Nor'West News: February 09, 2023
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NEWS<br />
16 North Canterbury <strong>News</strong>, <strong>February</strong> 9, <strong>2023</strong><br />
New fun activity at<br />
Hanmer Springs<br />
By DAVID HILL,<br />
Local Democracy Reporter<br />
Hanmer Springs has anew fun, family<br />
activity and it’s free.<br />
Aninehole disc golf course opened<br />
at Brooke Dawson Reserve last month<br />
and it has already caught attention of<br />
visitors and enthusiasts for the game.<br />
‘‘It has only been open for acouple<br />
of weeks, but there is alot of people<br />
going through and the word is getting<br />
out,’’ local resident Graham Frith<br />
says.<br />
‘‘I’ve had people from Christchurch,<br />
Nelson and the West Coast ringing to<br />
find out when we will have this course<br />
and now Ican tell them to come.<br />
‘‘My vision was to have it so<br />
everyone staying in the village could<br />
do it for free and eventually if we have<br />
some guns come here, even better.’’<br />
Mr Frith came up with the idea for a<br />
disc golf course while serving on the<br />
Hanmer Springs Community Board.<br />
It came at acost of $7500 to buy the<br />
baskets, which are used instead of tees<br />
and were installed by volunteers.<br />
Disc golf is like ordinary golf, except<br />
you throw afrisbee or disc and aim to<br />
get into the baskets in as few throws as<br />
possible.<br />
All you need is afrisbee and some<br />
mates, or your family, Mr Frith says.<br />
‘‘The other day three of us went<br />
down there with one frisbee. We just<br />
took turns throwing it and walked<br />
around and had agreat chat.’’<br />
Mr Frith has been behind several<br />
initiatives in recent years, including<br />
the Hanmer Springs food forest and<br />
Music and Arts Hanmer Springs.<br />
He is also working on developing<br />
mountain bike trails around Mt Isobel.<br />
‘‘I just like to stir things up. If you<br />
are not going forward you fall off your<br />
bike.’’<br />
Mr Frith says the ideas tend to flow<br />
when he is out on his bike.<br />
With afive month cycling tour in<br />
Central America planned from next<br />
month, more ideas are sure to follow.<br />
‘‘We are travelling through Mexico<br />
and Iwill no doubt see something and<br />
think ‘that will work in Hanmer<br />
Springs’.’’<br />
The Brooke Dawson Reserve, in<br />
Bath Street, Hanmer Springs, has a<br />
toilet block and picnic area, making it<br />
the ideal spot for families.<br />
There is the option of extending it to<br />
an 18hole course if it proves to be<br />
popular.<br />
Amap of the course is available on<br />
the Hanmer Springs app and on<br />
Facebook.<br />
Public interest journalism is funded<br />
by New Zealand on Air.<br />
Yesterday Today artist ... Jane Barry.<br />
Mix of land, sea, city<br />
When uncertainty is stifling creativity,<br />
artistJane Barry tellsherself to begin<br />
work anyway.<br />
‘‘Whenyou don’tknow where the<br />
work is heading, when you are unsure of<br />
theme or concept, clearyour workshop,<br />
even if your mind isn’t,and just make a<br />
start,’’ the Christchurch artist, says.<br />
‘‘Instinct kicks in and you gravitate<br />
towardwhat comes naturally.<br />
‘‘Markmaking,mood, mediaand<br />
palette guidethe tenor.’’<br />
The paintings in her latest exhibition,<br />
YesterdayToday,atthe Chamber<br />
Gallery in the Rangiora Library,have<br />
been worked on for about six months<br />
and are amixtureofland, sea and city<br />
terrain.<br />
PHOTO:LOUISE JOHNS<br />
‘‘Their titles are ruminative,’’ she<br />
says. ‘‘Emotion and reflection recastas<br />
visualimpressions.’’<br />
The places depicted in her paintings<br />
are not clearlyidentifiable, and that is<br />
intentional to allow the viewer to<br />
‘‘decide what they see and to drawwhat<br />
they will from its depiction because<br />
everything is seen through our own<br />
minds eye after all.’’<br />
Jane has been an exhibiting and<br />
published artist since her graduation<br />
from Christchurch Polytechnic in 1997.<br />
Her work is heldinprivate<br />
collections throughout New Zealand,<br />
Australia, America and the United<br />
Kingdom.<br />
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