Foxton, close enough to Wellington to be featured here.
It's small-town New Zealand and like other small towns, definitely worth a visit.
Having only spent the weekend there we did not find out a lot about the town.
That journey will be saved for another trip ...
We still have the river and beach to explore and I still want to find the Clydesdale's Tram...
Do a Google search on "Foxton" and many pages come up - these being the one's I recommend:
About Foxton
From the NZ Encyclopedia
NZ dot com
There are 11 pics in this week's "CAM". Click on the image for a larger view. Previous posts can be viewed by clicking on the "Archives" section to the right.
Next CAM update will be 17/18 December 2006 - and you won't want to miss that one...
Sunday, December 03, 2006
I was quite taken by the Foxton Municipal Chambers building for some reason. The best photo I have is of the doorway and awning but I have refrained from putting it on here. Someone told me to show buildings in the context of their surroundings and save the close-ups for another theme. Wise words indeed...
CONTRAST - that would be my description of the Gimbletts pharmacy building, Foxton, New Zealand.
On the one hand it's, "OMG! what have they done to the old building?", and on the other it's, "That's fantastic making it stand out like that".
And to keep the 'confusion of contrast' going, there is a very olde worlde mural painted on the side of the pharmacy building...
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