Ashburton Courier: December 12, 2019
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Page 48, <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>12</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
Tractor trek takes in rural sights<br />
Mid Canterbury<br />
Vintage Machinery<br />
Club members have<br />
enjoyed an annual<br />
tractor trek aroundthe<br />
outskirtsof<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Some 20 tractors<br />
headed out recently to<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Business<br />
Estate visiting<br />
Cullimore Engineering<br />
and Ray Mayne.<br />
Afterasharedlunch<br />
back at the club’s new<br />
roomsinthe <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
A&P Showgrounds<br />
complex, the tractor<br />
procession went for a<br />
drive to Talley’s on<br />
Seafield Road, just<br />
southeast of <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Photossupplied:<br />
right,Bill Ridder rides<br />
in the tractor<br />
possessioninhis Mini<br />
Atlas Moline,followed<br />
by GeoffRickard in a<br />
Fiat and othertractors,<br />
and below,the tractor<br />
processiontakestothe<br />
open road.<br />
Ben, Ilse and the team<br />
would like to thank<br />
all clients for their<br />
continued support<br />
and wish everyone a<br />
safe and happy<br />
holiday season.<br />
ALPS<br />
CONTINUOUS SPOUTING<br />
Ben Kruger 021 808 739 or 308 4380<br />
481 West Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
www.alpscontinuousspouting.co.nz<br />
E; benkruger@xtra.co.nz<br />
2232470<br />
BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS & NOTARY PUBLIC<br />
Christmas spirit in Geraldine<br />
Wishing our community asafe and happy<br />
Christmas and prosperous New Year.<br />
Our office will close<br />
<strong>12</strong>pm Monday 23 <strong>December</strong><br />
Reopening 8am Wednesday 8 January<br />
The <strong>2019</strong> Go Geraldine Christmas<br />
Parade was the largest and most<br />
dramatic in years with rain having<br />
participants worried. However the<br />
skiescleared and the sun returned by<br />
parade time, along with some<br />
impressive displays of thunder and<br />
lightning.<br />
Parade coordinator Janene<br />
Adamssaid the parade startedearlier<br />
than scheduled because of weather<br />
worriesand was oneofthe biggest on<br />
record.<br />
Mrs Adams said parade judges <br />
worldbladeshearing champion Allan<br />
Oldfield, fellow shearer and father<br />
Phil Oldfield and constable David<br />
Bray were amazed at the sheer<br />
number and variety of floats and<br />
entrants.<br />
“Every year Ithink that wehave<br />
reached the pinnacle but the next<br />
year proves me wrong. <strong>2019</strong> was just<br />
the mostfantastic parade with such a<br />
wonderful festive spirit, all while it<br />
poured with rain.Itjust goes to show<br />
what an amazing communityGeraldine<br />
is thatthe parade still went ahead<br />
and that the crowds turned out to<br />
watch.”<br />
The judges chose Geraldine kindergarten<br />
for the best family focus<br />
award, Lynn River Ltd for most<br />
festive and Earthworks Aoraki for<br />
most enterprising.<br />
Mrs Adams said the Filipino<br />
community wowed the crowds with<br />
music, scores of dancers and people<br />
in traditional costume. And she paid<br />
tribute to Garry Sheed, of Fresh<br />
Choice Geraldine, who organises the<br />
Santa Float and lolly scramble. “I<br />
cannot thankGarry enough for all the<br />
work he quietly does for the parade.<br />
He bought and completely refurbished<br />
the sleigh afew years ago, gives<br />
up his time to be Santa and donates<br />
all the lollies for the immense lolly<br />
scramble held after the parade.”<br />
Photo: The Aoraki Earthworks<br />
float.<br />
Car park to get much needed upgrade<br />
Geraldine’s Cox Street car parkis<br />
getting an upgrade in time for the<br />
peak tourist season.<br />
Timarucouncil land transport<br />
manager Andrew Dixon says the<br />
existing car parkistobeupgraded<br />
and sealed to enable more userfriendly<br />
parking.<br />
“The upgraded car park will<br />
have marked car park spaces,<br />
including the EV charging spaces,<br />
which will provide aformalised<br />
parking layout and improve<br />
capacity. There will alsobe<br />
markedparking bays for large and<br />
long vehicles, such as campervans,<br />
cars withtrailers,and house buses.<br />
‘‘Thisisafacilitythat was<br />
identified as neededinthe<br />
Geraldine CBD,and will be a<br />
great resource, particularlyfor<br />
visitors.Other new features<br />
include agardenstrip around the<br />
perimeter, concrete accessway<br />
crossings of footpath, vehicle<br />
passing bay, and site drainage<br />
kerbing and sumps.”<br />
Accesstothe car parkwill be<br />
restricted from time to time while<br />
the upgrade work is done.<br />
Alterative roadside parkingis<br />
available on the surrounding<br />
streets.<br />
“While there will be some<br />
disruptions, we endeavour to<br />
complete the workassoon as<br />
possible. We want to thank people<br />
for their patience and<br />
understanding,” Mr Dixon says.<br />
The upgrade work is expected to<br />
be completed on <strong>December</strong> 20 if<br />
weatherpermits.
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