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A stunning photograph of bar-tailed godwits taking flight from Snells Beach was unveiled late last month.
The photo adorns the entire rear wall of a new toilet facility at Sunrise Boulevard in Snells Beach.
The photograph was chosen after the Rodney Local Board and the Snells Beach Ratepayers and Residents Association decided the wall would be a great spot to display a local scene.
The most popular choice was the photograph of the godwits submitted by Snells Beach environmental advocate Michele MacKenzie.
Michele also wrote the text that accompanies the photograph on the wall.
Michele says she is delighted to be able to share the godwit story with a wider audience.
“We have a lot of visitors coming from the city or overseas who have no idea about our birds,” she says.
She says she captured the image with some difficulty as she was suffering shingles in one eye at the time, making it almost impossible to focus properly.
“It was photography by braille,” she jokes.
The new toilet facility replaces an old toilet block that was in a poor state of repair. The new block features changing rooms and an outside shower.
