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Recreation in Free and under $5

Contents Areas ...... 2 Map ...... 3 Foreword ...... 4 Life's a Beach ...... 5 Sport and Exercise ...... 7 Stadiums and Sports Centres ...... 8 Volunteering ...... 9 Finding out more ...... 13 Eat Fresh and Grow Your Own ...... 16 Dunedin Community Gardens ...... 16 Where did you get that dress? ...... 18 The Octagon Club ...... 20 Central Dunedin ...... 21 North ...... 29 Is there history under your doorstep? ...... 38 South & East ...... 39 West ...... 47 Surrounding Districts ...... 53

The hand drawings are all by Doreen Michelle and design by Rob Tìgeir. The booklet was compiled and edited by Teresa Mulligan, Ellen Scarrow and Rob Tìgeir. The map on page 3 is from openstreetmap.org and is © OpenStreetMap contributors licensed under the open database license. Other images are credited or obtained from commons.wikimedia.org. Areas City centre, page 21 Centre City • • • Fernhill North, page 29 Balmacewen • Burkes • Dalmore • The Gardens • Glenleith • Liberton • Maia • • Mount Mera Normanby • • • Pine Hill • Prospect Park Ravensbourne • St Leonards • •Woodhaugh South & East, page 39 Corstorphine • Forbury • Kensington • Kew, • Musselburgh Ocean Grove (Tomahawk) • St Clair • St Kilda • Sunshine • Tahuna • Tainui • Concord • Harbour • Challis The Cove • Grants Braes • Highcliff Vauxhall • Waverley • • West, page 47 Abbotsford • Balaclava • Belleknowes • Bradford • Brockville Burnside • Caversham • Calton Hill • Concord • Glenross Green Island • • Helensburgh • Kaikorai • Kenmure • Littlebourne • Lookout Point • Maryhill Mornington • Roslyn Surrounding Districts, page 53 Sunnyvale • Evansdale • Fairfield • • • Ocean View • Brighton • Broad Bay • • Portobello • • • • • Careys Bay • Roseneath • •

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Map

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City West Centre

South & East

We use some symbols in the text, here’s what they mean: CSC Discount available for Community Services Card Holders

Discount available for Gold Card Holders

FREE Free activity

Koha Koha requested

 Phone number Email address

 Web address Dunedin City Libraries Book Bus

3 Foreword This recreational booklet began life as an idea amongst the staff of the Mental Health Services of the Otago District Health Board. People with experience of mental illness often found discovering recreation of quality and meaning on a limited budget difficult. Signpost, a consumer run initiative that works with people experiencing mental health issues by way of advocacy, information, and community liaison work, took up the task of compiling this resource to be used as a stimulus to finding that recreation. While the confines of finding things for under five dollars was not easy, all involved in the project knew that with imagination and an appreciation of the free things life offers, quality experiences are possible. Now in its seventh edition copies may be found lying on coffee tables, in bookcases and drawers of people from all walks of life and it is still in demand. Thanks to Bendigo Trust, Community Trust of Otago and Dunedin Casino Charitable Trust for support in recognition of the project's worth to the wider community. For additional copies, contact Otago Mental Health Support Trust on the 3rd Floor, Queens Building, 109 Princes Street  (03) 4772-598 [email protected] To all who choose to use our booklet, our best wishes in finding that something enjoyable to do without spending much. Otago Mental Health Support Trust 2014

PS We’ve tried our very best to make sure everything in here is correct at the time of printing but we can make mistakes and things change. Please check with the organisation concerned before making plans.

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Life's a Beach One of the great things about life in Dunedin is that a beach is only ever a short hop away. Call Dunedin’s i-SITE visitor centre on 477 3300 for help finding the right bus. You can also car-pool – why not get a few friends together? It would only a few dollars each. St Kilda Beach Tunnel beach Lies to the East of St Clair Beach. 7.5km south-west of Dunedin Either walk along the sandy shore city centre or up along John Wilson Ocean The carpark is on the seaward Drive, which runs parallel to the end of Green Island Bush Road beach, up to . off Blackhead Road or take the From here you can look out Corstorphine bus from the city across the Pacific Ocean, over centre to Stenhope Crescent at both St Kilda and Tomahawk the start of Blackhead Road, it’s a Beach, as well as Dunedin's short walk from there. Southern suburbs. St Clair Beach Sandfly Bay Just a 10 minute drive from the 15km east of central Dunedin, city centre accessed from Seal Point Road This is Dunedin's most popular or a walking track from beach, and is a renowned surfing Sandymount location. There are regular public transport services from the city. This is a sandy bay with large dunes is a popular site for Second Beach Hooker's Sea Lions. To get there from Dunedin, take the Highcliff To the west of St Clair Beach, Road and then Sealpoint Road to separated by a rocky outcrop. car parking at the end. The This beach is rocky rather than round hike to Sandfly Bay from sandy. This beach is accessible by here takes about an hour. getting a bus to St Clair, then walking from there.

