Avondale
Itsy-bitsy spider on marimba.
- E-WEast-West lineO-WOnehunga-West line
- West family
- Guitar signature
Why Avondale sounds like this
A marimba and plucked strings play the Itsy-Bitsy Spider. The Avondale spider, a huntsman as big as your hand, came over from Australia, made itself at home here and went on to star in the film Arachnophobia. It's harmless, so the chime keeps it friendly: a nursery rhyme, not a horror score.
Inside the chime
Avondale's chime runs about 4 seconds, in two parts. Every station's chime ends on its family's signature, so you can tell roughly where you are by ear.
- 1
Avondale's own motif 3.0 s
Itsy-bitsy spider on marimba. No other station plays it.
- 2
The West family's guitar 1.0 s
Three plucked guitar notes climbing a major chord. It covers the western suburbs.
On the network
The West family
13 stations end on the guitar: Kingsland out to Swanson.