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Buildings

Westende House Demolition on Manchester Street

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Jul 11, 2015

This is a building that was rebuilt after our earthquakes and before the redevelopment plans for the central city were developed. Unfortunately, the building was now in the wrong place and needed to be back into the street by 9 metres as Manchester Street will be redeveloped. It was not…
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Animals

Wax Eye eating Crab Apples

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Jul 6, 2015

A wax eye (or silvereye) having quite the feast on a crab apple tree in McCormacks Bay.
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Animals

Goats in Addington

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Jul 5, 2015

I was out with my photo club walking the around the suburb of Addington when we came across these goats! They were just as fascinated by us as we were by them.
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On the Street

Street Art on Hereford Street

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Jul 3, 2015

I suspect there is a story behind this street art (to be found on Hereford Street not far from Colombo). The balloon says Happy Birthday Emma. And a lot of the things in the mural look like someone’s favorite things. Well that’s why my guy thought when we first saw…
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Daily Photo

Ferrymead Bridge Intersection

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Jul 1, 2015

This is the intersection on Bridle Path Road to Main road, St Andrews Hill and the Ferrymead bridge. For years I’ve had to navigate and ever changing set of road cones and barriers here and drivers really need to keep their wits about them. Fortunately, it doesn’t look like it…
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Animals

A lunchtime out birding

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Jun 30, 2015

As is my normal routine, I went out for a walk this lunchtime, but today a brought my camera along with the intention of photographing some waxeyes I had previously seen eating some crab apples. I got to the crab apple tree and of course there were no waxeyes to…
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Daily Photo

View from Flowers Track

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Jun 28, 2015

A beautiful winter’s day today, so we cycled to Sumner and then walked up Flowers Track in Scarborough to get this view. Making our way down the track.
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Buildings

Shand’s Emporium on Manchester Street

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Jun 27, 2015

Shand’s Emporium is Christchurch’s oldest commercial wooden building (dating from the 1860’s). It didn’t come through the earthquakes very well and its future was looking bleak there for a while, but thanks to the efforts of property developer Anthony Gough and Christchurch Heritage it has been saved and will now be…
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Daily Photo

Street Art in Sydenham

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Jun 17, 2015

Spotted on Colombo Street in Sydenham today.
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Daily Photo

New Building on Victoria Street

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Jun 11, 2015

This new building on Victoria Street houses Murray and Co – New Zealand merchant banking firm along with Duncan Cotterill a local law firm. Victoria Street has been quite ahead of other parts of the central city in its redevelopment. Mainly because it has be unencumbered by central government planning.…
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Black Swans at Travis Wetlands

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Jun 10, 2015

There are a lot of black swans at Travis Wetlands, but that doesn’t make them any less beautiful or graceful. To me it looked like these two were about to kiss!
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Buildings

Building Construction on Durham Street

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Jun 9, 2015

Look at all of that steel. I’d certainly feel very safe in this new building that’s going up on Durham Street. Now I’m not sure if it’s an international trend or just a Christchurch one, but I’ve noticed a lot of our new buildings show the steel bracing as an…
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