The ugliest things in the Hunter Valley (Dial-up warning)

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The ugliest things in the Hunter Valley (Dial-up warning)

Postby Nnnnsic on Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:28 am

For those that didn't get to go on the Hunter Valley Wine Weekend, I now present to you the ugliest things in the Hunter Valley (besides me... I already anticipate someone playing that card so consider yourself screwed if it was you):

One Broke Road
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A closer view of it
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Tempest Two (I called it "Tetanus Two")
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These are apparently wineries.
But you'd never know it from the way they look.

They probably deserve to be in Jurassic Park with a bunch of broken windows and loose Velociraptor running around freely getting drunk off whatever alcohol they're convinced they're producing at them.
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Postby wendellt on Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:38 am

isn't it your job as an artist to make the ugliest things look good?
don't liek them but you admmitted they were ugly
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Postby avkomp on Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:55 am

and here I was expecting to see some pix of our members.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
weird buildings.
no accounting for some peoples tastes.
the architect probably loves it.

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Postby Killakoala on Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:11 am

Ugly indeed. Especially the first one. It looks only half finished. What's it made out of? Concrete with Pebble Mix on the outside?

The second one looks like a lawn bowls centre along the Murray River somewhere.
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Postby Frankenstein on Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:35 am

Looks like a US DOD Star Wars base <salutes>.

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Postby nito on Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:13 am

Expensive eats tooo.
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:11 pm

Steve
Every time I go past Tempus Two that's my exact thought - I expect to see old men in creams. Apparently all the green in front is an amphitheatre for concerts of which they have a had one or two. BTW Their wines are VERY expensive and the price is no indicator of the quality.

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Postby Sheila Smart on Tue Feb 14, 2006 11:36 am

A symphony in grey concrete! Prince Charles would LOVE these!

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