Sometimes on a Friday, if Jo has some travelling to do, I will accompany him, armed with the camera in the hopes of capturing something interesting for our faithful blog readers to see.
Last Friday, there was some quite scary work to be done on a mountain pass outside New Plymouth (thankfully dayglo jackets are VERY visible) and once the work was done, we ambled past this bridge which Jo discovered in the course of his travels a little while ago.
Admittedly, it's just a pedestrian bridge over the river and no doubt is not called upon to support any kind of dramatic weight, but even so, we thought it had taken someone with a little imagination and willingness to do something different to erect this quite artistic feature - this tiny corner of New Zealand now has a few more folks stopping off to have a look than they ever had before, since there is really nothing else happening for miles!!
There is definitely something in the culture and/or history here in New Zealand that makes much of this sort of 'ribcage motif' - we have seen other sculptures in other places around the North Island which are equally reminiscent of rib cages.
Knowing that there is a plethora of engineering enthusiasts in our circle of family and friends, means that this bridge could fill the 'mildly interesting' category for the blog entry this week!
Dis al!
P.S. Still don't know if it's pink or blue!
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