Here
is a glimpse of one of the icons of Auckland – the largest city in New Zealand –
the Harbour Bridge.
I
took this pic on a still cool winter morning.
It is taken from outside the Royal NZ Yacht Squadron Yacht Club at
Westhaven Marina.
The
Harbour Bridge connects the Auckland Isthmus (where the central business
district is) to the North Shore. It was
built in 1959 and extended by adding 2 extra lanes onto each side in 1969 –
these were known in those less pc days as the "Nippon clip-ons" since
they were constructed by a large Japanese company.
It
used to be a toll bridge and I can remember a capping stunt one year where we
all went over it on motorbikes and offered to pay the toll with 5c pieces. A bit of silly fun.
A very nice bridge Carole! Is that a travel trailer wrecked in the bottom pic?
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