the corridor

today's photo is of a long corridor at our youngest daughters school. It's on the first floor and runs almost the length of the building. In the afternoon, it is hot with very bright sunshine. I underexposed this shot to get some colour back into the image. I had to navigate a number of photo bombing students who insisted on passing back and forth just to get in the photo.

fides servanda est

 

means "The Faith Must Be kept"

Whenever I pickup our youngest daughter from Art class, I pause to admire this large picture window with the Saint Kentigern celtic cross. I'm always intrigued by how changes in light can render the mood of something to change dramatically.

loombs hotel

this 2 storey wooden building at 8 Kings Road, Panmure built in 1862 was known as the Loombs Hotel (it's also been called the Panmure Inn, The Panmure Hotel and the Duke of Edinburgh Panmure Hotel). It has stood in it's dilapidated state for a long time now with the windows boarded up to deter vandalism. Earlier this year, the property was sold at auction - I wonder whether the Loombs Hotel will stay or be demolished?

former quarry

The Stonefields urban housing development is built in the former Winstones Mt Wellington quarry. It's an interesting location to view the merging of modern design with the features of the old quarry. The blue rock and stone walls feature predominantly here. It's estimated that in its time the quarry produced around 18,000,000 cubic metres of excavated rock. 

stonefields

 

 

 

Stonefields is a 5 minute drive from Panmure where I live. It's a new urban village set on approx. 110 hectacres with 2500 dwellings to house around 6500 people (although I think it's probably more residents than that.) Of more interest is the fact that this development is built on what was once known as the Winstone Quarry as well as historical Maori occupation site. It's such a complete contrast to Panmure in every way - that I thought it might be worthy of exploring this over the next few days in photos...  

hannigan drive

Hannigan Drive is a small side road off a much busier street. It has an interesting mix of buildings all ready to be photographed. These are a sample of what I saw there on my way to the burnt out factory (photos posted earlier.)