Grey Cup

As we approach the game I wanted to share my one moment of fame a way back in 1994.

Joe and Wendy Sutherland's Party at Joe Fortes

What a wonderful evening with friends. Hosted by Joe and Wendy Sutherland we were wined and dined in elegance at Joe Fortes. The evening was wet and rainy but inside it was warm and cozy. The wine was poured and the food just kept coming. We dined on Lamb Pops, Spring rolls, Crab Tempura, a 3-tiered seafood platter with mussels, lobster, giant prawns, oysters, and many more appetizers. Dinner was then served with a choice of many different items, I had the sable fish that was truly out of this world. Enjoy the photos...

Georgia's Last game of the Season

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Sheep of New Zealand

I love sheep and where better to see some but in New Zealand...even pink ones!

Hundertwasser Toilets

On our way to the Bay of Islands I saw on the map a site marked Toilets. We thought this as very strange as why would the map tell us where the toilets were. Well, we stopped on our back to Auckland and saw why......


Hundertwasser Toilets – A Convenient Stop


Northland

Don’t let clinical, cold-metalled toilet seats goose pimple your road trip up north!
No, hold on until Kawakawa, gateway to the Bay of Islands and home to the king of all public conveniences: the Hundertwasser toilets.
A brightly coloured archway greets visitors as they arrive at this quintessential Northland town. Sculptured columns beckon those with crossed legs to make their way to its loos of renown.

 

Tufts of native grass adorn the roof, a tree is incorporated into the structure, and mosaic tiling, copper handwork, sculptures and cobblestone flooring abound.

Designed by internationally-renowned artist, ecologist and architect, Freidrich Hundertwasser, he recycled the community’s old glass bottles and reclaimed bricks, and incorporated these into the only structure he ever built in the Southern Hemisphere.

Outside this very quirky and creative structure, you’ll see other gems: vivid pottery columns, mosaic shop fronts, an adobe bench seat, and little railway carriage tiles that pave a route in the footpath (drawing upon the town’s old coal mining past) leading to the little vintage railway station at the end of town.