Our estuary care group met this evening (I'm the chairman). We mainly talked about how enjoyable it is to belong to the group - we know each other well and our meetings are very convivial. We've managed our investments very well over the years and don't have to ask for funding for any projects we might want to take on and that's an enabling thing! We decided tonight, to hold a 4th Estuary Festival along the lines of the first three and will have the Mudman Race as the drawcard and a variety of water, sand and mud activities to support the popular race. In the past we've had hovercraft, jet boats, street parades and a ball as part of the festival but this time there's a hunger for new things, exciting and creative things. We've six months to plan and I know we'll put on something memorable when summer comes.
Watch this salty space!
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mudman race? I'm intrigued... what does one do in such a race?
Run, wade and swim around the Jacob's River Estuary, across the sand flats, through some muddy sections and over several channels in pursuit of a beautiful trophy made from a piece of found wood, polished and plaqued. We've had three events so far, all successful and one filmed on TV3. Runners dressed in shorts or odd costumes and some took it very seriously - most didn't. We set out flags so that runners can see where to run to and have kayaks on the channels for safety's sake. Runners are supposed to finish all covered in mud, but the channel swimming usually washes them disappointingly clean.
Isn't that the job of tangata whenua Robert. Tut, tut, tut!
Tut me no tuts Bill. Tangata whenua haven't said it's their job, in fact, they helped out with the race!
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