Peacock Fountain

We had our usual photographing/walking/ nattering/ blipping group this morning. We walked through the Botanical Gardens..it was lovely but soooo cold. Had a lovely coffee at the Curator's House in the gardens.....We sat in the sun and thawed out.
The Peacock Fountain was bought by the Christchurch Beautifying Society from money bequeathed by John Thomas Peacock, a trader, politician and philanthropist. The fountain was unveiled in 1911, moved to a new location some years later, and put into storage in 1949. After a $270,000 renovation, it was commissioned again in 1996, in its third location in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens. It has an elaborate colour scheme and is a much photographed tourist attraction.
It is rather lovely now the garish colours have faded slightly.