TSG recently visited an old friend and discovered the tree has gone through some changes since it last appeared in a post back in 2017.
We suppose it's a good thing the powers that be at West Valley College decided to use the fallen trunk as a canvas or sorts rather than hauling it off to the woodpile (so to speak).
Whenever a Camera Obscura shows up on a "things to do" map search, you can be sure TSG will be heading in that direction.
Whangārei's Timatatanga Hou ("new beginning") Camera Obscura is a recent example. Other versions we've visited had the "eye" on top of the building with a control that rotated the lens for a 360 degree view.This one had it's "eye" on the side wall with a control that only seemed to close the lens.
In the "more obscure" category, we encountered this derelict/defunct example on the road to Wairere Boulders Nature Reserve. According to a local gentleman who happened by, it was supposed to be an attraction for an adventure park project that never got off the ground.
At the Canepa Motorsport Museum in Scotts Valley. Some of these automobile aerodynamic accoutrements might more accurately be called wings or air dams, but "Wing/Air Dam Alert" lacked a certain je ne sais quoi.
