This was one of the very first giraffes I visited, largely because it was one of the most accessible. As with several others, it was displayed in the Botanical Gardens, and quite near the playgrounds given its subject matter. As painted by Martyn Giles and sponsored by Buildtech, the giraffe is given the uniform and colours of the Canterbury Rams, our local basketball team. The Rams are also sponsored by BuildTech, thus explaining the design and the giraffe’s name: Dunk.
And there ends my knowledge of both basketball and this giraffe. To compensate, here’s a fun fact about Hagley Park, in which the Christchurch Botanical Gardens are located: in terms of size it’s second only to New York’s Central Park as the world’s largest intercity park. And now you know.
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