TOWN HALL LIGHTS !

This is Auckland Town Hall which was the focus of our visit to The City last night! This is what it looks like in the daytime..
It is a historic building in the main street of Auckland, a five-storey building was specially designed to fit the wedge-shaped piece of land that had been bought for it.

The Town Hall looked different when we got there..



It turned into a kaleidoscope of colours last night! Stopping traffic and attracting hundreds of spectators, us included..
It was to celebrate the official launch of a 3G network, XT.

While we stood and watched it was transformed into: a giant house made of multi-coloured liquorice allsorts,jelly tot windows and candy cane pillars. It looked almost edible and the colours were vivid..

Transformed into a gingerbread house..



Sweetie heaven



Then, it changed into a huge sandcastle on a beach, and in the windows you could see animated people putting seashells on for decoration. The way the lights used the windows and the tower was very clever..





Next, it became a light house,the tower flashing like a beacon and at the base the waves crashing and seagulls flying by!

A striped lighthouse...



You can see the rocks and waves crashing...



A touch of culture next with the London Underground platform, complete with commuters and train windows full of people. Followed by a recognisable British icon..

A taste of London with Big Ben..



Big Ben all around



It became an Italian villa, but so that you could see the inside of the rooms and people dancing and furniture, like a dolls' house, opened up.

The inside of an Italian villa



Italian house from the side



The mathematical mountain was strange and slightly disorientating, with numbers floating up into the sky. A bit Matrix like. The greens and blues were effective..


It looked like an Angel Falls at one point, the waterfalls beginning at the top of the tower and them running to a gentle trickle once they reached the lower rooms.



Waterfall close up..



Really impressive, was when a rocket appeared on the tower and blasted off into space. Planets appeared and astronauts and then the world, seen from the ship and far, far below, we could see New Zealand!

Space, above and beyond..



We even had a version of the Pink and white Terraces, with colours dripping down the sides of the building..





Quite an impressive display of technology!
We voted for the sweetie one!!