This is a saddle for an elephant. The elephant used to give children rides around the zoo. It was never replaced as they only had room for one elephant and it got lonely. It was given as a gift by immigrants to the city from India.
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| View from the top of the cable car |
The Botanic garden was great and had a tropical house, there was also a massive hydrangia bed.
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| Love the epiphyte display |
There was a tropical room and obviously the Huhu beetle came in there to be nice and warm. The orchid display was lovely and there were a few in bloom
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| Orchid |
This sculpture was cast 2 years after the artist had died which is a little odd.
The Beehive designed by a British architect and then built by Kiwi engineers it wasn't popular at first.
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| Rugby sculpture |
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| Old part of parliment buildings |
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| Ralph is happy we're staying on Bunny Street |
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| Occasionally you wonder whether you've wondered into a parallel universe I walked into a park yesterday to be greeted by pirates singing on a stage and lots of children with Teddys I had wondered into a teddy bears picnic. |
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