Tweaking Station Shelters
In the week before Christmas some subtle changes to a number of rail stations were made, the glass back wall of the shelters have been adorned with prints of various New Zealand plants. My understanding is that this serves two purposes, one is that it helps to make the stations more attractive but the other and more important function is to help prevent graffiti, both the paint and etching variety which also helps to make the stations more attractive and inviting.…
15 Comments Victoria Park flyover changes this week
The NZ Herald reports that final tweaks are being made to the Victoria Park flyover this week, to enable from next Monday its use for four lanes of southbound traffic.
Drivers are being urged to be on their guard around works associated with Auckland’s Victoria Park $406 million motorway tunnel project, which will involve road closures in coming days.…
Baarle-Nassau
I must admit to being quite a map geek, or perhaps more accurately, a geography geek in general. Which is why one of my favourite Christmas presents this year was the excellent book Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks, by Ken Jennings.…
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