Invercargill Again

Our friends were going to Invercargill for the day, so we opted to stop over and say hello. 

With the rain holding off we visited Demolition World.  The work of a family-owned demolition company, the owners had spent decades collecting interesting artifacts from buildings they removed.  In some cases moving entire buildings via truck.  Equal parts strange and historic, it was definitely an experience.



















With some time to burn, we wandered through one of the parks/gardens, which are scattered about the city.



A tui having a bath.










The park map had a strange place called a “stumpery”.  Of course we had to investigate.



Surprisingly, it is exactly what it sounds like.  The stumps of dead or removed trees are deposited here.  Often in creative ways. It was invented in England as a way to improve storm-damaged areas.







Who wouldn’t want a giant stump bench?


With the roar of a gale-force wind, the day ended with a standard southern sunset.