Saturday, March 13, 2021

THE BAY OF ISLANDS 1

At the end of last year I bought a deal for three nights at the Copthorne Hotel at Waitangi.  It had to be used by the end of this month so on Tuesday we headed north.  Our first stop was at Kawakawa to look at the new Hundertwasser Park Centre.  It is built out of Sirewall an insulated rammed earth construction with lovely  colours.  The building includes a Museum to Frederick Hundertwasser who made his home in Kawakawa, a library, toilets and showers  and the council offices.






The "bottle screen" in front of the toilets




The lovely colours of the rammed earth



Upstairs

The lovely bright toilets



We then carried on to Paihia where we had lunch on the waterfront and I was served a delicious gurnard baked in foil, a lovely change from  the usual gluten free alternatives to battered fish and chips.

6 comments:

  1. Wow!!

    We saw the Copthorne when we went for a walk from the campsite we stayed at during the Tour of the Northland visit before last.. definitely you had a special break!

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    1. It was very good and the smorgasbord breakfasts excellent. Service great, I had gluten free pancakes brought to me each day.

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  2. Oh, Hundertwasser! There was a Hundertwasser-designed apartment building along a train route I used to regularly take when living in SW Germany and I was always so happy to pass by and take a gander at it. Very fun stuff you have there in the vicinity!

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  3. What a great trip. Makes me want to visit Kawakawa again :)

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    1. We found it very interesting especially the video on his life.

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