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| A giant spider guarding her babies |
For a while now we have been meaning to visit Carlucci Land and finally over Easter we made it.
It is situated down Happy Valley Road as you head to Island Bay and has been a feature that has been growing over the years depending on the time the owner has to put into it.
It is a quirky junk sculpture park with mini golf as an added extra.
Payment was via an honesty box - most refreshing in this day and age, and golf clubs were displayed nearby for you to take your pick.
We enjoyed wandering around spying the wonderful display, from the minuscule to the towering, all definitely zany. It is not finished yet either. Carl, the owner, has plans to expand on a grander scale, heading up the hills behind.
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| Mini golf |
After seeing everything, we settled down to mini golf. It is well designed and uses the hill on which it is situated perfectly. The best holes are the ones where Carl has added his artwork. On one hole, your ball disappears down a hole then appears travelling along little runways and spirals until it drops onto the green. Such a lot of fun and all made out of bits of metal junk.
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| On this hole your ball spirals around a tree before dropping on the green |
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| A boot propelled chariot |
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| Metal bird and baby in nest |
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| Easy Rider |
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| A six legged trumpeter |
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| A shed decorated with stuff from the nearby tip |
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| A koala up a ponga tree |
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| A rusty not trusty biplane |
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| Nelly the elephant with random Buddha head |
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| A caterpillar chain crocodile |
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| The dragon is watching you |
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| A noble rhino on a hill |
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| A mini scene on a rock |
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| A mini flying things scene |
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| A perfect wee boat in a rock pool |
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| Excalibur by the roadside |
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| There are lots of delicate dragonflies |
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| A viking boat skeleton |
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| Dragonflies in the sky |
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| Beware of the dragons! |
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| Carlucci Land - well worth a visit! |
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