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Chess in Cathedral Square

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Jul 14, 2014

I haven’t seen people playing chess in the Cathedral Square since before the earthquakes. I’m not sure when they were put back into the square, but it’s nice to see them being used again.
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View of Port Hills from the Gondola

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Jul 13, 2014

After a week of very dull days (and of me not feeling that well), we finally got a cracker day today (it got up to 16 degrees). So we headed up the Gondola for a cuppa and those views. Just stunning.
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Mother Hubbard’s Building on Main Road, Redcliffs

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Jul 5, 2014

This historic wooden building is located on Main Road in Redcliffs. It was built in 1865 and was relocated to Redcliffs from the central city in 1997. It currently houses a design store.
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Royal Spoonbill on the Estuary

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Jul 4, 2014

My shot of the day and a stroke of luck. I was coming back home from a meeting and right by the estuary in Ferrymead were two Royal Spoonbills. I’ve never been able to get such a close-up photo as they are normally too far off or take off on…
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The Mountains, the city and the Sea

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Jul 3, 2014

I could see this morning that there was a lot more snow on the mountains and that it was reasonably clear. So a perfect opportunity to run out to Sumner to get this shot. I’ve tried on several occasions to get something like this, but the conditions change on me.…
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Ferry Road from Mt Pleasant Hill at Dusk

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Jul 1, 2014

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A spot of glamour at Ferry Road Antiques

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Jun 29, 2014

My friend Emma and I spent this afternoon visiting the various antique shops on Ferry Road. It was certainly a fun afternoon and I highly recommend you try to do as many of the stores as you can (there are a lot!). But, this comes with a warning, you will…
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Anderson Lloyd House on Gloucester Street

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Jun 28, 2014

This is a new building on Gloucester Street. Local law firm Anderson Lloyd have taken naming rights on the building and are now located in the building after operating from a converted warehouse for three hours (after our quakes). According to their website the building was “developed by Amherst Properties,…
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Cleared Residential Red Zone New Brighton Road

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Jun 27, 2014

Cleared residential red zone land by New Brighton Road. It’s quite surreal to walk along this road and I’m not a local resident, so I can’t begin to imagine what it must be like if your home was once here. This land was ‘red zoned’ due to earthquake damage that…
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Ferrymead Park

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Jun 26, 2014

I went for a walk about 4.30pm this afternoon through the Ferrymead Park and became entranced by the reflections of the Port Hills in the pond. I took rather a lot of photos and published my favourite. By the time I had walked a little further around the park it…
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Seat and Tree at the Edmonds Garden

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Jun 25, 2014

You can find the Edmonds Garden on Ferry Road.
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40 on the Hill

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Jun 24, 2014

These 40 signs are popping up all over the Mt Pleasant hill. It’s an initiative by Mt Pleasant Primary school to get traffic to slow down. As a local I totally agree with a slower speed on this hill – there are a lot of blind corners and difficult roads…
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