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Lawyers Head At the eastern end of Dunedin's On the coast of , St Kilda. 24km from the city centre. It is Named for the likeness of the northeast of the entrance to cliff face to the profile of a Papanui Inlet. Access to the lawyer in a traditional legal wig. It beach is via a narrow metalled reaches a height of 60m, and is road which links to Portobello on connected to the city by the the coast and road John Wilson Ocean Drive. also, via further narrow roads with Highcliff Road which runs Aramoana Spit along the spine of the peninsula. A small coastal settlement, The longest beach on Otago 27km north of Dunedin city. Peninsula - it stretches for The settlement on a sand dune 3.5km. It’s backed by high sand spit at the mouth of the Otago dunes. Keep an eye out for Harbour, opposite the end of the yellow-eyed penguins and sea Otago Peninsula. Head through lions. Port Chalmers to get there.

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Sport and Exercise Sport Otago produce leaflets and share information on all types of sports and exercise groups happening in Dunedin. You can contact them on 474 6350 or visit  www.sportotago.co.nz to find out when and where things are happening and how you can join in. The more you move the fitter you’ll get. But it’s always wise to start gently. A few examples of gentle exercise groups and classes in Dunedin are Tai Chi, Aerobics, Gym, Sailing, Walking Groups, yoga and pilates. Prices vary but they are very affordable and some are free. Community Exercise Programme A gentle introduction to exercise aimed at getting you moving. Join others at Fraser Building on Hanover Street for a gold coin donation.  471 6168 [email protected] Bush Walks You can pick up leaflets with directions at Dunedin Public Library and DCC Visitors' Centre. Walking and Tramping Groups Sport Otago has many excellent pamphlets on local walks, tramps and walking groups. Visit them at 184 High Street, Dunedin  474 6350  www.sportotago.co.nz Otago Secondary Schools Sports Association  470 1337  www.osssa.org.nz Special Olympics Coaching The Regional Sports Development Office can arrange coaching and training in a range of sports for people 8 years and older with intellectual disabilities or special needs. Call  479 2126 for details.

7 Central STADIUMS AND SPORTS CENTRES Bowls Westpac Bowls Stadium, 38 Tahuna Road, Tainui Book in advance and find out costs by calling  456 1144. Take the Sheil Hill bus from the Octagon. Table tennis, basketball, netball and more Edgar Sports Centre, Corner Portsmouth Drive and Midland Street The centre is open from 9am every day, closing Monday – Thursday 10p.m, Friday 8pm and Weekends 6pm.  456 1200 [email protected]  www.edgarcentre.co.nz. Physio Pool - Otago Therapeutic Pool for swimming and exercise At the corner of Hanover and Castle Streets A warm pool - the temperature is 34 degrees with public swimming, aqua jogging, exercising, learn to swim lessons. Contact the pool for timetables. Ask for the pool on  474 0999.

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Volunteering Volunteering is a great way to get out and about, learn new skills and meet people. To find out about opportunities for volunteers get in touch with Volunteering Otago. They are in Community House at 301 Moray Place or  471 6206. They’ll help you find an interesting volunteer positions. They cover a wide range of work and offer support and training. They’ll even support you while you volunteer and give training. Help care for animals with SPCA Volunteers always welcome to walk the dogs or muck out the animals. SPCA are bases at 1 Torridon Street, Opoho. You can speak to them on  473 8252. Help out as a Friend of Information Centre, Dunedin Botanic Garden  471 9275 Keep Dunedin Beautiful Contact: Darlene Thompson, Coordinator C/- PO Box 5045, Dunedin.  474 3401 [email protected] Projects such as beautification, education, murals, awards programme and competitions. Conserve and protect our environment A wide variety of conservation-related opportunities are available for volunteers, young and old, usually as day trip from Dunedin, with occasional longer trips. To register as a Conservation Volunteer in Coastal Otago and receive 2-monthly newsletter outlining upcoming volunteer opportunities, contact Lucy Hardy at DOC in Dunedin [email protected] or  477 0677. The newsletter can also be found at  http://tinyurl.com/docotago Maintain the Silver Peaks with Green Hut Track Group George Sutherland  467 5999 [email protected] Track maintenance & weed control in the Silver Peaks, Wednesdays.

9 Central Make sport happen Volunteers are the heart of sport in Otago and without their hard work and effort, many sports activities and events would not happen. If you want to give back to the local sporting community, then register using the online form and be part of ‘Sport Otago Super Stars Volunteer Programme!’ Once your registration has been processed, Nicola Shanks, Sport Otago’s Sport Development Officer, will invite you for an induction. At the induction, Nicola will brief you on the role that Sport Otago plays in the community, the support you will receive as a volunteer, and exciting volunteering opportunities. Contact Nicola about this wonderful opportunity today  474 6355 or  [email protected] Tomahawk-Smaills Beachcare Trust Lloyd McGinty  454 4550 [email protected] Volunteer days at Nursery, Monday and Thursday mornings 9.30 -12.30. Protect Colinswood Bush Nigel McPherson  476 1109 [email protected] Weeding, planting and maintaining covenant of native bush on Otago Peninsula. Anyone able to help occasionally on week days?

