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Spooky Spider - Avondale, Auckland, New Zealnd
S 36° 53.808 E 174° 41.815
60H E 294788 N 5914098
An imposing sculpture of an Avondale Spider towers above High Street.
Waymark Code: WM9CYH
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 08/02/2010
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Sculptured from fibreglass and steel this 6 metre spider is elevated high on a pole with steel wires underneath to form a web.
The sculpture of the Avondale spider, in the Town Centre, represents an Australian Huntsman Spider. A colony of these large spiders, established in Avondale in 1920, probably arrived on imported timber or packing cases.