Skip to main content

Reid's carving


One from Taupo this week. Reid's carving is located on the corner of Tongariro Street and Ferry Road. It was installed in 1961 and carved by Tene Waitere - over the years it has been refurbished every now and again but in 2014 it was repaired to a great standard thanks to the wear and tear along with weather elements that had battered it. As you can see B is standing underneath it posing - I like to put him next to sculptures sometimes just to see him roll his eyes each time I ask.

Linking up with Through my lens, Tuesday Treasures, Travel Tuesday, My corner of the world and Wordless Wednesday.

Labels:

Comments

Graham Edwards said…
I was last looking at that view in 2016. It seems so long ago and so far away.
8 March 2022 at 08:27
Lydia C. Lee said…
It's great tho!! Eyes rolled or not! Ha! #ThruMyLens
8 March 2022 at 09:11
Bill said…
That's a great carving.
8 March 2022 at 11:33
William Kendall said…
Beautiful carving!
8 March 2022 at 12:36
Veronica Lee said…
That carving is a stunner!

Happy Tuesday, Amy!
8 March 2022 at 20:16
Jim said…
That's beautiful. I've been to Taupo.
8 March 2022 at 21:32
gz said…
Modelling for the next one?!
Beautiful work
9 March 2022 at 01:48
Tom said…
...the craviing are similar to those I have seen in Maui. Thanks Amy for sharing.
9 March 2022 at 03:02
local alien said…
That's a great archway . I can imagine B rolling his eyes. K would be doing just the same.
Tell him he's very photogenic and we expect to see more of him lol
9 March 2022 at 06:41
Iris Flavia said…
Great carving. Our hubbies have to endure a lot, huh? ;-)
And they do, yippeee...
9 March 2022 at 20:11
Sallie (FullTime-Life) said…
Lovely archway sculpture. I have a lot of pictures of Bill walking ahead of me. Not at all because that's his best side, but because it is a lot less hassle than trying to get him to pose on purpose ;>)
11 March 2022 at 06:29
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Grace Brothers

  We have 2 new chickens, both black ladies. If any of you are familiar with British comedy tv shows you will recognize the names we have given them. This one is named Miss Brahms. And this one is named Mrs Slocombe. At the moment we have them in a temporary shelter next to the Special Patrol Group that we've had for the last 9 months just so they can get to know each other before we intigrate the black ones in with the brown ones. These ones give us a white coloured egg whereas the brown shavers give us brown coloured eggs. Linking up with  Tuesday Treasures ,  Happy Tuesdays  and   Wordless Wednesday .
15 comments
Read more

Auckland Metropolis Museum

In amongt the modern new highrise buildings in Auckland City is this smaller vintage building that is currently for sale (I'd buy it if I had the money).   My research found that:  "It was designed by English-born architect Charles Towle and erected in the early 1930s as the Church of Christ, Scientist, the building's Graeco-Roman facade has towering columns that frame its impressive entranceway, with three ornate timber doors decorated with leadlight inserts providing access to the expansive foyer. Arched ceilings dominate the former congregational high stud space beyond the foyer and numerous picturesque windows provide a light, airy feel and an ambience many office buildings lack. The building housed congregational and Sunday school services for 70 years until it was sold and converted into office space in 2003. A significant refurbishment was also carried out with care taken to ensure that the building's distinctive character remained intact. Special architectural ...
16 comments
Read more

Westland Explorer's Monument

  In the nearby town of Hokitka (half an hour away) is the cemetery with this monument near the entranceway. It commemorates 4 men who lost their lives between 1863 and 1866 ; George Dobson - road engineer, murdered in 1866 Charlton Howitt - explorer, drowned in Lake Brunner 1863 Charles Townsend - drowned at Greymouth (probably in the Grey River) 1863 Henry Whitcombe - surveyor, drowned in the Taramakau River in 1863 Construction of the memorial started 1868 and the railings were added in 1869. Linking up with  Mosaic Monday .
11 comments
Read more