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Develop Penguin habitat with Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust (YEPT) Dave McFarlane  473 7259 [email protected] Weeding, planting and maintaining areas of coastal penguin habitat. Frequent workdays. Mopanui Ecological Environmental Society (MEES) Joy Pringle  482 1115 Weeding, planting and maintaining areas of coastal shrubs. Meet 10.30am at Long Beach Hall, last Sunday of every month. Save the Otago Peninsula Inc. Soc. (STOP) Lala Frazer  478 0339 Weeding, planting and maintaining natural environments around Otago Peninsula. Regular workdays 10am-12pm on last Sunday of every month. All welcome. Aramoana Conservation Group Bradley Curnow  477 2244 Weed control, planting, track development and maintenance of Gordon Johnston Arboretum; weed control, cleanups and conservation around Aramoana beaches and saltmarsh. Workdays first Saturday of the month, meet at Aramoana Hall, 10am. Healthy Harbour Watchers Andrew Innes  479 5842 Monitoring the health of the waters of Otago Harbour. Contact Andrew if you are interested in finding out more or getting involved. Restore Tokomairiro River with Glenore-Manuka Trust Alan Williams  417 8170 Restoration of public reserve on the banks of Tokomairiro River near Manuka Gorge and Milton. Regular workdays, all welcome.

11 Central Keep predator free Chris Baillie  482 1755 [email protected] Maintenance of a predator-free sanctuary for native fauna near Waitati. Help is needed with bird counts, track clearing, planting, weed control, predator monitoring and more. Royal Forest and Bird Society Dunedin Branch Matt Thomson  021 392 983 [email protected] Otago wilding pine removal volunteer project. Volunteers with current chainsaw certification are always needed. Keep Shetland Street Community Gardens ticking Hendrik Koch  478 0311 [email protected] A wide range of vegetable gardening and conservation nursery and project work. Regular volunteer work sessions are on every Tuesday and Thursday from 10am to 3pm. All are welcome. Maintain healthy rivers with River-Estuary Care: -Karitane (RECWK) Patricia Vanderburg  465 8113 [email protected] Maintaining a healthy river and estuary ecosystem through community participation, monitoring, re-vegetation, advocacy, bird-watching. All welcome on workdays and other activities.

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Finding out more Did you know? There are over 107 Online playgrounds in www.dunedin.govt.nz is DCC’s great website listing Dunedin events that are on in the city. Many of the events are under $5 or FREE. www.dunedinnz.com is tourist oriented but features lots of free things happening on our doorstep.

Newspapers Newspapers are a good way of finding out what’s happening: The is published daily Monday to Saturday.  odt.co.nz The Community Star is delivered free weekly to houses across Dunedin. There are community newsletters across Dunedin, watch your letterbox for local news. Libraries, the DCC and the Visitors Centre have newspapers and newsletters available for free reading. Remember and check the noticeboards for interesting activities while you are there! Pamphlets Watch out for pamphlets about activities in Dunedin. Good places to go looking are the Visitors’ Centre, the Dunedin City Council offices or Department of Conservation offices. Pamphlets to keep an eye out for include:  Visitors Guide to Otago Peninsula - Produced by the Otago Peninsula Promotion Group.  DCC’s cycling and walking track booklets featuring trips for all abilities.  DOC’s quarterly Good as Gold featuring upcoming conservation events.

13 Central Notice boards Noticeboards are great places to find out what’s going on in your area. Watch for them at community halls, health centres, supermarkets, libraries and in dairy windows. Otago Access Radio broadcast a Community Noticeboard three times a day on 105.4 FM and 1575 AM. Newstalk ZB, Radio Dunedin and 39 Dunedin Television local TV all feature Dunedin activities.

'What's on Guide' A list of upcoming events for the month or the year available from the DCC Dunedin Events Shop, Civic Centre Plaza &  www.dunedin.govt.nz

Gardens Pamphlets of gardening-related interest are available at the Dunedin City Council, Events Department, The Octagon or  www.dunedin.govt.nz For example:  Dunedin Garden Trail  Focus on Dunedin Gardens  The Rhododendrons of Dunedin

ARE YOU NEW TO DUNEDIN? There’s a free Dunedin Orientation Tour on the first Thursday of every month, 1pm-5pm featuring: o How to get connected o The legal and official stuff about living in o A bus tour Contact Fi at Settlement Support New Zealand  474 3332 [email protected]  www.dunedin.govt.nz/newcomer

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You can find many more hiking, biking & beach adventures at Dunedin Public Libraries:  Dunedin Directory of Social Services, Health, Community, Education, Recreation And Leisure Organisations Council Of Social Services Dunedin 362.25 Dun  From Sea To Silver Peaks: A Guide To Walking Tracks, Beaches, Viewpoints And Special Attractions Of Dunedin D. G. Bishop. 919.392 Bis  Dunedin Tracks And Trails: An Illustrated Guide To Dunedin Walks, Tramps And Mountain Bike Routes Antony Hamel. 919.392 Ham  Day Walks Of Dunedin And Coastal Otago. Bill Wilson. Still More Intriguing Dunedin Street Walks: Plus, Bizarre Dunedin Paul Hayward 919.392 Hay  Final Intriguing Dunedin Street Walks: Plus, Ten Tantalizing, Trivia-Topped Totally True, Dunedin Tales Paul Hayward 919.392 Hay  Intriguing half day outings from Dunedin. Paul Hayward. 919.392 Hay

15 Central Eat Fresh and Grow Your Own Growing your own veges is a really cost effective way of improving your Download your Tui diet and fitness at the same time. The Planting Calendar from: Tui Planting Calendar is a great guide to tinyurl.com/tuicalendar when to plant and when to harvest. It includes a wide range of vegetables and the planting times are specific to the climate of . You can find an experienced grower at your local community garden if you have questions.

