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Straight ahead is one of the several petrol stations in Greymouth - none of them are really any cheaper than the others. To the right is a building that use to be a second hand shop but previously I think it was used for tourist activities like caving, rafting etc - now it stands empty but it is easily seen on the corner of the road with it's bright green colour. The owner did seem to have a good level of stock in her shop but I have an idea why it failed. The building apparently use to be part of the dairy co-operative industry that made milk or butter etc back in the old days and it's cool that the buildng is still standing.

Luckily here, and we are extremely grateful for the hot dry Summer we've had that we haven't had any bad weather like the north island has. The only event we had was a minor earthquake that slightly shook the house for about 5 seconds which was 6.1 on the richter scale in Wellington but it was apparently felt in various places around the country. It's not our first, I've sat through a few over the years in different places we've lived so unless they are huge then they don't really scare me.

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local alien said…
That certainly is a bright building. Should have done well popping out like that
18 February 2023 at 08:43
roentare said…
All the real estate are becoming expensive
18 February 2023 at 08:58
s.c said…
Nice color of that building. Read in the papers that New Sealand is really hit by several nature disasters and then you lose also your very good prime minister. Hope that al this will be resolved in a good way given time.
18 February 2023 at 10:20
Bill said…
I like the colour of the building and it does stand out.
18 February 2023 at 10:43
Jim said…
Amy, your "only 6.1" is a scary quake for around here in Southeast Texas, where we haven't had them. Did it loosen some hanging photos and vibrate dishes off the tables? I didn't know that Shell had sold out in NZ, now "Z Energy". Shell was very popular at the places we stopped. We just noticed them, we were always using public transportation.
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18 February 2023 at 11:55
magiceye said…
Empty streets make it look eerie..
18 February 2023 at 18:44
Iris Flavia said…
Love the colors!
And weee. I´d be scared if an earthquake hit us (I learned in South Germany one hit, we live in the North, but who knows?)
19 February 2023 at 00:01
Klara said…
beautiful colour, I would have thought it to be somewhere in Mexico ;-)
19 February 2023 at 02:07
Tom said…
...GREEN is a GREAT color.
19 February 2023 at 02:28
Sharon said…
That is what I'd call Mint Green!
19 February 2023 at 06:35
William Kendall said…
A colourful building
20 February 2023 at 06:07
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