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Cool Things To Do in Matakana, New Zealand (No1 is the loos)

March 8, 2020March 29, 2018 by Helen from Differentville

Matakana toilets near Auckland New Zealand, are designed like two heads facing each other

‘My old boss wants to meet us for lunch, in a place called Matakana,’ said The Boyfriend when we were planning our recent New Zealand trip. Pretty sure, ‘Oooh, we can go to the toilets,’ wasn’t the answer he was expecting, but, the fact is the Matakana Toilets near Auckland are a sight to behold …

The Tracey Emin Birds, Sydney – Here’s Where To Find Them

March 11, 2020March 25, 2018 by Helen from Differentville

Small bronze bird on a wall - one of the Tracey Emin birds in Sydney

British artist Tracey Emin has installed 67 tiny birds in an area of the Sydney CBD and the idea is kind of like an arty Pokemon Go as you try and spot them all – of course, I had to go and try. Here’s my guide to where to find the Tracey Emin birds in …

Did You Know There’s a David Bowie Mural in Sydney?

January 3, 2020January 10, 2018 by Helen from Differentville

It’s two years today since the singer David Bowie died and while tributes will pour in at the famous mural in London’s Brixton, but there’s also a David Bowie mural here in Sydney. It’s on the wall of The Blender Gallery, in Elizabeth Street in Paddington, a shopping and residential district most famous for its …

Seven Magic Mountains (And More Cool Art) in Las Vegas

January 3, 2020November 19, 2017 by Helen from Differentville

Seven Magic Mountains, Las Vegas are towers of coloured rocks - but they aren't the only fun art in Las Vegas

Attention, Attention – this is a public service announcement. Time is running out if you want to go and see the uber cool Seven Magic Mountains in Las Vegas. That’s them below – seven 30ft high colourful pillars of limestone created by the Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone. They went up in the middle of the …

There’s Hidden Art on London’s Millennium Bridge

March 8, 2020October 21, 2017 by Helen from Differentville

Chewing gum painting of an ant with an umbrella on the Millenium bridge, London

A tiny St Paul’s Cathedral, an ant carrying an umbrella and what looks like a tree full of people – all things you’ve probably walked past if you’ve ever crossed London’s Millennium Bridge. See, there are a hundreds of tiny paintings stuck on London’s Millennium Bridge all painted on the chewing gum people drop there. …

Will Coles and Sydney’s Awesome Concrete Street Art

March 14, 2020September 7, 2017 by Helen from Differentville

Skull with The End written on it, stuck to wall - by artist Will Coles in Sydney

‘What the hell is that it’s scary,’ is not something you normally want to utter when you return to your home in your dream city after a few years living abroad – but as I came home one day with a bottle of milk, I noticed my first piece of Sydney’s concrete street art – …