A Pictorial trucks eye view of Benneydale & surrounding area

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Did I mention how quirky this place is? It’s arty & an eclectic mix of styles, with abject poverty & wealth standing together in unison. A most amazing & very obvious comparison.


A house in a field just waiting for visitors

Fabulous art in some places, including the buildings themselves

A beautifully restored cottage

The old & new together

I just love the original dwellings of yesteryear

The ordinary is necessary for the significant to stand out

Fabulous Rock formations

And caves 🤩

A common sight in rural New Zealand, the lone farmhouse or shed

There was a Lot of water on the land from a storm

A heck of a lot actually

Layered rock used to make stone walls. A funny story goes with this. My cousin showed me a stone wall & I told him I wasn’t into the modern stone walls with cut rock… It’s a natural formation it turns out 🤣 

Darling verandah style porches

That’s a swollen stream for you!

Some pics were taken on the way to the quarry & others on the way back

That stream has a current there was so much water in it

A nice red barn was the only one in the area, surprisingly

I love how wood silvers off when left in its natural state

Winding roads used to be the norm back in the day


I wondered what was here previously. Funny how we just leave things to rot & build a fancy new one isn’t it. When did we become so wasteful of our resources?

Some more concrete foundations

Some cool art on a sign

Er a fancy toilet block in the town 😂 

I’m lichen this old farm bowser



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