A Camera Obscura is being built near the Bascule Bridge and on Thursday we read that the steel part of the structure had been put in place. It was fabricated by a local company then barged up the river before being transferred to a truck for the final part of the journey. Its shape is a tribute to Whangarei's ship building past.
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The photos above are from the Northern Advocate but coincidentally, we started our Parkinson's walk at the Bascule bridge this morning so I took some more photos.
There is still a lot of work to be done and it should be open in November.
Meanwhile, on the weather front we have another "Weather Watch" for heavy rain and strong winds tonight and tomorrow. With the ground still wet from our previous deluge there could well be more flooding so we have planned to stay put tomorrow.
That looks fun. We are promised thunder storms for this week. Our fingers are crossed.
ReplyDeleteWhat is a camera obscura? I thought it was a sort of ancient pinhole camera, but it obviously is not that.
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly what it is. Will be interesting to see it finished. See www.cameraobscura.nz
DeleteWe have torrential rain here in Keri that started last night, hopefully towns like Moerewa don't get flooding again.
ReplyDeleteIt has been quite heavy on and off but nowhere as bad as last time and has almost stopped now. More forecast this afternoon though. Yes, I hope places like Moerewa, Kaeo and the Hikurangi Swamps are not to bad. I also wonder about the Mangamukas as the slip there looks really bad.
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