The Yellow Dinghy
Late afternoon at the Whau River on an incoming tide.
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Sunset, Kelston
By the Whau River, Kelston
Ken Maunder Bridge
A well-worn rusty lock at the Ken Maunder Bridge (joining Ken Maunder Park and Keelson, the one that is littered with numbers). Somebody did not succeed in starting a trend – but I wonder how the chain carved such a deep groove into the metal.
Yellow Pohutukawa
Much less common and not quite as conspicuous as our red pohutukawa is the yellow variety (metrosideros excelsa aura). This fine specimen in full bloom is at the corner of West Coast and Clayburn Roads, Kelston.
(I showed the same tree four years ago.)
Yellow Pohutukawa
Orchid Norito Hasegawa
When driving between Henderson and New Lynn last weekend, I noticed that the Kelston Orchid Show was in full swing. Had to stop. This is a paphiopedilum Norito Hasegawa.
Entry to the Waitakere Orchid Club Spring Show was free thanks to support from the Henderson-Massey Local Board.
Whau River
The Whau River with interesting patterns of surface ripples, seen from Archibald Park, Kelston. Dominated by puffy white clouds (and a generous sprinkle of pylons).
Flotilla Whau
Yesterday afternoon, Flotilla Whau set off from Archibald Park, Kelston, to celebrate “the Whau river as an important waterway in our own back yards”. While the weather seemed less than benign (up in our hills it was drizzle from light to heavy), when I descended to New Lynn, the sun was out, making it hot and sticky. Looks like everyone had fun.
Men Overboard!
In Unison
Boats on Land and in the Water
Numbers and Puddles: Ken Maunder Park Bridge
The City Daily Photo theme for July is “Numbers”. Check Facebook for other participants. Or click here to view thumbnails for all participants.
The Ken Maunder Park Footbridge connects Kelston and New Lynn, crossing a tidal estuary that is a tributary to the Whau river. This is a relatively new replacement of an older bridge, and I had not visited it until a couple of weeks ago. The pavement is littered with numbers — just what I needed for August Theme Day!
I found it intriguing that a wavy pattern emerges on the surface if one is at some distance, but this is not noticeable when one looks up close.
There is an interesting Flickr page about the background of the design, I reproduce the words of the designers (The Letter Q):
“The brief for the project stipulated that’s the sports from local playing fields and clubs be expressed in the work.
The starting point was to look at the various scores from the club points tables and the fields of numbers which express and measure sporting performance.
Numerals were then used to generate a sequence of running shapes. The sequence shows several phases of movement on one surface and can be followed from one end of the bridge to the other.
The sequence takes inspiration from early photographic studies capturing the structure of bodily motion. ”
The material used for the surface is a ‘bendable concrete’ called Flexus™, and they have some more documentation regarding the bridge on their website.
Some history of the Ken Maunder Park by Phil Hanson can be found on the Timespanner’s blog.
Littered with Numbers: Ken Maunder Park Bridge
Wavy Patterns: Ken Maunder Park Bridge
A proud Collection
This collection may well have had modest beginnings as the one shown yesterday. But it has grown …
I found these decorative fences in Sabulite Road, Kelston.
A proud Collection
Pacific Patterns
This transformer box stands in Daphne Street, Kelston, and is covered in patterns of the Pacific. Painter unknown (to me).
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