UC 4 train?!IC4 train in summer colours
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IC 1 train! Where 3 rain??
UC 4 train?!IC4 train in summer colours
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Is the line being removed or rebuilt?
Removed, unfortunately. They are building a "line park" instead..Is the line being removed or rebuilt?
Brings to mind how frighteningly quick the recovery was in Asia after the 2004 tsunami (it took 3 days in one part of Thailand I recall to get the tourist beach back to what it was before the disaster). Obviously, circumstances and conditions between there and NZ are different in many ways.Went over to Haumoana today to walk the dog, as lots of local place are closed after Gabrielle. While I expected changes I was shocked at just how much it has changed!
Slash on the beach, from poor forestry practice, and the cause of many bridges being washed out during Gabrielle.
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Gravel and slash on the road into the domain. Closed needless to say. Had to travel quite a way up the beach to get over here. I have been coming out here for years, and often after a storm, but have never seen it like this before
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Trying to show how far the slash had to travel. Of course it gets deposited at high tide as well, and then washes over in a storm.
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Changed land/seascape
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On the river side - Tukituki
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Flax showing why it should be more widely planted. Flattened but living, and holding the ground together.
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Brings to mind how frighteningly quick the recovery was in Asia after the 2004 tsunami (it took 3 days in one part of Thailand I recall to get the tourist beach back to what it was before the disaster). Obviously, circumstances and conditions between there and NZ are different in many ways.
That might not be a bad thing but on condition it's done well - I've seen this done in a lot of cities where it's made clear what the site used to be and where this is incorporated into the new site, where the character of the old site very much remains, it does work well.Removed, unfortunately. They are building a "line park" instead..
We'll see. I'll keep posting.That might not be a bad thing but on condition it's done well - I've seen this done in a lot of cities where it's made clear what the site used to be and where this is incorporated into the new site, where the character of the old site very much remains, it does work well.
Okay, I think I'd better explain: If you ever get to visit Lucerne, you may want to avoid this place - "Schwanenplatz". This is where busses disgorge their load of Asian, i.e. overwhelmingly Chinese tourists - and invariably, they'll be made to visit the luxury watch brand shops before they move on. They only stay for a couple of hours, at least one of which they are inside those shops; they also tend to clog all surrounding streets and alleyways and generally make quite a nuisance of themselves, especially in the eyes of the locals. I guess tourists everywhere show the same noxious behaviour - however, this fixation with luxury watches is truely a Chinese thing (or maybe Asian?).