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Day 54: Okarito

April 18, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design work#100days, calligraphy, hand lettering, ink, OkaritoHannah Schickedanz

I love Okarito. It’s a tiny little town we visited in the spring, and is the prettiest, most loved wee place we’ve been to. We blogged about it over here.

Okarito

September 14, 2014Featured, Liberty the Great, Nature, Placesfeatured, Okarito, Okarito lagoon, West CoastThomas Schickedanz

A couple of weeks ago we were in Okarito. A little nugget at the West Coast, it has been a thriving gold mining town in the 1860s. Population quickly rose to 1200 or so, but only 18 months later it was all over. I tried to imagine the industrious busyness walking down the main (only) street but couldn’t … Continue reading Okarito →