In towns we visit I like to take photos sometimes while B is driving of things I see along the way. Last year when we took my parents to Westport we visited Granity which is on the outskirts of town. I like old historical buildings and noticed this old band rotunda. I can't find much about it but normally these were made around the turn of the 19th/20th century to honour military in the wars and so military band members could play their instruments on important days. Many towns around the country have these, there is also one in Westport and one in Greymouth.
We've been enjoying a very hot dry Summer so far and although we've had the odd bout of rain, water restrictions are still applying. Auckland and Northland have unluckily had storms and floods including one this week that started at a category 3 cyclone and ended with a category 2 - 5 being the highest. We can count ourselves lucky that we moved to the South Island just in time last April. Climate change, as people call it seems to have it's own mind about what it does.
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Wouldn't it be cool to attend an event there?
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We have those rotunda still too. It's so odd to think about now, isn't it? Very ye olde...
El Nino is likely to come for 1 year and half on the forecast
nice construction, do they still hold concerts (play music) there?
Thank you for showing me
That would be nice to hear a music band play there.
You are lucky to be in the south. That cyclone is/was doing a lot of damage. You seem to have had a decent summer
Lots of towns have well restored band rotundas - very Victorian (and same here in UK) - but so very few are used these days as we seek our entertainment in other ways and places. I do recall sitting near the rotunda in Victoria Park in Waimate (as a child) listening to band music.
...these are a fixture in many small villages here too.
That's a wonderful band rotunda. I can almost hear the music.
Great to hear you´re ok. That was a close one. Stay safe!
A moody sky.
A moody sky.
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