A new contributor to ‘Ugly New Zealand’: welcome to Bekdawg and her exquisite photos of New Zealand’s flip side! Can there be a better photo to kiss 2009 goodbye?

Photo © 2009 Bekdawg.

Merry Christmas! Dog monument next to Taeiri Gorge rail tracks. Half way between Dunedin and Middlemarch.

Hold the press! Update! Reader Snuff provided perplexing new research! Firstly, a link/reminder to the fabulous “faithful dog Hachikō”, featured in two very touching movies. And secondly, and perhaps even more importantly, a great new close-up of Susan.

Photo © 2009 Scott Savage.

Ahh, good ol’ South Dunedin! Today with one of these spots that will kill a couple of pedestrians by collapsing some day soon. And one of the spots that have mayor Peter Chin written all over them. Shrieking, with The Joker-like voice, “Fuck it! Fuck it ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-hard!!”

Photo © 2009 Scott Savage.

A little bit of friendly advice how one can survive the end of the world, if this is what one is concerned about. Saner people can also investigate possibilities to survive pathetic imagery and the absence of logic.

Photo © 2009 Scott Savage.

Picton’s new city corporate design goes strong on the blues: with a cleverly composed symphony of flags, bollards, bins and – what a great idea! – constant rain the city council ensures that the blues creeps into every pore… well, you get the idea.

Photo © 2009 electropod.

A creepy shot by Axl van Goks over at Flickr. Marking our way back to landscape photography. Of sorts.

Photo © 2009 axl_van_goks.