Welcome to Laingholm (Monique Endt)
A welcome to Laingholm has sprung up at the intersection of Huia and Victory Roads, Laingholm. The main panel showing a view of Laingholm Beach, with birdlife and typical bush vegetation.
Detail: Moreporks
Detail: Kingfishers in Flax
Little Muddy Creek
The view from Huia Road, Titirangi, across the mangroves of Little Muddy Creek, with Laingholm Bay in the midground. Awhitu Peninsula in the background.
Little Muddy Creek
The mangrove forest of Little Muddy Creek at low tide, with Laingholm in the hills, and Manukau Heads in the distance, left. Seen from South Titirangi Road.
Bridge across Laing Stream
At the northern end of Laingholm Bay, Sandys Parade crosses Laing Stream. I shot the bridge for its reflection.
The Beach Ball
In the swimming pool at our friends’ B&B, the Scandinavian Light.
Martial Arts at Laingholm Bay
Solitary pursuit of martial arts at Laingholm Bay.
Letterbox at 452 Huia Road, by Iain Cathcart
The CityDailyPhoto theme for the month of May is “Mailbox”. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants
The one above is by far the most charming letterbox I know, and I am happy to show a repeat of the image of January 26. This quirky letterbox at 452 Huia Road, Laingholm, inspired the good people at Kaipara Coast Plant Centre & Sculpture Gardens in Kaukapakapa, to run a design competition for weird and wonderful letterboxes. Long after I had first noticed (and photographed) this ferrocement letterbox, it turned out that Iain Cathcart had designed and built it, and that his mother lives near us. Small world, as they say.
Not to be accused of downright lazyness for recycling an old image, I add another mailbox which I found in Wood Bay, Titirangi.
Thomas as Letterbox in Wood Bay
Letterbox at 452 Huia Road, by Iain Cathcart
We have shown this letterbox last July, but its makeup was a bit worse for wear at the time. Over the Christmas period new lipstick was applied, and Wow!
I found out that the maker of the letterbox (at 452 Huia Road) is Iain Cathcart, whose mother Ida lives not far from us and who we meet from time to time. Moreover, this box was the inspiration for David and Geraldine Bayly, from the Kaipara Coast Plant Centre & Sculpture Gardens in Kaukapakapa, to run a design competition for weird and wonderful letterboxes – which was also won by Iain. See more at the designdaily.
See also the NZ Herald’s Sideswipe on February 3 and February 4.
Letterbox in Huia Road, Laingholm
This ferro-cement letterbox is in Huia Road, Laingholm.
[Edit, November 20, 2010: I now know that it is the work of Iain Cathcart from Mangonui. He has just won first prize in a competition for quirkiest letterboxes, which was inspired by exactly this letterbox: see designdaily.]
