Tag: 2012

The Clinic Pt.1

Wellington, NZ, March 2012: A former nurses home and later a ‘clinic’, this building is just another one of many recently condemned buildings around Wellington for being earthquake prone. No surprises really after the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that devastated our South island Capital of Christchurch on February 22nd last year- claiming 185 lives… Canon EOS […]

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Skate Park

Newtown, Wellington NZ, March 2012: Found this abandoned skate park behind the Wellington hospital recently. Easily the most forlorn looking playground of sorts I’ve come across- I think…A week or so later I went back for another look- the sound of a skakeboard meant it wasn’t so abandoned after all…

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BMW

Bulls, Manawatu, Whanganui, March 2012: Clocked this place in Bulls–  something just didn’t look quite right… I backed up the car and took a couple of shots…

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Tip Top

Newtown, Wellington, NZ, March 2012: This is the abandoned Tip Top bread factory in Newtown. I’m unable to confirm the date of its closure- but it must be a few years at the very least, going by it’s current state… The interior is fairly well locked up- the exterior and grounds a popular canvas with local […]

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Sufferers Paradise

Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, March 2012: The taxi driver joked, “whad didya think of sufferers paradise mate?” as we drove to the train station… I’d never heard of Surfers Paradise refered to as that.. I replied “okay, but not really my kind of place…” He nodded his head knowingly… “I know whad ya […]

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Chiller

Patea, Taranaki, NZ, March 2012: The abandoned riverside cool stores in Patea still stand- the only connection left of the former Patea Freezing Works. The nearby works closed in 1982 due to a “downturn” in the NZ meat processing industry. The closure created huge unemployment in the area, it’s effect still felt to this day. The […]

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Cowards

Stratford, Taranaki, NZ, March 2012:  Draw your own conclusions on this image… bearing in mind that times have been tough- plus Christmas wasn’t that long ago…

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