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 Another photo from Auckland City - this one was taken near the top of the city while we had stopped at the traffic lights. Most of the buildings there are modern new ones like these but thankfully there are still some odd heritage ones about.

Yesterday morning on my day off I was out the door before 8am on a mission to take my younger son's car back to VTNZ to get it re-checked. He had taken it in for it's 6 monthly warrant of fitness earlier in the week and it had failed on a minor issue. After him and B managed to replace the broken part that was at fault he asked me to take it in as he was working late last night. To say it was nippy outside was a bit of an understatement. We are in Spring here and so far we've been fortunate enough to have mostly warm days but my phone said it was 5 degrees celsius at that time so coming back home afterwards was a relief.

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William Kendall said…
Quite modern indeed.
3 October 2020 at 07:18
Yogi♪♪♪ said…
Beautiful shot, with the reflections.
3 October 2020 at 08:43
Bill said…
A very attractive modern building. I love the reflections.
3 October 2020 at 09:54
Susan Heather said…
I don't think I would recognize Auckland now.
3 October 2020 at 10:09
Tom said…
...striking, but give a heritage building any day.
3 October 2020 at 11:50
PerthDailyPhoto said…
The one good thing about modern buildings is that they are excellent for reflections 😉 Gosh 5C, that was chilly Amy, hope you were well rugged up ✨
3 October 2020 at 14:51
Tigger's Mum said…
That's cool (the building). It and the one beside it have some real interest to them. As always great photo.
3 October 2020 at 18:28
At Home In New Zealand said…
It has been a long time since I was in Downtown Auckland. I was going to say I must make a visit soon, but I don't think so! LOL
3 October 2020 at 19:45
Rhonda Albom said…
I like the older buildings on the lanes in downtown. There are plenty of new buildings (and architecture) around.
4 October 2020 at 15:40
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