Things I’m Loving: 500 Sandcastles

BritMumInNZ

They appeared overnight on the beach at Lyall Bay. The once flat sand came alive.

sandcastles at lyall bay 2

Over 80 people brought buckets and spades, to work under the night-sky, to leave a surprise.

sandcastles 3

People stopped and stared in awe.

sandcastles at lyall bay 1

Children ran down on to the beach to explore.

sandcastles 7

Castles with moats and turrets…

sandcastles 5

Magical castles with crystals…

sandcastles 4

And castles with steps…

sandcastles 6

Castles that looked like giant wedding cakes…

Swirls

Even the seagulls stopped to stare.

sandcastles 8

A thoughtful, heart-warming gift.

An idea from ‘Adventure Wellington‘ group,

which raised over $500 for Child Cancer Foundation.

People are all a chatter about the amazing castles…

Dominion Post: Castles spring up on Lyall Bay beach

________________________________________________________________________

Linking up with….

button2

Related posts

6 thoughts on “Things I’m Loving: 500 Sandcastles”

  1. how creative, lovely and awe inspiring

    my thoughts are with the children diagnosed with cancer and bless those that gave 🙂

  4. Oh…how inspiring and wonderful are those sand castle and all sorts of amazing ideas with candles,pebbles crystals and more. Thank you so much for giving us the chance to see them..and for such a worthwhile cause…Wellington seems to come up with so many wonderful ideas for good causes….wel ldone!!

Comments are closed.