This one of a few op shops around town – Vinnie’s named after St Vincent de Paul charity shops – many of these shops are around the country in different places.
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The new town library is due to open in the next couple of weeks and workmen have been fixing the footpath area opposite outside one of the local restaurants by putting in a pedestrian crossing and more carparks.
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Nice to see some colour in the local gardening department of the Mitre 10 store – there seems to be lots of cyclamen around at the moment.
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I walked around one of the main streets in Greymouth last week and spotted this lady enjoying the morning sun from the back of one of the businesses. We are having some great sunny late Autumn weather right now that’s been going on for the last couple of weeks and just the right amount of rain to keep our water tanks full, of course we are connected to the main town supply too but the tank water has a different and nicer taste in my humble opinion.
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This week we have had 3 degree temperatures at night and Monday morning we woke up to a thin layer of ice on our cars and on the grass outside. But with days like this (above), we can’t complain. But….most of this week is rain which is good for filling up my water tank.
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Remember the photos I shared a couple of weeks ago of Fungi? Well this is the place we found them all at.
As we are coming into Winter, there are lots of red berries hanging off the trees but these ones are no doubt poisonous.
This track leads to Coal Creek Falls which is located in Runanga near Greymouth and the walk itself is about 30 minutes there and back to the carpark.
I think the morning we were there it was about 11 degrees celsius – so not too cold, not too hot.
All the trees and scenery reminded us of a rainforest type setting, mind you most of New Zealand looks like this anyway.
The waterfall isn’t that big or high but it was worth giving this one a go as we had been meaning to do it since moving here.
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I was leaving my hairdresser’s last week and walking down the corridor to the street entrance when I saw one of the nearby businesses was holding a training course. There are always trade jobs available in my town because new houses are regularly being built in new subdivisions, good for young ones or those switching from one industry to another. The local chemist is to the right in this photo, where you can see the hats, they are meant to be moving to another building from what I’ve heard.
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One night after work I stopped on one of the main streets in town to take a night shot. Not many shops except for supermarkets are open at this time of day, hence no one around. The lowest temperature we’ve had at night so far is 5 degrees celsius but it will get down to -2 in the next 3 months at night. Winter coughs and colds are starting to do the rounds, lucky I got my whooping cough vaccine last year as the 90 day cough is part of that strain apparently. Anyone else find since having covid your immunity is almost non existent now like us?
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Bits and pieces of Autumn scenery in the Greymouth town square. Not many people around as it had just stopped raining.
This is the start of the hibernating season for me; time to crochet blankets, wearing slippers around the house, ponder starting the fire on cold days, taking vitamins to prevent getting sick and finding some good books and movies to get into.
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We love second hand shopping, it’s pretty cool when we find brand new items for hugely discounted priced. Hokitika has some great shops for this purpose.
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