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Andrea Kirwan

Sat, 28 Jun 2014 16:06:33 +1200

You could always try the Manukau Markets. Vodafone Event Centre Sundays 6am til midday

Chris Waugh

Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:11:31 +1200

I'm quite ok with unattachment to the material (excpet my books. You're not going to unattach me from me books.), it's more the violent force that taught that unattachment that gives the icky feeling. But yeah, I know, what would Zhuangzi say?

Hebe

Mon, 26 Aug 2013 12:53:26 +1200

the quake connection makes it feel a bit icky.

Hell no. Unattachment to the material is coming from the most surprising people: I spent six weeks with my mother sorting through her house. The stuff was incredible: everything from my great-great-grandmother's undies to Ma's 1954 debutante dress (she hid it…

Chris Waugh

Mon, 26 Aug 2013 10:30:04 +1200

Hmmm... the quake connection makes it feel a bit icky. But thanks, I'll make sure to check it out if I can get down there soon enough.

Hebe

Sun, 25 Aug 2013 22:15:51 +1200

One of the great side-effects of the quakes is that markets and op-shops down here are treasure troves. People are giving away amazing things bcause they are clearing out for repairs and many people have relinquished their attachment to "stuff".
I recommend a visit if you like a good poozle.

Chris Waugh

Sun, 25 Aug 2013 22:07:15 +1200

Got any more, Jackson? That's an intriguing mixture of stuff there. Looks like the kind of market I'd like to sift through.

JacksonP

Sun, 25 Aug 2013 21:11:41 +1200

Sunday Aug 25, 12-4pm at Dux Live

We dropped in on our way to the airport. Sorry didn't catch you this time Ian. Was very much a flying visit.

Chris Waugh

Sat, 24 Aug 2013 17:06:31 +1200

Oh, a little fiddling wit B&W, film grain, etc, and this photo is almost rescued. She also likes rabbits, and said, "Xiǎo bái tù nǐhǎo!" (hello little white rabbit!) then "Xiǎo tùzi byebye!" (byebye little rabbit!) (yes, her Chinese is way better than her English, but that's ok, she is in…

Chris Waugh

Sat, 24 Aug 2013 16:23:48 +1200

Buddhist releasing life. Buy some critters to release into the wild so you can earn some good karma.

And as it turns out, those are all the not entirely crap photos. Was that the kind of market you wished you could've visited instead of your chaperoned tour of the Forbidden…

Chris Waugh

Sat, 24 Aug 2013 16:14:23 +1200

More birds.

Checking out the squirrel, which she insisted on calling dàishǔ (袋鼠 = kangaroo. Squirrel is 松鼠/sōngshǔ) (oops, must remember to attach the photo).

She loves birds, but a bigger kid started encroaching on her space.

Chris Waugh

Sat, 24 Aug 2013 16:04:38 +1200

I don't know how these guys get their stuff, but they're great for stocking up in toilet paper, tissues, toiletries, detergent, crayons, shopping bags, perfume, deodorant.... Much of it left overs from various promotions, but the rest, well, I can think of some possibilities....

Bird cages.

And a pigeon shop…

David Hood

Fri, 23 Aug 2013 15:17:51 +1200

But a man taking pictures of women's underwear is not generally a good look

Just tell people "It's for putting on the internet".

Craig Ranapia

Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:49:50 +1200

But a man taking pictures of women’s underwear is not generally a good look.

No, but I'm pretty glad nobody came flying out the door of the Berlin "Erotik Boutique" where I just had to get a snap of the patriotic window display of German-made doo-dads. In retrospect, considering it…

Russell Brown

Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:00:13 +1200

Would have taken more photos, but a LOT of the stalls had ‘no photographs, please’ signs on prominent display

I really need to get Fiona to take some pictures of the bra stalls at Avondale. All laid out like a rainbow mountain range, they really are quite a sight on…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 23 Aug 2013 11:50:58 +1200

for Chchch Market Junkies
The Vintage Market that pops up regularly at The Pallet Pavillion, has an indoor iteration, which is on this Sunday Aug 25, 12-4pm at Dux Live in Lincoln Road – lotsa stall holders signed up – I'm not there myself, but don't let that stop ya!…

Craig Ranapia

Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:05:15 +1200

The Avondale Market is indeed a great experience but you firstly have to navigate a corridor of tat (bundles of nylon socks and plastic doo-dads) until it opens up into a vista of fruit, veg and food stalls

Sure, but the "tat" is part of the experience. When we were…

Euripides Pants

Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:29:11 +1200

Twenty odd years ago I asked an elderly stall holder at Avondale market how much she wanted for a small box of original Beatles 45s. She said, 'Oh you have them dear, I'm getting sick of sitting here!'.

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 22 Aug 2013 11:14:22 +1200

very apped...
“this is witch magic"
Switchcraft, innit?

you're soaking in it...
they appear to be toy sized no matter...
It's like the Viewmaster© effect
or as if it's been 'Supermarionated',
I'd tender...

Russell Brown

Thu, 22 Aug 2013 10:17:57 +1200

Nice pics Russell – ‘grittysocialrealism’. Tilt shifting the tools is an eye-shifter, they appear to be toy sized no matter how much I tell myself they’re full sized.

When I got home and looked at the pic, I thought "this is witch magic" :-)

Nora Leggs

Thu, 22 Aug 2013 09:24:33 +1200

Nice pics Russell – 'grittysocialrealism'. Tilt shifting the tools is an eye-shifter, they appear to be toy sized no matter how much I tell myself they're full sized.

Chris Waugh

Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:07:27 +1200

Russell, definitely the best way to visit the Forbidden City is on your own in the middle of an epidemic of some new respiratory illness. My first trip there was in the middle of the SARS epidemic. I was bored out of my brain and decided after all these years…

Geoff Lealand

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 18:47:05 +1200

jb

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:51:00 +1200

closely chaperoned
1982. Imagine how close the chaperoning was back then....

Glenn Pearce

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:13:19 +1200

Love the Avondale marktes, don't get there often enough.

That mad family with the big stall selling tools under the stand always give me a smile. They used to scour the garage sales on Saturday buying up stock to sell on Sundays at the market. Some of the best garden…

Ross Mason

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:32:56 +1200

Ha!!

“The believe in Jesus” and the “Emergency Assembly Point” and “Danger, No crossing of race track here” (Catholic races) are a nice mix and make intriguing photo capture timing!

Planned, of course, wasn’t it Russell.

JacksonP

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:09:21 +1200

Hey! Nice photo post Russell.

Busy day for photos on Public Address, as it turns out. :-)

Jean Hughes

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:16:45 +1200

and just one more photo- the food here is generally pretty good, but still needs picking over.

Jean Hughes

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:15:25 +1200

Ah yes Avondale – my old stamping ground and wonderful market. I go to Mangere Market on Sat morning – mainly for fruit, vegetables and flowers. Smaller and less range but good, cheap and handy. Here the stall holders do seem to recognise me and say hello, etc, though maybe…

Russell Brown

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:47:48 +1200

It was fantastic and still sorely missed.

I missed Cook Street's glory days, but I know quite a few people who feel the same way as you.

Russell Brown

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:46:27 +1200

Oh, and a picture of the stand that sits in the midst of it all …

RaggedJoe

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:46:25 +1200

Great post thanks Russell. Sadly Avondale is way the wrong side of town for us southerners. The mere mention of Cook Street Market provokes strong memories of weekend city afternoons in crowded passageways filled with incense, tie dye, Indian cotton shirts, knock off "ugg" boots and the best hand made…

Public Address

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:46:25 +1200

Discussion from blog post.