Durie Hill War Memorial TowerFrom the top of the tower you're supposed to be able to see Mount Taranaki
photo of Mount Taranaki downloaded from the webabout sixty miles to the west, and Mount Ruapehu
photo of Mount Ruapheu downloaded from the webHowever, when we went up, the lower slopes of Mount Ruapehu were just about visible with the rest covered in heavy cloud, and we couldn't see Mount Taranaki at all. Mind you, that's hardly surprising. We drove around the base of the mountain a few months ago and we didn't get to see it then either!
We did get a couple of shots of the town, though, so we thought we'd post them on here.
The shot above shows the view downriver looking towards the Tasman Sea. The racecourse is just about visible on the other side of the river, and the big building with the orange facade is our home away from home, Mitre 10.
This shot is looking upriver. You can just see the paddlesteamer the Waimarie docked on the left-hand bank. The green swathe just past it on the right is one of the town parks, which is only a five-minute stroll from our house.
It's a grey, wet day here today, but the next fine day we get, we're planning on taking some more photos of the town, this time from ground level.
2 comments:
We see that after changing the colour of the sky on 3 photos you changed to using pictures from the web, where the Ministery of Tourism has already done the work for you. P&S
LOL! :P
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