Friday, May 6, 2022

The Extreme Serenity of Russell


Manners

Alison: It’s a bit ungracious to put your feet up near the coffee cup.

Richard: Offensive? To the coffee? It gives perspective, the feet suggest a vanishing point.

Alison: And your shoes need cleaning.

Richard: I’ve been hiking. And it gives a feeling of ambience to the scene.

Alison: Still, I mean, it’s unmannerly. It doesn’t harmonize with the serenity here.

 

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Voice-over

Russell is a place where serenity is extreme. All photographs look like postcards. It’s remote from the traffic rumble of other Bay of Islands towns. The ferry from Paihia to Russell is for pedestrians only. There’s only one car ferry – from Opua to Russell. It helps to be somewhat isolated.

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