Lots of scaffolding on the heritage buildings, the others have just been bulldozed.

You can still punt on the Avon

Outside the city council building, a pouwhenua, symbolising ties of peoples to their land.  Te Pou Herenga Waka means a post that brings people together.  The base figure represents the early settlers (not European).  Lots of eels in the sculpture – a staple diet to early Maori’s.

Paul liked the London bus and I liked the building

A fallen turret

The museum had a room filled with ormer shells.  I cannot remember what they call them over here.  This was Fred and Myrtle’s front room.  A couple from Bluff, in the south of South Island, who used to have a lot of visitors to their house.

Here they are…

Now some of you may remember the significance of Glossopteris, one of the plants that proved Antarctica, Australia, South Africa, South America were all connected at one time.  Well, I always thought it was a fern, but it was a tree!!!

This is Dicroidinium which was fern like.

Paul next door to the …..