rang me on my mobile. As we were chatting the…
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Go Italy!
No I’ve not suddenly switched nationalities! But I did spot this Italian ruby supporter yesterday! The Italian ruby team played the All Blacks last night in Christchurch at AMI stadium. The Italians were beaten 27-6 by the All Blacks. But it was a boring game, I watched the first half on the telly, and then…
Christchurch Daily Photo 