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...
Brothers Beer is a local warehouse brewing bar at the City Works Depot with around twenty craft beers on tap, featuring their own excellent brews and guest beers from Australasia, the US and sometimes further afield.
Kind of apt that I was there with my brother eh! Here we're trying out the Stone & Wood Cloud Catcher APA and the Zeffer Apple Crumble cider. Both very tasty.
They have hundred's of bottled beers for sale as well, being craft beers the place is almost like an art gallery for creative beer labels. The warehouse feel is subdued nicely with an eclectic range of old furniture and interesting items like the old pedal car to the left.
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