I live in Palmerston North in New Zealand. I didn’t choose
to move here. Instead I made a decision to study something that can only be studied in Palmerston North so I didn’t really have any further decisions to make.
So what’s Palmerston North like? Well ever since John Clease
said ‘If you ever do want to kill yourself, back lack the courage, I think a
visit to Palmerston North will do the trick,’ then it’s more or less been the
butt of every joke.
I think they kind of bring it on themselves, yes I refuse to
call myself a Palmerston Northian... After all their most famous icon is the
naked pie man; he sells pies to drunk students and yes, as the name suggests he
runs around naked. I think I’ve painted you a reasonably accurate portrait of
Palmy as a rather bogan and dull place.
It therefore becomes a rather difficult task to find
creative happenings in Palmerston North. When I first arrived I was shocked by
the fact that the ‘best’ shopping area was a homogeneous mall. I say
homogeneous because quite literally you could pick it up and plonk it anywhere
in the world. It’s a rather boring place full of girls dressed horribly in
supre outfits, shudder. Then lucky for me I discovered George St. It’s a
magical street with owner operated boutiques. There’s not many but there’s just
enough to be able to spend an hour or so perusing the offerings. The shops on
George St show a classier side to Palmerston North and let me remind you that
the New Zealand brand Kilt started
with a shop on George St.
If clothes don’t interest you there’s a few nice brunch
places in that area of Palmerston North. My personal favourite is OE cafe in
the art center. They make a variety of delicious coffees, many of which I’ve
never heard of. While you wait you can look around the gallery at the array of
art work. If that isn’t culture then I don’t know what is!
That’s my little Palmerston North spiel. You never know I
may do another if I continue feeling sorry for Palmy.
Oh and finally I must mention that there’s a cafe on George
St called Barista which does a
regular high tea, with live music. Beat that Queen St!
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| Wellington, from ages ago. Mainly because I really miss the sun... |
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| The weather's terrible at the moment, rain wind et al. Hence why I included the first photo... |
Song Obsession
Red Rabbit - The Shins. It was hard to choose one song because I'm in love with this band at the moment.
Red Rabbit - The Shins. It was hard to choose one song because I'm in love with this band at the moment.
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