DUNEDIN COMMUNITY GARDENS Community gardens are a great way to learn gardening skills you can use at home and get a share of the bounty. At the same time you meet other people interested in gardening and get to develop a community resource. Everybody wins! Shetland St Reserve North East Valley Community Community Garden Garden Kaikorai Valley Behind North East Valley Normal Come and introduce yourself. School, 248 North Road Tuesday & Thursday 10am-1pm. Working bees alternate between Hendrik Koch  478 0311 Sundays 1pm & Saturdays 9am. Jenny Roxborough  473 8631

Musselburgh School Bathgate Park School Community Garden Community Gardens 34 Marlow Street, St Kilda 213 Macandrew Road, South For pupils and community members Dunedin to learn about gardening. Pete Buchanan  455 3421  455 4586

Waitati Edible Gardeners Cooperative Gardens Lynnaire Johnston  482 1364 [email protected]

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Symbiosis Seed Exchange Purchase pollinated and heirloom seeds suited for Southern climates. $2 per packet, $3.50 postage [email protected] YouthGrow Garden Centre 146 Norwood Street  473 1334 [email protected] YouthGrow Garden Centre, NEV, can provide all you need for your garden – from herbs and vegetable plants to natives plants, shrubs, trees and potting mix – & is open seven days a week. Your purchases help provide local youth with ‘real pay for real work’. The Dunedin Vegetable Growers Club Organises garden visits and seminars. Margaret Scott  489 2030  www.dvgc.co.nz Vegetables in My Backyard - Mosgiel Free help and advice on how to grow vegetables by being matched with an experienced gardener. Kitty Caldwell  021 238 8558 [email protected] Grow South A charitable trust dedicated to help set up gardens and workshops in Dunedin. Graham Copson  021 199 2288  www.growsouth.org.nz

Keep an eye on the Otago Daily Times for upcoming gardening workshops, education sessions, and events.

17 Central Where did you get that dress? Looking and Feeling Fabulous for $5 and under Presbyterian Support Op shops  59-61 St Andrew Street, Dunedin  10 Carroll Street, Dunedin  135 Gordon Road, Mosgiel CSC Open Weekdays from 10am each day – closing Monday - Thursday 5.30pm and Friday at 2.30pm  477 5019 Salvation Army  575 Princes Street, opposite the Market Reserve Monday to Thursday 8.30am – 5pm; Saturday 9 - 1pm  281 King Edward Street, Dunedin Monday to Friday 9am – 4pm  455 2434  17 North Road, Gardens Monday to Friday 9.30am – 4.30pm  473 6392  98 Gordon Road, Mosgiel Monday to Friday 9am–4pm Saturday 10am-1.30pm  489 5797 ReStore Habitat for Humanity  Cnr Vogel & Gordon Streets, Dunedin Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm; Saturday, 10am – 4pm  477 3500

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Butterflies, The Hospice Shop  14 Hanover Street, Dunedin Monday to Friday, 9am – 4pm Saturday 10–2  474 9100  Cnr Jetty & Bond Street, Dunedin 10-4.30 Monday – Friday  180 Gordon Road, Mosgiel Monday to Friday  484 7186 Save Mart  34-36 Stafford Street, Dunedin Monday - Saturday, 9am–5pm Sunday & Holidays 10am-4pm  477 2649 Toffs  Princes Street, Dunedin 9-5pm daily

19 Central The Octagon Club A centre for Senior's activities 55+ years open 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday The Octagon Club Gym to Friday. Membership is $20 per year. is available to Access is from the Octagon beside Octagon Club & Age Craft Bar. There is a Taxi stand, and Concern Otago Mobility park right outside and most members - $3 per use buses run through the Octagon. There are activities galore including monthly bus trips to a mystery or known destination. Trips include theatre visits, social dining, interesting films and more. Contact Denise Cameron  477 1753. On the 3rd Wednesday of each Contact Tristan or Lois month there’s a Variety Concert, an about The Octagon Club opportunity to be entertained by a  03 477 1041 variety of local talent. Afternoon tea and raffles included. Regular Activities Monday Gym Class 9.30am-10.30am Walking Group 1pm-4pm Tuesday Social Arts and Crafts 10am-12pm Bowls 10am-2pm Cards 1.30pm-3.30pm Line Dancing 1.30pm-2.30pm Wednesday Gym Class 10.15am-11.15am Steady as You Go, Strength & 10.30am-11.15am Balance Thursday Cards 1.30pm-3.30pm Tai Chi 1.30pm-2.30pm Friday Bowls 10am-2pm Body Beat 1.30pm-2.30pm

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The centre of the city is focused on The Octa- gon, an eight-sided 'plaza' with a central carriage- way. This is surrounded by another, larger octagonal street called Moray Place.

