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Continue reading →: Whole House Reuse Exhibition at the Canterbury MuseumAll of the items in the collage above were made from materials salvaged from a Christchurch red zoned house that was deconstructed very carefully for the purpose of this Re-use project. The materials were distributed to arts and craft’s people all around New Zealand. The works they created are now…
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Continue reading →: Kitten up a TreeHow cute is this wee kitty? Looks to be about six months old and very confident. I spotted him or her on Rolleston Avenue and after a quick pat it shot up this large tree.
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Continue reading →: The Central Police Building
What’s left of the old Police headquarters in the central city. The building was imploded last weekend so it could be brought down to a manageable level to demolish.
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Continue reading →: Thought provoking street art
This piece of street art can be found by Hereford Street and is a joint artwork by http://bmdisyourfriend.com/outdoors/ and http://www.planetyikes.com/. What do you think it means? Perhaps a discourse on man’s need to change and ‘evolve’? Or our dissatisfaction with ourselves?
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Continue reading →: Walking along the Coastal Walkway
It’s officially the last day of Autumn today and we’ve had lovely weather – lots of sun and blue skies and about 16 degrees. So there were lots of people out enjoying the Coastal Pathway that runs along the estuary by McCormacks Bay. Eventually the pathway will go all of…
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Continue reading →: The New Bus Exchange
Today I had a quick look inside the new bus exchange that opened last week. The exchange is going to be developed further with shops added to it later on.
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Continue reading →: White HeronI was off to photograph something else at lunchtime today, but got sidetracked when I saw the White Heron on the water race on Linwood Avenue. I ended up falling in a deep trench while taking these photos (don’t worry it was a soft landing), but it was probably much…
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Continue reading →: Abberley Park
A few shots from Abberley Park which is located in St Albans. The fruit on the tree is apparently a Quince.
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Continue reading →: Monarchs at Woodham ParkMonarch butterflies ‘clustering’ in the trees at Woodham Park in Linwood. The over winter here every year. It’s quite an amazing thing to see and I highly recommend you look up in your local park as you just don’t know what could be hiding in the trees. This monarch was…
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Continue reading →: The Mountains this Morning
The mountains this morning. If the weather forecasters are correct, there could be a lot more snow on them by Monday!
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Continue reading →: Cyprus Garden Reserve
I went looking for more Monarchs – this time by the Ruru Cemetery – specifically in the Cyprus Garden Reserve which I’d never walked through before. The Monarchs are there, but they are really high up in the trees.
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The earthquakes really gave Christchurch the opportunity to fully embrace street art and now we’ve become well know for it.…
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