More about the Bra Fence!!

[moggy]

Must admit to thinking along the same lines, that is, after I tried to decide whether it was, in fact, a woman. With a name like Natasha, I finally had to concede that it was.

Unless she was a Natasha from the Soviet Olympic team, then you may have cause to doubt with all the hormones they gave them : ::)

[MotherBear]

Still going strong.

New load of bras will test council's firm stand
Wednesday July 5, 2006
By Jarrod Booker

A nationwide breast cancer fundraiser could add new items to the Cardrona bra fence in the face of determined opposition from the local council.  The fence, on which hundreds of bras have been hung, is on the Central Otago tourist trail, but critics say it is demeaning to women and a distraction to motorists.

Cardrona Valley resident Natasha Anderson made her feelings known when she cut about half of the bras off the fence in April and police were called. No charges were laid.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has ordered the bras to be removed from the fence owned by John Lee, whose Waiorau Snow Farm is on the boundary with a council road reserve where the fence is situated.

But supporters of the bra-laden fence are standing firm. Now Auckland bra maker Abracadabra is collecting second-hand bras to raise money for breast cancer and plans to send them to Cardrona.

'I won't have anything to do with them, but I will give them to someone else [to hang on the fence],' Mr Lee said. He said most of the community wanted the bra fence to stay and tourists loved it.

'I know it is a bit outdated and things like that, but we have got to learn to be a bit more tolerant as a society. Probably 90 per cent of people laugh at it and we don't laugh enough these days.'

'It's given the Cardrona Valley something. It's helped establish its identity. I've seen tourists stop here and take their bras off and put them on the fence.'

Council chief executive Duncan Field said a new load of bras from Abracadabra would not get on to the fence because Mr Lee had already been told to remove the attraction. 'The council's view is that it is old and tawdry and had its day and should be removed.'

If Mr Lee wanted to set up another bra attraction on his land, he could apply for resource consent to do so, Mr Field said.  Mr Lee said he would fight to keep the attraction. 'We'll see what the next stage of the whole saga is.'

[Pulsarblu]

Just one word.... COOL!!!

[selchie]

If Mr Lee wanted to set up another bra attraction on his land, he could apply for resource consent to do so, Mr Field said. ?Mr Lee said he would fight to keep the attraction. 'We'll see what the next stage of the whole saga is'.

OK, I understand that the bra fence is on public property right now, and the council has rules about such things. But Mr. Lee would need a resource consent to have something similar on his own land? Perhaps he can call it Art, and get the consent.

I sure wish I'd found it when I was in Otago, so I could feel completely demeaned.

[Glenda]

Have an odd snippet to add ...

Saw a photo of the bra fence on tv last night ... with an UFO in the background. Apparently, the film had not been tampered with. :icon_eek:

[MotherBear]

Well, they do say that people are coming from all over the world to visit the bra fence. ?Obviously its fame has spread even further than we realised. ?

[MotherBear]

The kiwis seem to be very keen on finding other uses for their bras.

It's Wanaka or bust for bra chain record attempt
6.00am Tuesday July 18, 2006

Wanted: 115,000 bras - and a gold coin with each.

Wanakafest wants the lingerie for an attempt on the record for the longest bra chain. It stands at 114,782.

Festival organiser Kerry Quin says proceeds will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Trust.

Glenda, I wonder if that UFO hovering around the bra fence was the same one that was spotted over Auckland.  Obviously sightseeing.

[MotherBear]

Bras end up being on small size
5.00am Monday September 18, 2006

Bras have flooded into Wanaka from all over the world in the past six weeks as Wanakafest organisers tried to beat the world's longest bra chain record.

They fell short by more than 100,000 but not through a lack of trying.

The organiser admitted yesterday to "dreaming" that the small Central Otago town could beat the Cypriot tally of 114,782 bras, which set the Guinness Book of Records benchmark on April 30, in six weeks. But the effort raised $10,000 for breast cancer research.

- NZ Herald

[Glenda]

Just trying out Mother Bear's instructions to post photos.

We were in Kaeo the other day and noticed their 'jandal' fence. Bit of a poor attempt of making an attraction in comparison with the 'bra fence'. Anyway, here's the picture:-

[selchie]

Not quite as sassy as the bra fence. ...It looks as though they could create a mosaic-like image with the different colors of jandals. There is a suggestion of that already.