The main retail area stretches north up George Street toward Dunedin North, and to a lesser extent south along Princes Street and east along Lower Stuart Street.

At the end of Lower Stuart Street, 400 metres from the Octagon, lies Anzac Square (actually a triangular area of public gardens) and , with an industrial area and the harbour beyond. Central Activity: Diy Artwork Why not use what you have in your house to create some art? All you need are:  2 egg cartons  Cardboard  Red paint  Scissors  Glue Step One: Cut out the egg ‘nests’ and glue them on the cardboard in a heart shape Step Two: When the glue is dry, you can now paint the ‘egg- nests’, and the backing red. Step Three: Once the paint is dry, you can finish off your artwork by cutting out a cardboard frame to complete your picture. Why not gift your finished artwork to a friend, family member or keep it for your own wall. This great piece of artwork is an easy way to add some colour to a room and to someone’s day. This also helps to do your bit for the environment, Reuse, Recycle and Reduce. Making new products requires a lot of materials and energy, so by reusing material helps to save energy as well as preventing pollution and saving money. This idea has been taken from: www.pbs.org/parents/crafts-for-kids/egg-carton-hearts/

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What & Where  $ Blue Oyster Contemporary Art Gallery 24b Moray Place, down the alleyway. One block Tuesday- Free south of the Octagon, opposite the Rialto Movie Saturday theatre  479 0197  www.blueoyster.org.nz Brett McDowell Gallery 5 Dowling Street - 2 blocks south of the Octagon Monday to Free Gallery works are for sale Saturday  477 5260  www.brettmcdowellgallery.com Buy local produce at the Otago Farmers Market Dunedin Railway Station North Carpark Sat A celebration of Otago Regional foods and 8.30am – Free producers who sell directly to the public in a 12.30pm relaxed and friendly atmosphere.  www.otagofarmersmarket.org.nz [email protected] Cadbury Chocolate Festival Various activities including a wearable arts Free competition made from chocolate wrappers and July a poetry contest. Cadbury World Adventure to $5 Quest packs are $5. Chinese New Year The Octagon & Chinese Gardens February Free Fireworks display and dancing dragons.

23 Central What & Where  $ Chipmunks Playground Family From Centre Mon to Fri $5 373 Princes Street, beside Haywards Auction Computers at the Dunedin Public Library 1st Floor, Dunedin Public Library Free computers with internet access including the library catalogue, free access to hundreds of 7 days Free internet sites including magazines and newspapers and information about the library as well as pages for different interest groups. No e- mail or trade sites.  474 3690 Dress up with the Fortune Theatre Mon, Wed, costume hire Fri 12pm- 2pm from$5 Carnegie Centre, 111 Moray Place Sat 11am-  477 1293 1pm Dunedin Art Gallery The Octagon - Bus/walk to centre of town Free films on the lower floor of the Art 7 days Free

Gallery. Watch out for exhibitions.  477 4000  www.dunedin.art.museum Dunedin Astronomical Society Incorporated Beverly-Begg Observatory, Robin Hood Park During night Open to anyone with an interest in astronomy. time savings $5 The Society meets on the first and third public Adult Tuesdays each month except January at 8pm. sessions are $3 Ron Paine  453 4696 Observatory  477 Sun from Child 7:30pm 7683  sites.google.com/site/dunedinastronomy [email protected]

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What & Where  $ Friends of the Library: Lunch and learn Dunningham Suite, 4th floor, Public Library Lunchtime education sessions that include; $1.50 - prominent authors, experts in Scottish heritage, 12pm to 1.00pm $3 experts in natural history, experts in fashion, researchers and library staff. Members’ discount. Pauline King  476 2743 Fringe Festival Free For information look in the OUSA magazines & March newspapers.  www.dunedinfringe.org.nz and up Get in the Christmas spirit with the Santa Parade December Free A Christmas Parade of floats through George Street Market 22 22 Vogel Street in the Last Sat of Featuring emerging artists and designers, giving month 9am Free the local community access to original & to 3.30pm repurposed artefacts, including jewellery, textiles, interiors, fashion and art from local talent. Museum National Archive 556 George Street Family research and government records are Mon-Fri Free available for Otago and Southland. There’s a small fee for photocopying.  477 0404 [email protected] News Years’ Eve Concert 31 Dec Free The Octagon

25 Central What & Where  $ Octagon Market The Octagon Fri & Cruise Ship days Free All kinds of jewellery, handmade items and 10am-1pm tourist products. Otago Antique Bottle & Collectables Club 2nd Sun of Citibus Rooms, Princes Street month Free

Everyone with an interest is welcome at the 7.30pm club’s regular meetings. Otago Art Society Free Dunedin Railway Station 7 days  477 9465  www.otagoartsociety.co.nz to $2 Otago Festival of the Arts Various locations across the city centre Watch out for free fringe events too. October Free

