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February 25 2014
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Summer camp
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Our Spanish-Kiwi life
Six months here, six months there, living summer all year round — it may seem like a dream come true …
p Paparoa Primary School’s Room One class had an exciting time during their school camp at Mrs Tavinor’s house at Whakapara. They cooled off in the swimming hole, challenged Hukerenui Primary School pupils to a game of scatterball, went to the Jack Morgan Museum of old inventions and machines and visited the Whangarei Gliding Club at Puhipuhi.
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Camp families celebrate 100 years at Baylys Beach u by Colin Patterson
A century ago a group of Dargaville residents went to see a local farmer.
Dargaville man remembered with run Friends of a Dargaville man killed in a West Australian mine came together last week …
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That farmer, a Mr G. J. Bayly, owned a strip of land 14 miles long and one mile wide on the coast. The townies asked Mr Bayly if he would sell a few acres of his land for a camp where the members could put up holiday cottages. Mr Bayly agreed and so in 1914 the Baylys Town Camp Club was born. One hundred years later the descendants of those families came together over
the weekend to celebrate a century of living life next to the beach that bears Mr Bayly’s name. Among them are Brian Gaukrodger and his wife Nita. Mr Gaukrodger is now retired after many years as Dargaville’s pharmacist. Mrs Gaukrodger says that when the camp was set up rules were written, some of which sound quaint. “The camp was limited to 17 cottages. No dogs
were allowed because of the proximity to the farm and Mr Bayly didn’t want dogs chasing his sheep. No building operations were permitted between December 1 and February 14, while people with infectious diseases were not welcome between the same dates.” The camp’s rules and practices also encouraged social activities. continued on page 10 …
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