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Wednesday 23 December 2015
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CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT: Miley Johnson, 7, and Harmony Hewison, 7, take part in Carols by Candlelight at Washbourn Gardens on Sunday night. The free event has been spreading the joy of Christmas for over 20 years now, this year attracting around 2000 locals. Carols by Candlelight featured a line up of musicians including a solo performance from Kieran O’Connor, the Waimea College night class choir Take a Chance, and Men in Accord, plus, mayor Richard Kempthorne as MC and plenty of Christmas tunes which had nearly everyone singing along. The event is organised and run by the Tasman District Council. Photo: Jessie Johnston.
Landowners help build cycle trail
When the Nelson Tasman Cycle Trust approached Lloyd and Paul Ewing about running the Tasman Great Taste Trail through their land at Quail Valley they agreed immediately because the trail “is such a bloody fabulous idea”. But the father-and-son owners of Ewing Poultry didn’t stop there.
They also started clearing a path and laying the base material for the 2km section of trail that runs through their free-range hen farm on the banks of the Wai-iti River. A keen recreational cyclist who has ridden the Otago Rail Trail, Ocean 2 Alps Trail and the coastal
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section of the Tasman Great Taste Trail, Lloyd says it made sense for them to start the construction “because we already have the machinery and man-power on site.”
He estimates they have already spent about five weeks clearing and fencing their land and have about another 1000 man hours of work to go before the trust’s contractor can add the finishing touches. “The trust reckons we’re are doing about $50,000 worth of work
but that’s nothing in the big picture,” Lloyd says. “The trail is going to be such a good community asset - we can’t wait to see families biking along here and stopping for a picnic beside the river.”
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