the day started with our now usual weekend routine of tidying the house for an open home. although today jane had a chance to go for a run and the rest of us had a bit of a lie in.
then we headed in to town to go up the sky tower. first of all we went to a food court near my office where jane, esther and i had korean fodder and kezia went for a chicken burger from the kebab kiosk. then the weather cleared up a bit so we went up the tower
we didn’t see any firemen but there were plenty about
after that we had a wander round the shops of auckland before heading exhausted home
this evening we had debbie and warren and laura to watch a Mike Leigh film to learn them about proper britain.
and as for the crane …
have you ever wondered how they put cranes up? i have. and today, whilst we were at the top of Sky Tower we got to watch some of the process.
we watched the lifting of the long sticky bit and its associated attachment, and then the beginning of the loading of the concrete ballast
first contact …
once the arm was attached they strung it up before the blue lifting crane released let it free
and then a chap walked to the far end of the long arm whilst they rotated it to start loading in the concrete. all interesting stuff
so there you go. i found it fascinating. the ladies weren’t quite so impressed but let me watch it whilst they played eye-spy and ate ice creams.