Tuesday 5 February 2019

Artist's Photographs from the Residency Whanganui New Zealand

Some Photos from Whanganui

Here are some photos from Whanganui where we spent the last month at the
Glasgow St Arts Centre.  The first one is an old one probably taken about
1923, it shows my Mother at Virginia Lake feeding the black swans and 
the ducks.


She was born in Whanganui in 1913 and lived there until 1925.  Here she is wearing
school uniform, is it the Girl's College uniform?  I know that she was attending there
when they left.


An image from Virginia Lake in January, now we could see only white swans.


Taken at the Bason Reserve where we went to visit the orchid houses and 
the gardens..


Some of the bush at Bush Park.  We were lucky enough to see hihi and  
tÄ«eke as we walked through the bush to see Ratanui the giant rata tree.  So many
changes and improvements since our last visit.


Lastly but not least a picture of Wild Castlecliff, the wind was blowing off the
sea and it was impossible to walk far to take photos.  My Grandmother used to
tell me about catching the tram out to Castlecliff and having to walk on
flax mats down to the sea as the black sand was so hot.


All images copyright Frances Jill Studd 2019