Dog and Sheep Shaped Corrugated Metal Buildings

Tīrau, corrugated-iron capital - Roadside Stories

A giant dog and sheep tower over the main street of Tīrau, just two of a series of sculptures and buildings made from corrugated iron -- a common building material in New Zealand. The quirky sculptures were designed and erected by Steven Clothier of Corrugated Creations as part of an effort to revitalise the town from the late 1980s.

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Dog Facts: Dog Shaped Building In New Zealand | Dog Shaped Building | Big Dog Information Centre

There is a dog-shaped building in New Zealand.
Located at 65 Main Road in the northern island of Tirau, New Zealand, the dog-shaped building or formally called as i-SITE Visitor Centre mainly serves as an information hub for tourists who are visiting the area.
The complex also contains public toilets, car parks and a picnic area.
Interestingly, adjacent to the Big Dog Information Centre is the Big Sheep Wool Gallery, a sheep-shaped building, which features woolen goods and gifts.

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TIRAU. CORRUGATED CAPITAL OF NEW ZEALAND By Darren Burch

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New Zealand (Walkabouter'sGuide) #46

We visit the best non-Mordor tourist hotspot in New Zealand- The Giant Dog at Tirau. There and back again.
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Гофрированная столица Мира - Тирау, Ваикато, Новая Зеландия

Всем привет! Сегодня мы отправляемся в Тирау (Tirau) в Новой Зеландии (New Zealand).
Тирау расположен в регионе Ваикато (Waikato Region) в 50 км от Гамильтона (Hamilton), население около 800 человек.
Тирау это оживленный проездной городок, известный под названием Гнутая (Гофрированная) столица мира (Corrugated Capital of the World).
Посетителей ожидают множество бутиков, мастерских, кафе и ресторанов, и, конечно, знаменитые информационный центр «Big Dog» и галерея Big Sheep, хе-хе

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Tirau - Jump On John

The township of Tirau have decided to make lots of things out of corrugated iron as their town 'thing'. So there are lots of signs for all the businesses made out of this. Also at the visitors centre they have some whole buildings clad in sculpted corrugated iron. One is a sheepdog and then their are two sheep. It is pretty cool.

We had a heck of a time finding a good spot to jump off that would have the corrugated iron sculptures in the shot. In the end we settled on this rubbish bin which was pretty solid because it is made out of steel.

Thanks to Mark Stinson for being the jumper and Michael Stinson for working the camera.