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Celebrating 10,000 hours at Bushy Point and much much more!

On Friday 4th of July the Otatara Landcare Group held a midwinter event celebrating lots of good things happening in the Otatara environment! Chalking up 10,000 hours of work and 25,000 plants at Bushy Point, successful Otatara pestbusting, bird rescue at Bush Haven, Community Nursery Education Centre to name but a few.

on a stormy winter night fifty people came to celebrate including our Living Legend, all-black Kevin Laidlaw. The main show was provided by the Smith/McKenzie family with Fiona on bagpipes, Barry addressing the Haggis, Robyn on Haggis preparation, Lloyd McEsler on the sword and Glenda Graham on the whisky!

It was a fun way to celebrate the successes of the Otatara Landcare Group and its volunteers and supporters and I can see it becoming an annual Otatara mid-winter event.

The next event at Bushy Point on 20th October is to help put on plant covers to protect plants from rabbits - do come along and bring your friends!

Sunday 20 October Bushy Point Work Day, 1pm-3pm
Meet at Bryson Road entrance. Weeding and tree maintenance – bring gloves and the family!

For more information contact Chris Rance, ph 213 1161.

Take a look at the recent geocaching event held at Bushy Point!

The geocaching event on Sunday 6 October was an eyeopener for me - a “muggle” or non-geocacher! I learned a new language and those geocaching novices also learned a bit about Bushy Point. The introduction to geocaching was led by Edith Jones and participants enjoyed an hour of walking and searching.

Haggis Night, History Night, Orienteering, Bushy Point working day - something for everyone!

Friday 4th July - Haggis Night - Come and Celebrate some significant Otatara milestones 10,000 hours of work at Bushy Point, successful Pestbusting, Native Bird rescue and much more with a family night of Piping in and addressing the Haggis, a meal of Haggis Neeps and Tatties, BYO dessert to share and BYO drinks (and glasses), A short Audio Visual Film, Tea and coffee and a chat. piping starts at 6pm

Where – Otatara Community Hall, Dunns Road, Gold Coin Donation, RSVP by Tuesday 1st July to: Barry & Robyn Smith: Enable JavaScript to view protected content. Phone 213-1500  

Sunday 6th July 2014 - Orienteering Event at Bushy Point (ph Sally 2131403) 
 
Monday 14th July 2014 - “Olden times in Otatara” – talk on Otatara’s history by Lloyd Esler and your own stories - please bring your recollections  and photographs - Otatara Community Church, Oreti Road (ph Lloyd 2130404)
  
Sunday 20th July 2014 - Bushy Point Work Day 1pm-3pm ph Sally 2131403

Plant propagation workshops, Matariki celebrations, Bushy Point, Otatara History Night