'ADOPT
A PONY' AT ‘SUNDAY FUNDAY’ EVENT
PAEKAKARIKI,
Wellington - AUGUST 25, 2008 — It will be big, bright and busy
on Sunday 31st August at the ‘SUNDAY FUNDAY’ event at the
Kapiti Coast Electric Tramway site at MacKays Crossing, Queen Elizabeth
Park.
Owing to the need to postpone last months event due to extremely poor
weather, we have decided to once again make this months theme based
around early transport and in particular, horses. The Stables on the
Park will be running an "Adopt a Pony" day where children
can learn all about how to care for ponys and horses and get the opportunity
to take care of a pony for a period of time.
“The museum is raising funds and one of the aims is to finance
a new building and development programme,” says Graeme Moffatt
secretary of the Wellington Tramway Museum. “The tramway is in
the process of revamping its museum display as well as constructing
a new storage building to protect some of its valuable heritage trams
from the elements. We are also in the process of planning the restoration
of Wellington’s oldest surviving tramcar and an extension of the
tram line to the southern entrance of QE Park at Paekakariki. It is
anticipated that the total cost of the overall project will be in the
vicinity of $4,000,000”
Mr Moffatt commented that the museum is totally voluntary and has been
operating every weekend and public holiday for just over forty years
and the move to a seven day operation is a bold move.
“With the solid growth in the number of visitors over the past
couple of years, we are planning for full time operation around the
end of the year. The running of the regular ‘Sunday Funday’
monthly events as well as the ‘Anything Vintage Festival’
just after Christmas, will go a long way towards helping to finance
the increased costs as the museum receives no regular funding apart
from its own weekend operations,” said Mr Moffatt.
Local schools and community groups are welcome to free stall sites and
there is still room for local enterprises and crafts people to book
a stall site for $15.00.
Entry to the ‘SUNDAY FUNDAY’ event is free and it runs from
10am to 3pm at the Tramway Museum at MacKay’s Crossing, Queen
Elizabeth Park just north of Paekakariki.
Enquiries can be made to Graeme Moffatt at <secretary@wellingtontrams.org.nz>
or Warwick Halcrow of Kapiti Wide Markets on (027) 242-1222 or <whalcrow@paradise.net.nz>.
Coming
Events:
August
31
September 28
October 26
November 30 |
Childrens
'Adopt a Pony' Day
Arts and Jazz
Bar'b'que Cooking Competition
Santa, Printing Museum display |
