Franz Josef, Nelson, and Hope, NZ

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February 22nd 2006

Published: March 1st 2006

The first thing I'd say about driving up the west coast is WATCH OUT FOR the sand flies! They are annoying little hard black bugs that spring up on your legs as you dance in a phone booth trying to shake them off. Their bites are more itchy than mosquito bites, and stay for more than a week. Once one starts to itch you find yourself standing like a monkey scratching here and there. Why a phone b... Read Full Entry

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A.L. Carney

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I am doing a few weeks of voluntary work at an environmental learning centre in Central America. For gardening and teaching some local women some felting and other textile crafts, and to update the centre's website. It is a very interesting place, and the programmes are quite impressive. There are 8 volunteers here I think, two of us are twenty nine, and the rest are in their early to mid 20s. The website does better justice to the huge undertaking this has been: http://www.learningcentercostarica.org/ This is from 4 years ago My 25 year old daughter Erin and I are leaving fo... full info

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Garden entrance on Grove Street

Different feel than, say Wellington, isn't it?

Grove Street

Each house an individual on most streets in NZ.

Grove Street

Side garden

of that house with the rounded corners and coloured tiles on cream plastered walls.

Christchurch Anglican Cathedral

dominates the centre of the city. You can't see that well from this angle, but it is on top of a big hill. The historic photos in the lobby document its significance in the development of the community.

Stained glass

This was at the back of the cathedral. A bit different take on the saints staring down at you.

All this and it's just the organ

of the Christchurch Anglican Cathedral.

For meditation

The Anglican church is on to a good thing, using a maze for meditation. There are instructions on the wall for walking and using it for reflection and relaxation. It's behind the part where the priest stands.

Looking down Trafalgar

from the lofty heights of the cathedral grounds, which are also lovely. The hill has been landscaped with paths and gardens out back and to the side.

Bare Feet

Have I mentioned yet that Kiwis love to wander along downtown streets with no shoes? It's a habit not confined to the very young or those with limited means - how many shoeless can you see?

Even a street to live on

The sign is on the main drag of Nelson, but the street itself has some houses on it.

Viewed from other side

Same street, looking on the Sunny Side. Lots of those in Nelson.

A touch of Art Deco

in the design of this building in Nelson.

I love the signs in this place!

This is a new twist on a familiar colour and shape. It's beside a Rest Home. And a very nice one at that.

Bevelled glass

on the windows and a cute garden to boot. Should I see if they would like me to write up their real estate ad when it goes on the market?

Protected entrance

You don't see much of this in New Zealand - I think it must just be decorative, unlike where Erin worked last year in the poorest parts of Jamaica, where these are locked up at night.

And on another street

western style, would you believe?? Saloons no less. Nelson.

We stopped for a brewski

on Trafalgar and watched the activity. Not your Yonge and Bloor level of traffic.

Centre of New Zealand

This is as close as we got. Too tired for the climb. This marks the spot of the geographical centre of the country.There is a thing sticking up that is on a monument, probably.

This one had stained glass

windows - or rather leaded windows with bevelled edges. And a cute garden

26th February 2006

anonymous
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great photos

26th February 2006

julie
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great pictures
hope hope your enjoying your holiday have you been south invercargill to bluff

28th February 2006

julie
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bluff is at the very bottom of newzealand have you been there it is a shame if you havnet it is approx 25 minutes drive from invercargill i stood under the sign many years ago cheers julie i love the photo keep them comming

1st March 2006

alcarney
A.L. Carney

Never saw Bluff
Hi Julie No we never made it to Bluff, though I would have liked to have had time for it. I have a cousin in Invercargill whom we visited and saw a little bit of the city during the day before they came back from work. I would have liked to have seen the end of Highway 1 as well, as we saw the beginning of it in the Northland. We had to hurry on as we only had a few days for the west coast before taking the ferry back to Wellington. So Bluff got dropped from the agenda, unfortunately.

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