Southern Destinations: November 09, 2017
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<strong>November</strong> <strong>2017</strong> southern holiday destinations | 3<br />
Pleasant Point – built on Hospitality<br />
PUBLISHER<br />
Star Media<br />
The Christchurch<br />
Star Company Ltd<br />
PO Box 1467 Christchurch 8140<br />
Advertising<br />
Jenny Wright - 03 364 7446<br />
jenny@starmedia.kiwi<br />
Frank Greenslade - 03 364 7441<br />
frank.greenslade@starmedia.kiwi<br />
Editorial<br />
Wendy Dunlop<br />
Design<br />
Denise Crawford<br />
O’Rourke<br />
Taxidermists<br />
At Pleasant Point in South Canterbury<br />
is a taxidermy business that has been<br />
producing top quality trophy mounts for<br />
almost 60 years. O’Rourke Taxidermists<br />
have followed the founder, Gerald<br />
O’Rourke’s vision of offering worldclass<br />
taxidermy using the most modern<br />
methods and materials.<br />
Being keen hunters has enabled the<br />
team to have thorough knowledge and<br />
an appreciation of how the finished<br />
trophy should look and thereby provide<br />
the hunter with a life-long memory of<br />
his or her hunt. Over the years, many<br />
thousands of highly prized hunting<br />
trophies have been completed for New<br />
Zealand and overseas clients.<br />
O’Rourke Taxidermist mounts can be<br />
viewed in the Museum of New Zealand,<br />
the Auckland Museum, the Canterbury<br />
Museum, South Canterbury Museum,<br />
Otago Museum and the New Zealand<br />
Department of Conservation.<br />
O’Rourke Taxidermists is certified<br />
and registered with the New Zealand<br />
Ministry of Primary Industries to export<br />
to all countries including the European<br />
Union.<br />
For further information and contact<br />
details visit www.orourkebros.co.nz<br />
Well worth a visit is PLEASANT POINT<br />
just 19kms west of Timaru on SH 8. It is a<br />
small country town with a population of<br />
under 1300 and is the service centre for<br />
the surrounding farming district.<br />
One of the main attractions is the<br />
Award winning PLEASANT POINT<br />
MUSEUM & RAILWAY which has the<br />
reputation of being the best of it’s kind<br />
of operation in New Zealand. When the<br />
Fairlie Branch Railway Line closed in<br />
1968, a group of enthusiasts established<br />
the Pleasant Point Railway and Historical<br />
Society based on “a vision, a rusty steam<br />
locomotive, a vandalized train station<br />
and no money!”<br />
Te Museum & Railway is run entirely<br />
by volunteers and has become one of<br />
South Canterbury’s premier attractions.<br />
The Museum boasts wonderfully<br />
restored STEAM LOCOMOTIVES and<br />
the world’s only operational MODEL T<br />
FORD RAILCAR. This unique vehicle<br />
holds only 11 passengers, looks more<br />
like a bus on rail wheels, and was built<br />
by the Museum’s volunteers from the<br />
NZ Railways original drawings and<br />
blueprints.<br />
On some weekends and public holidays,<br />
the locomotives pull historic carriages<br />
along 2.5kms of track that was once part<br />
of the old 35mile branch line to Fairlie.<br />
The trains run to Keanes Crossing where<br />
there is an old time MOVIE THEATRE,<br />
PRINTING ROOM, MODEL RAILWAY, a<br />
collection of RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK<br />
& much more. Keanes Crossing has a<br />
meeting room with kitchen facilities<br />
making it ideal for special events and<br />
functions including wedding and family<br />
photos within the museum environs.<br />
Only a few kms away at Waitohi<br />
visitors can also visit the Richard Pearse<br />
Monument, which marks the spot where<br />
he became airborne. There are Maori<br />
Rock Art sites nearby, good fishing in<br />
local rivers, and the local Golf Course &<br />
Camping ground.<br />
ACCOMMODATION is located<br />
conveniently close to Pleasant Point<br />
township and attractions including<br />
Serenity Motels, Centre Hill Cottage,<br />
Longview B&B, Magnolia Cottage B&B<br />
and Pleasant Point Hotel.<br />
You will also find friendly people, a<br />
taxidermist and great ice creams at<br />
Pleasant Point Dairy! So WHY NOT visit<br />
PLEASANT POINT – the name says it all!<br />
SUMMER<br />
EVENTS<br />
Get to the Point<br />
Main Street Pleasant Point<br />
Saturday 4 <strong>November</strong><br />
Steam Train & Railcar rides<br />
Christmas/New Year holidays<br />
Pleasant Point Museum &<br />
Railway<br />
24hr Phone info line for<br />
Opening hours – 03 614 8323<br />
Group bookings – Marian<br />
Blanchard - 03 686 2269<br />
www.pleasantpointrail.org.nz<br />
Adults $10 Children $5<br />
PLEASANT POINT<br />
MUSEUM & RAILWAY<br />
19kms west of Timaru<br />
Pleasant Point<br />
Camping Ground<br />
Pleasant Point<br />
DAIRY<br />
VISIT award winning Museum & Railway<br />
RIDE Steam Locos, Model T Railcar...<br />
holiday weekends<br />
VIEW displays, Old Time Movie Theatre, Model Railway,<br />
Printing Room & much more<br />
SPECIAL EVENTS<br />
RAILCAR runs DAILY 26 Dec to end Feb 2018<br />
XMAS/NEW YEAR Steam Train running times<br />
27, 28 Dec, 2, 3, 7, 14, 21 Jan 2018 from 10.30am<br />
Adults $10, Child $5<br />
Phone 03 614 8323 (24 hour train info line)<br />
www.pleasantpointrail.org.nz<br />
Pleasant Point Domain, State Highway 8,<br />
1 km from Pleasant Point Township Centre<br />
26 powered sites, 7 cabins, tent sites,<br />
town supply water, kitchen, laundry,<br />
showers, toilets and children’s play area.<br />
Booking enquiries please phone<br />
(03) 614 7515<br />
Open 3 October – 30 April<br />
• Ice Cream • Sweets<br />
• Groceries • Snack Foods<br />
• Newspapers • Magazines<br />
• Coffee • Refreshments<br />
• Motor Camp Bookings<br />
For all your needs call in & see<br />
Murray, Selena and the team.<br />
Open 7 days | Ph 03 614 7515<br />
75 Main Road, Pleasant Point
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