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You are here: Home / Latest News / Of Toilets and Trains – Visiting Kawakawa in the Bay of Islands

Of Toilets and Trains – Visiting Kawakawa in the Bay of Islands

October 7, 2014 by Rosemary Neave 1 Comment

Toilet Stop at Kawakawa

Hundertwasser kawakawaIt is quiet on this mid winter day in Kawakawa.  Originally famous for being the turn off to the Bay of Islands and for having a train run right down the middle of the main street.

Now it is a stop in its own right with the world famous Hundertwasser Toilets – the only building designed by Frederick in the Southern Hemisphere.  

The first time I came looking for the Hundertwasser Toilets, I drove right through the town and missed them.  I only found them on a slow return trip through the town, situated as they are between two very ordinary modern buildings.

These days the Hundertwasser theme has developed more strongly around the toilets – there is a beautiful mosaic arm chair, a fantastic mural, more tiled creations all around the town, shops that focus on Hundertwasser and his art, and today a new addition for me – An Art walk of Surprise – donation only and you can walk through this playful sculpture and Mosaic creation.

This is a must stop on any trip north, and I usually follow it with a coffee at the Trainspotter cafe, just across the road.  A great place to watch the tourists and cameras clicking away, while you sit in the sun.

Hundertwasser kawakawa

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