Te Mania wines in Richmond, Nelson has built the World's biggest grapevine rugby ball to celebrate the World Cup in New Zealand. The ball measures a whopping 6 metres round and 4 metres tall.
We visited the sculpture exhibition on Thursday.
There were a wide range of sculptures by different artists. Our favourite was the rugby ball and this bird.
Yesterday we also visited the Italia Club. The Italian Rugby Team has been based in Nelson prior to the start of the tournament and will be back here in a week.
A lot of Nelson is supporting Italy as their second team. There are Italian flags everywhere.
The Italian club yesterday had a display of Ferrari's and Italian motorcycles.
The Ferrari's were older classics, but very well kept and maintained.
My favourite however was a 1952 Ducati Cruiser.
I never new such a thing existed, but then I've only been into Ducati motorcycles from the late 80's.
Only 2000 were built between 1952-1954 and the one on display was found on a deceased estate in NZ and lovingly restored. It is believed to be one of only a handful left, and the only one in the Southern Hemisphere.
Styled by Ghia, the Cruiser was Ducati’s first scooter, and the first Italian scooter to be fitted with an automatic transmission. The 54-kilo machine was even fitted with electric start. The Cruiser’s 175cc single-cylinder engine was initially tuned to make 12bhp.
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