Trams ready to roll on the Waterfront

There are two tramcars from Melbourne that will be running on Auckland’s waterfront, the trams which are from the 1920s.  They have been unloaded last month in preparation for the Wynard Quarter tram loop.  It will circuit around Jellicoe, Halsey, Gaunt and Daldy streets on the City’s waterfront.  They are now being restored at the Bendigo Tramway Museum in Victoria.  These were last seen appearing on the streets of Auckland in 1956.  One is the 17-tonne  x-1 tram that carries 32 passenger. (Photo: Wikipedia)

The story of the silly pigeon

Today in the city where we were waiting for the bus in Queen Street, one pigeon went into a photocopy centre.  It went in and out and then a second one also went inside and did not come out after a long time.  After we went on the bus and left they still did not reappear.  We don’t know what happened to them.   (Photo: RA)

Rugby World Cup 2011 New Zealand

Rugby World Cup 2011 New Zealand: this giant rugby ball costs NZ$1.3 million.  How astonishing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rugby World Cup 2011 New Zealand: the world's here to play.  All welcome.

Rugby World Cup 2011 New Zealand: cars and buildings with flags everywhere.

Rugby World Cup 2011 New Zealand: City full of celebration tourists and New Zealanders.

Rugby World Cup 2011 New Zealand: kids enjoy puttng on their All Blacks shirts and enjoy waving their flags. 

P90 Parking’s such a pain

A Remuera resident was shocked about getting a $45 parking fine at the St Lukes Westfield Shopping Mall.  The annoyed shopper found out that Westfield had contract with Wilson’s Parking to monitor and issue charges to the people that who stayed beyond over the marked time limits.  He had just exceeded a 90-minute parking bay restriction.  When you do not pay your ticket you will face a $20 penalty.  If you still refuse to pay up, then this problem will be taken to the debt collectors.

School gets portable pool

Student at Oranga School now have their own portable pool installed.  Pools, NschoolZ is a charitable trust helping the low decile school teach water safety skills to students with help of the suppliers and the donations.  The cost to the school is low.  The pool is heated and also it has a weather proof gazebo.  They can use it all year-round.  The aim of this is to get the children to learn how to survive in the water. 

The pool will stay there until the end of the term.

Mum gives her heartfelt thanks

On February 22 in the aftermath New Zealand Christchurch had an earthquake.  A mother gives her heartfelt thanks.  You need a cordon Photo ID to get into the red zone and there was a family who stayed there while the other people all left.  Most houses there are empty.  The streets are all empty every where.  A young girl from the McInnes family made a passport for the police constable before he was leaving to go back to Auckland. (Photo: RA)