This is a large park in the city that hosts a cricket field. This cricket field was also one of the location shoots for the Tom Cruise movie, The Last Samurai. And aside from some minor changes, like the removal of the light posts and, when the camera was facing the other direction, the CGI removal of the city scape beyond the entrance gate, the cricket field was shown almost exactly as it really appears. I guess I now have to watch that movie again.
...and a bridge or two. This one is called the Poet's Bridge. Unfortunately, despite its rather cerebral name, it is actually named after a race horse called The Poet. But I pretended that poets went to the bridge and composed sonnets and couplets and haikus and other such verse.
There was also a zoo in the park. A free zoo. It wasn't very big, but it had a farm animal area, and a free flying bird cage. Inside there were lots of birds, including this parrot.
Then we went to watch part of a rugby match at the local stadium, but unfortunately Mat's team didn't start off too well, so we left before too long. As we were leaving there was a rather awesome try scored. (A try is the main point getting play in the game of rugby.) And even for someone who knows next to nothing about rugby, I thought it was an awesome play. A well executed play, in any sport, seems to convey some sort of elegant signal of its awesomeness. After the rugby, we visited another friend of Mat's for a while. And we finished off with a visit to the coastal walk of New Plymouth. New Plymouth has been working on a walking path along the waterfront that allows people the chance to experience the natural beauty of the area. As part of that effort, they built a rather nice bridge to cross a river in the area. However, it was a bit weird. There is this quite attractive bridge over a river linking two rather barren areas of pathway. I imagine there are plans for the area to make it all attractive and eventually the bridge will fit in.
Meanwhile there is an breathtaking view of Mt. Taranaki towering over the area. When clouds aren't obscuring the view, that is.
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