 477 7600 [email protected]  www.otagofestival.co.nz Participate in Dunedin's Midwinter Carnival The Octagon Be part of Dunedin's unique midwinter solstice Saturday event. Gold Coin workshops include: evening Free o Performers - Creating the midwinter closest to performance with dance. the shortest day 21/22 & Gold o Lantern making - Simple handheld June each coin lanterns. year  www.midwintercarnival.co.nz or check the local paper close to the time. [email protected]

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What & Where  $ Regent 24 Hour Book Sale The Regent Theatre May Free Books from $1 Sports Hall Of Fame Dunedin Railway Station $2-$5 7 days Exhibition of memorabilia from a range of sports.  www.nzhalloffame.co.nz  477 7775 Stuart Potters Co-op Dunedin North Galleries, 14 Lower Stuart Monday to Free Street, opposite the Law Courts Saturday to view Interesting art works for sale.  471 8484 Support Otago Secondary Schools Music Festival August or Dunedin Town Hall $5 September Jazz, Orchestral, items, Choirs, Cultural Items and much more…

Swimming at Moana Pool $3-6 60 Littlebourne Road, off Upper Stuart Street Walk or bus up the hill from Octagon leaving outside Hoyts bus stop. Swimming, water polo, 7 days early CSC racing, diving spectators, aqua light exercise to late groups and more.  471 9780 [email protected] The Athenaeum Library 23 The Octagon Books Yearly subscription is $69 = $1.33 a week. Mon to Fri from $1 renewal and late fees. Three books can be 20c taken out at a time, sale books are 20c.  477 6274

27 Central What & Where  $ The Otago Chess Club 7 Maitland Street Tue 1pm &

Social play on Tuesday afternoons and Wed 7:30pm tournaments on Wednesday evenings. [email protected] Thieves’ Alley Market Day The Octagon & surrounding Streets 8 Feb 2014 Free 10am-4pm Market stall, live music and other entertainment. Toitu - Otago Settlers Museum 31 Queens Gardens, off the one-way going South

Pick up a programme for a list of free events 7 days Free throughout the year. Tuesday Club meets once a month for morning tea and a talk.  477 5052 or  www.toituosm.com Westpac Mayfair Costume Hire Behind the Theatre in Cameron Street Tuesday - From Hire a variety of costumes from $5. A bond Saturday $5 is required.  455 4974

28 North Dunedin

North East Valley boast several parks and gardens, starting at “The Gardens” (Dunedin Botanic Gardens), Woodhaugh Garden, Chingford Park, Forrester Park and Bethunes Gully.

Much of Dunedin's water comes from reservoirs in the upper reaches of the Leith Valley. These include Ross Creek Reservoir, the oldest reservoir still in use in New Zealand and .

Numerous popular walking tracks traverse the bush-clad reserve and around the reservoir.

Activity: How to Make Your Own Kite! What you'll need:  1 sheet of 8 1/2-by-11-inch  Plastic surveyor's tape in brightly coloured paper a bright colour (available  Ruler at hardware stores)  Pencil  Hole punch  3/4-inch masking or clear  10 feet of string (or tape more, if flying clear of  Wire snips hazards)  Thin bamboo skewer  Small piece of cardboard (like used for kebabs)

1 2 3 4 Fold the sheet of paper in half widthwise. Using the ruler, measure and draw a diagonal line, as indicated in picture 1. Place the ruler against the line and crease the paper along it, fold back the top layer of paper and tape along the fold line. Using wire snips, trim the bamboo skewer to 8 inches in length. Use the skewer as a brace across the top back of the kite, tape it firmly. Cut a 6-foot tail from the surveyor's tape. Tape it to the rear edge of the kite. Next, flip the kite over and fold the flap (for the string) back and forth until it stands straight up. Fold a small piece of tape over of the flap about 3 inches from the top. Punch a hole through the tape 1/4 inch in from the folded edge. Tie one end of the string through the hole. To make a string winder, tie the other end of the string around the middle of the cardboard and tape it down. Wind on the rest of the string, and Courtesy of Family Fun Magazine you're ready to fly!

30 North What & Where  $ A view from the top, Signal Hill From Gardens New World head up Opoho Road, and turn left onto Signal Hill Road and Anytime, continue until the carpark and monument at rain or Free shine. the top. There are several other tracks on the hill to explore! Annual Plant Sale Dunedin Botanic Gardens, Upper Carpark Hosted by Friends of the Dunedin Botanic May Free Garden. A high point in the year for avid gardeners. Bethunes Gully Norwood St, North East Valley, just past Forrester Park. This beautiful area has toilets, swings, BBQs, Anytime, large grassed area with running rain or Free through the area. This area is the start of the shine. track to the Organ Pipes and Mt Cargill. To make use of the BBQ pick up the key from the DCC. There’s a $30 bond.  477 4000 Caledonian Track Logan Park, Butts Road Check Free Support your local community members, and online become a spectator of soccer and athletics events.  www.athletics.org.nz

