A Shop By Any Other Name

A parade of shop names in Fitzroy's Brunswick Street in Melbourne.

The Iconic Australian Shot

I snapped this sign at Trentham Falls in Victoria, Australia.

It's a Sign

Kaikoura. April 2009. Ajr

Only in Kaikoura!

In the Pink

TheNewDowse, Lower Hutt. April 2009. Ajr

Here's another of the very excellent signs at TheNewDowse in Lower Hutt. I liked many of their signs almost as much as some of the gallery exhibits. You can see others by clicking on TheNewDowse in the label line below this post. www.newdowse.org.nz

The Dilemma of Choice

Milton, South Otago. Feb 2009 Ajr

Faced with choices like this

Who could ever say life was dull and boring in Milton?

I especially like the bottom sign - I wonder if that's where Fairfax buries its journalists (alive) ?

It's A Sign - or Two

Oban, Stewart Island, NZ. Feb 2009 Ajr

Loved this gathering of signs - complete with resting gull - at Oban on Stewart Island.

A perfect blue-skied day helped too of course www.stewartisland.co.nz

It's A Sign

Punakaiki, South Island. Dec. 2008. Ajr

Another in the Road Sign collection

A Sign For Sunday

Kyneton, Victoria, Australia. Nov. 2008. Ajr

Arrrhhhhh....the dilemma of choice!

But....But.....But....

Woodend, Victoria, Australia. Nov. 2008. Ajr

No Excuses

You have been warned!

(The Australians are nothing if not direct).

Multiple Choice

Lyttelton. Sept. 2008. Ajr

You can always rely on the mad little port town of Lyttelton - just over the hills from Christchurch - to deliver something quirky and interesting. It's a photographer's paradise and even today, with a howling southerly blowing the streets inside out, there was time to stand here and consider my options. The Lyttelton Museum would have won but for the fact it was closed.

Signs of Art

'Signs' Maider Lopez. Christchurch Art Gallery. Sept.2008. Ajr

Spanish Artist Maider Lopez has gone through Christchurch Art Gallery highlighting some of the buildings more functional aspects - all in the name of art and SCAPE 2008. All those little boxes and switches and buttons on the grey walls that you may never have noticed before, have suddenly taken on a much more interesting 'persona' - which all serves to highlight the fact that most of us sail through the average day missing an enormous amount of visual detail.

Stating the Obvious

Northlands Mall, Papanui, Christchurch. Sept.2008. Ajr

Makes Sense to me!

It's a Tough World Out There!

Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch. Sept. 2008. Ajr

Who knew there were so many hazards in ten short feet?

Can You Believe It?

Christchurch. August 2008. Ajr

It's a car yard after all!

Mosgiel Versus Hollywood

Mosgiel, Dunedin. August 2008. Ajr

I know it's a grand leap

But when I saw this sign on a hillside

just outside the little southern township of Mosgiel

I thought of Hollywood.

Obeying the Rules

Port Hills, Christchurch. August 2008. Ajr Well......at least one person took the sign literally!

Mixed Messages

Brunswick Street, Melbourne. 2007. Ajr

Every so often you come upon a terrific collection of signs.

This cluster on a Brunswick Street corner in Melbourne

Has a little something for everyone.

The Bear Facts

This photograph was sent to me yesterday by a friend in Chicago - the fabulously talented artist/printmaker, David Jansheski. We don’t know its source – it’s just one of those funny things that circulates the world at the speed of light via email – but it amused me so much I feel bound to share it. We don’t have bears in New Zealand so I’m quite intrigued by the notion of a giant bear wandering into my garden…… not to mention the idea of going through the motions (pardon me) of inspecting its faeces

It's a Sign

Near Levin, North Island. 2007. Ajr

This would have to be one of the most photographed compositions in the country.

I've seen numerous images of this very same truck&sign taken by other people.

It's A Sign

Road Signs - the kangaroo and the wombat obviously Australian; the kiwi and the golf cart, New Zealand. And of course the obligatory NZ 'Beware of the Sheep' sign - they are such terrifying creatures after all. You can't be too careful!