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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11 comments:
That certainly is a bright building. Should have done well popping out like that
All the real estate are becoming expensive
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.
I like the colour of the building and it does stand out.
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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Empty streets make it look eerie..
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?)
beautiful colour, I would have thought it to be somewhere in Mexico ;-)
...GREEN is a GREAT color.
That is what I'd call Mint Green!
A colourful building
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