31 North What & Where  $ Chingford Stables and Park North Road, North East Valley Anytime, Beautiful area with small playground, large rain or Free grassed area, sports fields, and take a short shine. walk to the stables which were built in the early 1870’s. Clubs and Societies Activities Centre Free or 7 days 84 Albany Street cheap  476 5960 or  www.ousa.co.nz Cycle or Walk the Harbour Dunedin Boat Harbour to Ravensbourne, Maia, and as far as St Leonards. Anytime, Can access it by going along Anzac Avenue, rain or and turn right down Awatea Street, just Free shine. before Logan Park, and then right into Magnet Street. The bike track starts from the mouth of the Leith, and it is 6km long and takes around 1hr and 15mins. Dunedin Botanic Gardens Horticulture Talks Gardens Information Shop First Friday of the Occasional guest speaker. You can pick up a Free Month, at leaflet outlining the events for the year, along lunchtime. with duck feed for the friendly, local ducks.  471 9275

32 North What & Where  $ Dunedin Gymnastics Academy 41 Willis Street PlayGym classes for children under 5 years. Parent / Caregiver participation required. Wed-Sat $4-$5 Nola,  456 4399 or Anita,  487 9167, qualified Playgym leaders. Classes run during Primary School terms. Dunedin Rhododendron Festival Every year, In both private and public gardens rd Copies of the Festival programme are the 3 Free week of available from Tourism Dunedin and the October Dunedin Visitors Centre. Enliven Day Program – Maybank Maybank Lounge at Ross Home and Hospital, North East Valley The programme is for elderly persons and Tue, Wed and Fri Check includes discussions, crafts, guest speakers, 10.30am- subsidies entertainment, gentle exercise and games. 3.15pm. Cost may be covered through a Disability Allowance or through a Needs Assessment.  473 0890 Evening walk to the glow worms Along Malvern Street, keep right at Glenleith After Free Junction, entrance 400m after the gravel sunset starts Markets Sun10am- Free  www.stadiummarket.co.nz 2pm

33 North What & Where  $ Hocken Library 90 Anzac Avenue Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9am- Mon - Sat Free 5pm, Thursday 9am- 9pm, Saturday 9am- 12pm.  479 8868 Jaffa Race Baldwin St, North East Valley

Over 30,000 Cadbury giant jaffas tumble July $1 down . Check for advertisements in the paper or  www.chocolatecarnival.co.nz

Lower Botanic Garden Tour $5 adult, Meet at the main entrance to the gardens Tues, Wed, children Thurs and Take a tour of the lower section of the Sat 11am. Free Dunedin Botanical Gardens. Lunchtime Theatre at Allen Hall $5 Allen Hall, Corner of Union St and Leith St Thur - Fri  479 8896 for this month's plays. They are 12:30pm CSC

approximately 40 minutes long. Maori Hill Community Centre 607 Highgate See the notice board outside the community centre for info about various groups including 7 days Free low impact aerobics, dancing groups, tai chi, garden club, embroidery groups, coffee group and more. Maori Hill Music Group 0-5 Years Maori Hill Presbyterian Church, 580 Tuesday $1 per Highgate 9.30am – 10.30am session Term times, Celia  464 0158

34 North What & Where  $ Marama Hall Lunchtime Concerts 1pm Marama Hall, Otago University, through the $5 archway, on the right Wednesday During semester times.  479 8885 Turn onto Pinehill Road and continue until Cowan Road, turn right and find the Anytime, carparks. rain or Free A walk to Organ Pipes is about 1.5km and shine. around 45mins. It is only 10mins straight to the summit. Mountain Biking at Nichols Creek North along George Street, left onto Malvern Anytime, Street, past Fulton Rd where the road rain or Free narrows. Stop at the next bridge. shine. An 8km long track through the bush. New Edinburgh Folk Club Pioneer Women’s Hall, Lower Moray Place Sunday The first half of the evening is open for people $4 to perform, let the door person know if you 7.30pm wish to do so. Member’s discount. [email protected]  www.nefc.org.nz Opoho Music Group Fridays Opoho School, Signal Hill Road 9am, during Koha school Justine  476 1069 terms. Otago Museum Free 419 Great King Street, Dunedin 7 Days  474 7474  www.otagomuseum.govt.nz Koha

35 North What & Where  $ Pine Hill School Community Working Garden bees Free Tracey  470 0851 Tue 12.30 [email protected] – 2pm. Sing Ong T'ai Chi Classes Dunedin North Intermediate School Hall, 34 Tues & North Road $5-$6.50 Thur 7.15- per session Spectators can watch for free and new 8.15pm members can join anytime. Marcus  474 6950 Sullivans Dam Off Leith Valley Road A notable natural feature of the valley is the glow worm area off Leith Valley Road. The 7 days Free Wonder Walkers site gives directions and describes the track as a short to medium walk.  www.wonderwalkers.co.nz Transition Valley 473 North Dunedin Area A group of residents from North East Valley, Opoho, Dalmore, Liberton, Pine Hill, Monthly Normanby and Mt Mera in North Dunedin Free who work together on our transition journey - coping with climate, energy and economic changes. Residents are welcome to join - turn up at an event or [email protected] Yoga $5 Clubs and Societies Activity Centre 84 Albany students, Mon-Thurs Street $7.50 non- During University semesters.  479 5960 students

