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Russian Orthodox Church of St Nicholas on Brougham St

Friday, January 6th, 2012

This church has always intrigued me, as for years I’ve driven past it and wondered what kind of church it was. I’ve been meaning to photograph it, but I’m always dashing from A to B when I’m driving along Brougham Street so never stop. Well, today I finally did stop and I took a couple [...]

University of Otago Clocktower

Friday, December 30th, 2011

Well, I’ve decided to get out of town for a few days! We had two quakes over 4.0 yesterday, enough already! So we headed south, which turns out to be one of the few places that is getting good weather at the moment. We had a stop in Dunedin along the way – for a [...]

Santa Barbara House Victoria Street

Saturday, October 8th, 2011

This art deco building is on Victoria Street. It was built in 1936 and is a category II historic place. So it’s nice to see that it came through all of the earthquakes ok. Unfortunately many historic buildings have not made it through the earthquakes – have a look at the list of buildings we [...]

Heathcote pub rebuild

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

This is the rebuilt pub in Heathcote valley – the original was destroyed a year ago in the first big quake we had. It looks like the builders have tried to maintain it’s look and style and it can’t be far off from opening. I walked past it today and it was a hive of [...]

Burger Shaped Cafe, Blenheim Road

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

This restaurant / cafe has been on Blenheim road for as long as I can remember. I think it was closed for a long time, but it’s open now and is offering ‘Manfood’. Which considering its location is probably a good thing for them to do. I don’t know the history of the building (please [...]