We went down the west coast of the North Island, to New Plymouth and then on to Whanganui.
A trip I have been meaning to make for some time but didn’t get to until now.
The weather wasn’t great to start with, but fits the landscape somehow.
In New Plymouth the Len Lye center
Really quite an impressive building, and the artworks of his when in action are great.
The above by John McLean, who was a primary teacher I had, he passed away a few months ago. This doesn’t really represent his later work.
An article/obituary for him here.
We timed it badly going up to the visitor center on Mt Taranaki, and queued for 75 minutes before we could go up.
When we got down there was no queue.
Then around Cape Egmont to Whanganui.
The views above from the Durie hill tower, reached through the tunnel below and an elevator and then a stair climb.
There we stayed with Gavin, one of my flatmates from when I lived in the city at 45 Anzac Ave.
Which I wrote about here
Was good to see one of Brian Wills’ Paintings there too.
Happy New Year!