the day we went to play on the motorway
here's a bit of a story for you. i've haven't really posted much life stuff on this blog as i've been doing that elsewhere.
however, i thought you might find this interesting.
yesterday in between (and during) rain showers we walked on a new bit of motorway in central auckland
it was open for 4 hours only as a celebration of all that is great about motorways and engineering and being a kiwi.
this giant blue crane was the magic behind constructing the new motorway bridge
and next weekend it'll be shut to traffic so they can do the final switcheroo
so for one day only you could walk along and enjoy the view and inginuity
in the rain
beside the view over the sides there were plenty of bollards to admire
and you could look down at all the spare bits of bridge they had left over (that always used to happen with airfix kids didn't it)
there's the motorway going up the hill in the distance just to prove it is all connected.
and here's some detailed instructions about the big blue crane thing
to be honest, it didn't look particularly solid from underneath. but i did an electronics degree, so what do i know.
there were hundreds of peoples taking their sunday afternoon stroll on the road
and it really felt like a lovely community thing. they even put some diggers out for kids to climb in and pretend to drive (there were no keys in them)
and i was delighted to see some gloves near this roller
there they are look. i don't think they were workmen's ones. unless workmen wear blue woollen gloves.
great stuff.