The Best of Ugly New Zealand – North Island
10:32 pm, 20 February 2012
Tags:
Architecture,
Auckland,
Bay of Plenty,
Corrugated Steel,
Fence,
Fountains,
Fruit,
Kiwi,
Landscape,
Monstrosities,
North Island,
Parks,
Rain,
Sheep,
Signs,
Vintage,
Weather,
Wellington,
WhakatanePeople, I’m slowly running a bit low on new material. That means…
1. Time for our gazillions millions thousands quite a few dunno, maybe a couple dozen? three friends to send new material, puh-leese!
2. Time for cheap reruns of lukewarm oldies: let’s start with a lovingly complied collection of the “Best of Ugly New Zealand Edition North Island (BOUNZENI)”. Sounds a bit like a hungarian car brand, if you ask me.
Keep calm, Dunners, I’ll follow up with the “Best of the South” these days.
The Beauty of Birkenhead Ferry Terminal
OK, ladies and gentlemen, time to get busy again. Greetings from Birkenhead Ferry Terminal, the place where Bogie and Bergman didn’t kiss goodbye, presumably, but, according to new information provided by reader Mark Fitz, an overwhelming array of sexual activity of all sorts has been conducted. Who would have thought!
Google Maps Location.
Photo © 2011 Javelin395. Original here.
The Beauty of the Wild Wild West. Coast.
Photo © 2010 Jack Barry. Original here.
Can anybody spot the exact location?
The Beauty of Weddings
Actually, I don’t know anything about the wedding. Just about the weather that day. It wasn’t that good.
Google Maps Location (thanks to the professional stalkers among our readers now with the precise spot. Thanks, stalkers!)
Photo © 2010 Mel Hodgkinson. Original here.
The Beauty of Rainy Peninsulas
Chris Ebbert, our contributor and avid photographer, has approximately one hundred gazillion stunningly beautiful New Zealand photos in his Flickr stream. And only 3 that show the ghastly side of New Zealand. Guess which ones we are going to present here…
Photo © 2010 Chris Ebbert. Original here.
The Beauty of Ohakune
Where adventures begin! Carrot adventures in misty weather, that is! It is my heartfelt pleasure to present this emblematic New Zealand photo. Fruit (well, veggies)! Rain! Silly signage and desperate city slogans! Outstanding!
Google Maps Location.
Photo © 2010 Richard Joseph. Original here.
The Beauty of Gigantic Kiwi Slices in Heavy Rain
It’s impossible to describe the sheer awesomeness of this pre-digital-era photo by Dave Smith. Gladly, I don’t have to.
Photo Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic 2010 Dave Smith. Original here.
The Beauty of a Rainy Picton
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.
