Alexandra


Sunrise over Alexandra

This was the view from my balcony yesterday morning.
It only lasted a few minutes but it did remind me of how
lucky I am to be living in such a striking landscape.

Last week there was a dusting of snow on these hills.


Alexandra Again

Yesterday I made a posting about the views from my new home.

Here are some more details. Firstly, a rather rough image from a book published about my work published in Germany about 10 years ago. I laid this book on the concrete outside the kitchen door. This image is of the Alexandra Clock and I took it in 1988. Don’t particularly like the word ‘took’.

Below is a picture of the Laurence Aberhart photo that I mentioned. It is cropped. The right and left hand sides have been shaved off.



A View from the House

Here is a view from my balcony over the township and the new bridge in Alexandra.
On the hill in the background, tiny and rather indistinct is their famous clock. I’ll photograph this again I’m sure, and put it on this site.

Just visible is the Clutha, one of the biggest rivers in New Zealand, reaching the sea at Balclutha on the east coast, just below Dunedin.

Behind and under the new 1958 bridge is a pylon from the original one built in 1882. Laurence Aberhart photographed this, in fact it’s on the cover of the latest Auckland Art Gallery publication, On Show.

Below is a photograph of the architect of this house, taken about 3 years before he came to Alexandra by bus to undertake this commission.

This is a catalogue from a Plischke exhibition at the City Gallery in Wellington
in 2004.


Central Otago

Here is my car enjoying the view over the hills surrounding
Alexandra. Parts of Central Otago are classed as semi-arid
and are the nearest that New Zealand has to desert.
This region regularly records the highest and the lowest
temperatures in the country. The day that I took these photos
it was 33 degrees C.

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