Napier - art deco capital

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Spent a most enjoyable day wandering round this city. It was devastated by an earthquake in 1931, and rose again in fashion. They found that the lagoon had emptied and the land risen, so more room for planned development was available. It is certainly well worth a visit. Doubtless you can find all that on the web, with pictures. I also found out a lot about possums from the possum shop. Hope you like these pictures. Tomorrow we move down a bit, to a small village half way to Wellington.

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Photos

clarion
in the park, plays a tune every half hour.

king kong
climbing over the roof - with an ice cream!

Pania of the rock
a moari legend, she married a human - or wanted to - and was restrained underwater by her relations.

aah
mother duck brings her ducklings to the fountain every morning, where they are helped in and out by passers by. they also get well fed, then helped out in the evening - so the man cutting the grass told me anyway!

christmas decorations
are high up in the Norfolk pines, and its a job to get them down.

promenade
after the earthquake all the rubble was bulldozed to the seafront, and the gardens were planted on top. They are lovely now, lots of flowerbeds and pools.

the beach
is not very inviting, and in fact the currents are dangerous. Nice to watch as the waves are pretty big, and further down near the docks, it was very splashy.

how sensible
take a bit of responsibility for yourself!

in the park
was this waterfall, merrily gurgling, so I snapped it.