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Wednesday 10 January 2024
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Cameras and posts to deter vandals ANNE HARDIE Security cameras have been mooted along the Great Taste Trail where vandals on quad bikes attacked trees that are part of an edible walkway created voluntarily by Roger Jones. Most of the trees have been
propped back up after the attack, but Roger says many will not survive the damage and he expects 10 of the 19 trees flattened will need to be replaced. To replace the four-year-old trees and posts would cost an estimated $5,000 and he is hoping the owners of the quad bikes can be identified
so the bikes can be sold to cover the cost of the damage. The attack happened at night on 19 December when two quad bike riders drove along the trail which follows the Railway Reserve in Hope. Two traffic signs were knocked over and a bike drove at speed over the line of
trees which until now have had simple wooden stakes to support them. Now Waimea Estates is donating recycled wooden posts and supplying a tractor with a post driver to try and protect the trees from further vandalism, while Tasman District Council councillor Kit
Maling has suggested the council erect security cameras and says that is the best way to deter vandals. Roger hopes there will not be another attack, but until the culprits are identified the risk remains.
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Yesteryear items dusted off for sale Antiques and collectables dating back to the 1850s will be on display and available for purchase at a Club Waimea event hosted by the Nelson Bottle and Collectables Club on 13 January. Convenor Graeme Galey says the event, which has been hosted by the 20-member group for more than 25 years, had always generated “great responses”. “I think we had somewhere between 1500 and 2000 people come through last year, so it was an amazing response, and we aim it at this time of year because we know there’s a few out-oftowners about as well,” he says. “The public will have the ability to buy off some of the stalls and we’ll probably have somewhere between 30
and 40 displays where people show off their bottles, antiques and collectables, and the range of collectables is massive. “Some people collect anything that’s ever been made on this planet… they could be anything from cast iron money boxes, to bottles, to teapots or morning jewellery.” Graeme says the event, which opens between 9:30am and 4pm, requires a gold coin to enter. “We hope we get a good public attendance because at the end of the day, if we had no public attendance, I’m not sure if we would do it for just club members. If we can get anywhere near [1500 or 2000], we would be happy as.”
Graeme Galey says antique money boxes will be included in the sales. Photo: Gordon Preece.
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