Deco City Motor Lodge

This Art Deco inspired motor Lodge is situated in Onekawa.  It was built in 1997 with 30 units.  The design has begged to be photographed for sometime so on my epic walk I did so :)  Last year it won an award for excellence from TripAdvisor New Zealand.  In case you are wondering I am a housekeeper at a motel however the one I work in is in the city CBD.  

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Bush with a Mohawk

Went for another epic walk today - 18 kms :)
Shall be posting photos over the next little while about it.  Today a bush with a mohawk

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Boats

New Zealanders LOVE the sea and here in Napier this is no exception.  This is where a lot of boats are docked in Napier :)

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Bikes

I took this photo in the city the other day.  Cant find out any info about the metal bikes sculptures.  I quite like how they kind of tie in with the bikes on the metal electrical transformer box just around the corner.  The box is one of many dotted though out the CBD.  The rolling ball of yarn (which may not be as apparent in this photo however it is the string that ties both bikes on the box together) is on all these boxes and sort of links them together in an artistic way.  On the other boxes there are different pictures that tell a story about Napier.  As I find more within the city I shall share them too :)
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Dobel Reserve

As I measure my daily walks on google maps I havent been up at Dobel Reserve in years as the maps dont tell me the distance.  I however decided to guess my distance the other day and go up anyway.   At the foot of the hill there was a Maori totem pole.  

the hill in the background is Hospital Hill 

Taradale and surrounding surburbs 

The buildings outlined in red are the university campus - my older son studies here 

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Special Roads

Recently the Napier City Council and the RSA unveiled these updated road signs with poppies on them.  I am hoping they are going to put poppies on the other roads nearby that were named after the war.   This is a nationwide project called the Places of Remembrance .



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Autumn Shadow

Took a walk the other day.  Its autumn here as one can from these trees leaves.  I also like the shadows that another tree made.  

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