Very little progress or engagement with the hobby this week - for some reason I have been lacking motivation - although I did put a black undercoat on both the 3D church and bridge recently acquired via Temu - so hopefully one of those should be ready soon.
In the meantime, I will bore you all with some more images from last weekend's trip to the S Island
Saturday's trip took us north to Kaikoura, famous for whale watching and seafood (we did not partake in either, however!)
A seal colony north of the town
View showing the rugged coastline
Back in Kaikoura proper
A seal that did not quite make it!
Information board explaining the geology
The view from the "canoe" observation point described in one of the previous information boards
Your correspondent in situ
It is quite a dramatic drive along the coast
A few years ago, the Kaikoura earthquake put large sections of this road (and the adjacent railway) out action for over a year.
Some token indigenous Māori content 😉
AS it was only about 4pm, we headed out to New Brighton beach to take a look at the pier
First up was a beach side war memorial
The pier from the beach
And some views of the coast from the pier
A couple of shots of our meanderings around Christchurch and evening meal
An Indian this time - and very nice it was too!
The bell came from a historic church that did not survive the earthquake
I was quite taken with this one house on Manchester Street, presumably constructed from recycled historic bricks after the earthquake, and including a customised street sign obviously intended to reinforce the "English" look of the building!
That's all for today - I might manage to produce something toy soldier related next time; you never know your luck!
Well, if the next post is not toy related, keep those travels photos coming.
ReplyDeleteThat's very decent of you Jon - I have plenty more photos of our S Island trip, but I am conscious maybe not everyone is desperate to see them all!
DeleteAlways interesting Keith. It has been years since I have been to the South Island myself, but I have always enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence, I hope I am bringing back some fond memories in that case!
DeleteSome great scenery Keith, always enjoyable to see your travels especially as it is a grey dreich winter day here in Northern Scotland! Somewhat brightens my day!
ReplyDeleteCheers Donnie and I can well imagine it - for the non-Scots reading this, an explanatory note:
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/driːx/
adjective Scottish English
(especially of weather) dreary; bleak.
"a cold, dreich early April day" (but in Scotland, the month could be June or July! 😂
You keep posting those holiday snaps, I’ve no problem with them. The chances of me ever getting to see these places in the flesh are almost zero, so it’s nice to see another bit of the planet. Is it wrong that my first thuought on seeing the dead seal was “I wonder what seals taste like?”
ReplyDeleteGlad you like the pics JBM - I will keep on posting! I don't know if that's an odd thought - but I didn't think it! I am picking they taste pretty awful - otherwise, they would be an endangered species because we would have hunted them to near extinction - or, we would have ocean based farms to produce them like we do with mussels and salmon!
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