Part 2 of the collection: “Best of Ugly New Zealand Edition South Island (BOUNZESI)”. Have a lovely weekend, y’all, while deciding if the South or the North wins. For me, it’s clear as Lake Wakatipu.

Prog frog around the clock! Frog Rock, Weka Pass Railway. We are getting dangerously close to postcard beauty here. Must find uglier stuff, must find uglier stuff…

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Photo © 2011 Alastair Stewart. Original here.

The car! The hut*! The fridge! The gravel! Corrugated Steel! The colors! – ’Tis Kiwi heaven!

(* I know, I know, my mistake: “historic 3 bedroom villa with flexible floor plan”).

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Photo © 2011 Travelling Light. Original here.

Glacier: foxy. Signposts: tilted. Background: foggy. Sigh, New Zealand, sigh…

Great shot by Grant Dommen, though! As always! Thanks!

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Photo © 2011 Grant Dommen. Original here.

Tim Grubb, the mastermind behind the refreshingly intelligent blog “Tourism Trends”, sent us this somewhat bizarre shot, combining many all-time Kiwi favourites. Namely gravel, neon paint, gas-guzzling cars… – and don’t get me started on the driving skills. Thanks, Tim!

Photo © 2011 Tim Grubb.

Another guest post by the titillating Alex Gilks:

No, not the a snapshot of a Hutt Valley industrial estate – this is White Island, the site of NZ’s first full-scale World War II bombed buildings diorama. Weta Workshops tested many natural pigments before settling on the exact hue for mustard gas residue.

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Photo Creative Commons (Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic) 2010 vtveen. Original here.

Our return to Gore, to cineasts also known as Splattertown and Slasherville. More from there very soon…

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Photo © 2010 Jack Barry. Original here.

Can anybody spot the exact location?

Gotcha! Still 6 kilometers to go, though. Another fine example of 1 YSL’s “why leave the vehicle when it also can by done in 5th gear” photography. Note also the delicately interwoven gravel …

Photo © 2010 1 YSL. Original here.

Meanwhile, a perfectly normal day in the capitol Wellington: gravel, graffiti, a potty chair… wait, what?!?

Photo Creative Commons (Attribution 2.0 Generic) 2010 Glutnix. Original here.