A week or so ago I saw a photo of this object in a local paper. I don’t yet know any details about it except that it was a primitive submarine that had something to do with goldmining and that it had been in storage in a farm shed for a long time. The reason that it was in the paper was that it had been moved to the Middlemarch museum.
Seeing it in the paper aroused my interest so yesterday I drove the hour or so there in order to photograph it.
MacRaes Flat
Today I was visiting the gold mine at MacRaes Flat. I had photographed there last year.
While there I explored the small, historic village near the mine.
In the village there is a newish school but what was of particular interest to me was this replica of the original building, built in the school grounds, in I think 1968.
This structure is no more that head height.
This week I spent a couple of days in Invercargill, primarily to go whitebaiting but also to catch up with some of the valued friends I have who live who live there.
As usuaI when I’m in Invercargill, I stayed in this house, they are most generous hosts, in fact, last year they staged a birthday party for me.
Dogwood
One of the great pleasures of living in such a southern part of New Zealand is that I
am seeing a floral display that coming from the warmer northern part on the country is of an intensity that I have never experienced before.
One of my favourite Ansel Adams photos was of the Dogwood. I think that his photo is a lot better than mine.
A few days ago I was taken for a spin in this fully restored very valuable 1931 Austin Ulster, thought to be the only one in New Zealand. Here it is parked at St Bathans.
Developed from the famous Austin 7, it has a 750 cc twin carburettor engine. No doors, and an exhaust that runs alongside the passenger ending in a very stylish fishtail alongside the pointed rear. Altogether an enchanting ultracute car. I want one!
