Welcome to Auckland’s original ‘Municipal Destructor’. Everyone, like me, know it as Victoria Park Market – a super popular open air market through the 80's to 2000's – a great place to buy your crystals and tie-dies etc! I've always known that it was originally the city rubbish dump – when the city was waaaay smaller). There is more to the story, of course. It was originally created in reaction to a bubonic plague scare in Sydney. For sanitary reasons it was built to burn Auckland’s rubbish and waste while using the heat generated to provide electricity to power the city. Sounds pretty clever eh, and I guess we were plague free. However, we must have been breathing some seriously toxic smoke fumes! That 38 metre tall chimney must have helped a little but don't forget all the horse manure and night carts, they were definitely smellier times. The municipal destructor is now a gentrified place that's home to restaurants and businesses, like the superb Milenta restau...
Bruce wants to go Faster has been announced as a Storylines Notable Book for 2017!
Written by Dreydon Sobanja, designed and illustrated by myself, you can find copies at the usual New Zealand bookshops or online here.
A special UK edition is in the works and is set to launch on 30th of August – Bruce's 80th birthday. Look out for it at the Inspired Kids stand at the Goodwood Revival, 8 – 10 Sep 2017.
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