We took a break on the Saturday away from all the rush and people and had a small walk around a Bush reserve on the way to Okoia.
Peace, birds, and the smell of the bush...all except the Mānuka...
On the Sunday morning the Billy Webb rowing challenge took place..a sort of handicap race where each boat and age group of crew has a best time, and the winner is the closest to that....plus the overall fastest singles, men and women. So the prizes 1st to 10th were all different ages, number of scullers etc....
The paddle steamer Waimarie and the motor vessel Wairua were doing trips up and down the river all weekend.
And buses and steam tractors were going around the streets
I enjoyed watching the dancers at the Sunday lunchtime Riverside music
Back to everyday now...Pirate has been out on his bike this morning, a shopping list needs to be made and we need to re-organise our belongings for the travelling after the Masters Games. Two more weeks here and we will be heading North for a short while!!
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I'm looking forward to seeing some greenery on my walks soon. The rowing looks fun to watch.
John, it really was. It is run over a 3km stretch of the Whanganui River , Te Awa Tupūa, and this time it was with an incoming high tide. The first leg being 3km with the tide but against the flow...and the second 3km in reverse back downriver! Being high tide meant that there were even more bits of tree and vegetation in the water!!
So three times the Olympic distance! The fastest time was just under 24 minute!!
manuka? anything to do with manuka honey? and what is that London bus doing there! It looks so interesting and you have such a busy schedule - thanks for taking time to stop and share what you are seeing, it's really interesting.
Betty yes, Mānuka as in honey.
There is also Kānuka, and I think that is the one with rough and spikey bark....but I could have got that the wrong way round!
I salute anyone who rows crew. That seems a very rigorous activity. I love the snaps of NZ flora. It all looks just so very green. The 'old-timey' vehicles are a hoot to see. I really dig that vintage dbl decker bus.
Your vintage weekend sounds most entertaining. It sometimes seems as if it the past were a less complicated time, but, as I remember, it also had its challenges and life was just as busy.
jabblog yes...just as busy, perhaps more so as ways of doing things were different.
Beautiful blog
The rowing challenge (and accompanying activities) look like fun. I love that steam tractor!
I saw a steam tractor similar to that one in Norfolk once. Quite astonishing!
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