'New Zealand Odyssey', published in 1989 by Heinemann, was authored by me, Don Donovan (who did the text and illustrations) and Euan Sarginson, who did the photography and design. In this series of blog posts, I will publish some of my drawings.
New Zealanders have a reputation for lateral thinking that requires to be exemplified in a book about the special qualities of this country. On our Odyssey we saw many varieties of mail box where the 'postie' collected and deposited letters and parcels every day. This one took my fancy. It is the internal workings of a Bendix washing machine no longer given over to churning and spinning. One imagines that the owner could not bear to throw the washer away when it could still have a useful function.
It was by a country road at Pakawau in the north-west corner of the South Island.
© DON DONOVAN
donovan@ihug.co.nz
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