Occasionally Auckland Sketchbook escapes the city to somewhere interesting — and close. This time the sketchbook got a workout in The Bay of Islands . Only 3.5 hours by car and a world away from work. The sketch above was made in down-town Paihia, it doesn't look it, but it is literally behind the main street. The view is the back of an old homestead called Williams House . I was attracted by the orchard of very old fig trees on the left that had me imagining eating juicy ripe figs. Sadly they weren't in season but it must be a fun place at harvest time. Right over the other side of the bay you will find his falling down old house on Matauwhi Bay. For a while there the water had a turquoise glow until the sun went into hiding. This is Pompallier House and Clendon Cottage in Russell sketched with my back to the sea. I may have used a little too much artistic licence in moving them close enough together to fit on my page so don't look too closely. Anyway, I have sketched Po...
The Erawan Thai villa vacated the neighbourhood this morning. It took Craig Walker Building Removals just three hours or so to get all three trailer units carrying 130 years of local history off the section in the rain and onto the street and down the road to it's new home up north.
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| First trailer 1:45 |
Quite an operation that started around midnight and went well into the wee hours of the morning. Incredibly loud too with three Kenworth trucks, power tools and a bunch of contractors struggling to hear each other over the noise.
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| Second trailer 2:30am |
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