Random Photos of Nfld

As I drove south from Gros Morne park back towards Port Aux Basques harbour I saw a lot of countryside.  Here are a few photos of things I liked.

In Norris Point:

The biggest Lily blossom I've ever seen

Mike Holmes wouldn't like that railing!

     

Putting on a Good Front or Making a Big Show

A great way to advertise your
sewer tank business!

 










The French Ancestor's Route wound its way through a part of the island where most of the Acadians settled.

Newfoundland's rocky shores

I saw 2 houses with this kind of cement ornamentation???

On the most western point of Nfld.

Too late in the season to see a
bread oven working :-(

Ship-lap siding and bright colours are traditional for houses.  In an effort to spruce up the place and appear traditional, it seems that the government must have offered a deal on vinyl siding.  Sadly (for me) apx 90% of the houses were vinyl.  When the fisheries were closed down the island turned to tourism for making a living.  I suppose run down houses would be depressing for the tourists.  Almost every house was neat and tidy and had pretty new siding.  It certainly made the views more picturesque.

Traditional ship-lap siding and small eaves for the wind.

Traditional bright colours and siding.