more orange

 

more photos from the orange colour study that I did last month. With major AMETI road works taking place in Panmure, there is an abundance of the colour orange everywhere - street signs, road cones, plastic mesh etc.

street rubbish

a quick study of the rubbish that is left in our street. What happened to cleaning up after ourselves????

the rubbish trolley

 

This supermarket trolley full of rubbish appeared at top of our street. It sat there undisturbed for almost 2 weeks (I guess no one wanted to clean it up.)

 

I was intrigued with the question of who was responsible for the rubbish? the person who put the rubbish in the trolley of course - but when they abandoned it in our street, who became responsible then? the residents in our street? the Council? the supermarket trolley owners? I waited and watched...

 

a contractor for Pak-n-Save came to claim it early one morning by simply tipping all the rubbish into a heap on the grass verge and taking the trolley away. He was reported to the Auckland Council and had to return and remove the rubbish... question answered!



Panmure Wharf again

 

 
These photos were also taken yesterday at the Panmure Wharf. The Tamaki River which is where the wharf is based is rich in history. On a quiet morning there, it's easy to imagine the steamers en route to the Coromandel and Thames gold fields calling in. I'm realizing more and more how many great photographic opportunities there are close to me. On my list is the Waipuna Basin, Mt Wellington, Pt England to name a few.

Panmure Wharf

This morning I took the opportunity to get down to the Panmure Wharf, have a look around and take some photos. This place is very close to where I live yet I hadn't been down there before. The light was good and there was plenty of activity on the water. The Panmure Yacht club is close by as well as rowing clubrooms too. Hope to get back soon to take some pictures of the boaties and rowers in action.

machinery

with major roadworks underway in various parts of Panmure, there are lots of heavy duty machinery in use. These machines were parked up behind the Panmure Stone Cottage. I wanted to capture the contrast of a historical building built in 1854/55 vs the might & power of the machinery which could demolish it within minutes.

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?

panmure

is about 11km from the CBD and has one of the most notorious roundabouts in Auckland. When we first moved to Panmure, I would drive a long circuitous route home to avoid the roundabout if I could. It's due to be replaced by a "super-intersection" as part of the major transport development AMETI (Auckland-Manukau Eastern Transport Initiative) soon. I've read that the plan is to relocate the iconic Panmure sign and I sincerely hope this happens.