Post by nuuumannn on Aug 6, 2014 1:50:55 GMT 12
Hi Guys,
A quick trip to the capital saw me visiting the waterfront, which is quite a pleasant stroll, with significant reminders of New Zealand's naval and nautical history. Here are a few images I took a couple of days ago. I decided to put these in the navy pages owing to the number of naval references I photographed. Although not all are strictly nautical, they are on the water front.
A cheeky sign on a building near Te Papa:
A rather neat sculpture:
A 100 gun salute commemmorating 100 years since the outbreak of war, although the salute was actually only 98 shots to begin with, then realising their mistake, the gunners shot a couple more a bit later! I didn't get closer since I had my daughter with me and the noise was distracting for her:
Along the water front is a series of plaques commemmorating different events, with the most prominent being the Wahine disaster:
The Wahine's fore mast:
The plaque on the mast:
The Spanish Civil War memorial:
The United States Marine Corps memorial:
The 2nd Marine Division plaque underneath the USMC memorial:
The Korean War memorial:
Polish Children of Pahiatua:
The Pamir memorial:
More next.
A quick trip to the capital saw me visiting the waterfront, which is quite a pleasant stroll, with significant reminders of New Zealand's naval and nautical history. Here are a few images I took a couple of days ago. I decided to put these in the navy pages owing to the number of naval references I photographed. Although not all are strictly nautical, they are on the water front.
A cheeky sign on a building near Te Papa:
A rather neat sculpture:
A 100 gun salute commemmorating 100 years since the outbreak of war, although the salute was actually only 98 shots to begin with, then realising their mistake, the gunners shot a couple more a bit later! I didn't get closer since I had my daughter with me and the noise was distracting for her:
Along the water front is a series of plaques commemmorating different events, with the most prominent being the Wahine disaster:
The Wahine's fore mast:
The plaque on the mast:
The Spanish Civil War memorial:
The United States Marine Corps memorial:
The 2nd Marine Division plaque underneath the USMC memorial:
The Korean War memorial:
Polish Children of Pahiatua:
The Pamir memorial:
More next.
