Port Chalmers

This morning Dave took a drive along the south side of the harbor to Port Chalmers, a small town with an amazing church, a big container shipping facility, and lots of views of water and boats. The first photo is the least photogenic of the all the ones I'm posting today, but he took it especially for the blog. The small gray building is a public toilet. Dave is very enthusiastic about the public toilets in New Zealand, which are sprinkled here and there around Dunedin, and are also easily found in small towns. They are free and clean, with a sink and hand drier, and sometimes with piped in Muzak. They have sliding doors that are activated by pushing a button. The doors make me nervous. I'm afraid I'll get inside behind the closed door and something will happen and the door will never again open.