36 North What & Where  $ Visit the local SPCA 1 Torridon Street, Opoho Open to the public and the only requirement is signing the Visitor's Book. These are beautiful grounds for a picnic and you can 7 days Koha walk the dogs. If you have a calm, friendly dog and can spare time to visit socially isolated folk, give us a call as we welcome volunteers to do this valuable and rewarding work.  473 8252 Walking at Ross Creek Reservoir Track off Malvern Street and Woodhaugh St, Leith Valley Anytime, rain or Free Enjoy a walk through the bush and see the shine. dam and Valve Tower, which were completed in 1867. Approximately 4.2km, and 1.5 hours. Woodhaugh Gardens Either off George St or Malvern St Anytime, Beautiful gardened area with free gas rain or Free barbeques, pick up the key from the DCC. shine. There is a $30 bond.  477 4000

Visit the Book Bus in your area Maori Hill Highgate/Balmacewen Road Tues 10-12pm The Gardens Opoho Road/Shopping Centre, Fri 11-12.15pm North East Valley North Road/Watts Road Thurs 1.30-2.45pm Pine Hill Pine Hill Road/Forrester Avenue Thurs 6-7pm. Opoho Signal Hill Road/ Thurs 3.15-4.30pm Farquharson Street Ravensbourne Street Fri 10-10.45am

37 North Is there history under your doorstep? One Dunedinite investigated the suburb of Vauxhall and discovered an interesting story. In the early years of Dunedin the cliff head overlooking Andersons Bay Inlet was the site of a colourful and notorious recreation area, the Vauxhall Gardens. Opened at the height of the Central Otago Gold Rush in 1862 and named for the gardens at Vauxhall in London, the gardens were the brainchild of wealthy local Henry Farley, who spent a then-astonishing £10,000 on their construction. The 23-acre (9.3 ha) site included a gymnasium, bandstands, dancing areas, and a funicular railway. A menagerie contained koalas, kangaroos, vultures and Tasmanian devils. The gardens were highly popular, 0..but also became known for the rowdiness and drunkenness of the parties, and for prostitution. The gardens did not survive the end of the gold rush and were closed in 1870. No trace remains of them today. The land was subdivided and Vauxhall is now a quiet residential suburb. Picture - front cover of ‘Vauxhall Gardens” by Ian Dougherty. Email to order a copy: [email protected]

38 South & East Dunedin

South Dunedin boasts many beaches which are easily accessible and well used by locals. Even in the winter you will see surfers catching a wave.

Not into swimming in the sea? Then visit the salt water pool, have a stroll on the beach, play at the park, have a picnic or grab a coffee at one of the many little cafes.

South & East Activity: Awesome Bubble Mixture What you need:  ½ cup Morning Fresh Dishwashing Liquid  1 DSP of sugar dissolved in ½ cup of water  1 egg white Mix all together, and have FUN!

40 South & East What & Where  $ 60's plus Club Walking Group The Oval, near the Kensington. Membership Groups range from ramblers through to hikers Monday $10 and trampers. A pace for everyone. Judith Wright  456 2080 Annual Dunedin Model Train Show $5 Forbury Park, Victoria Road May Child $3  www.trainweb.org/dmts/index.html Check out Life’s a Beach on page 5 Free for beaches. Dance – In – Time – Club Church of the Holy Cross, corner of Ajax and Richardson Streets, South Dunedin Wed & $4.50 Modern sequence, ballroom and Latin dancing. Fri Steve & Dorothy Cresswell  456 2328 [email protected] Dunedin Bridge Club Mon 100 Otaki Street Dunedin 11am  467 2292 Dunedin Ice Stadium 101 Victoria Road, St Kilda Free Watch Curling and Ice Hockey.  www.dunedinice.com Dunedin Scrabble Club First night Caversham Presbyterian Church Dunstan Hall, is free! Tuesday 61 Thorn Street. Then 7pm Supper and equipment provided. $2.50 Chris Handley  464 0199 weekly

41 South & East What & Where  $ Get Active at The 116 Portsmouth Drive, Andersons Bay

The Edgar Centre is a great sporting facility, with KeenAgers opportunities for all ages. $3 Adult Seniors can join the 60+ KeenAger Programme 7 days for tennis, table tennis & petanque. Just turn up $4.50 on the day, there’s tea and biscuits after the Child activity. $2.50 Courts can be booked by individuals.  456 1200 Midwinter Polar Plunge St Clair Beach Brave the cold, and join 200 others in a Dunedin June Free tradition! Take the plunge at St Clair Beach in the middle of Winter. Ocean Beach Domain Incorporates St Clair, Middle and Second Beaches, Marlow, Kettle and Hancock Parks. Free

Can catch the St Clair bus route. Otago Darts Association South Dunedin Community Hall, 255 King Wed $2 Edward Street 7.30pm $30 annual membership needed.  456 0479 Otago Model Engineering Society Last 1 John Wilson Ocean Dr, St Kilda, beside Ocean Sunday of the Beach Railway Free month  455 5747  www.omes.org.nz 1.30- 4.30pm

42 South & East What & Where  $ Socialise at Wesley House The Methodist Mission, South Dunedin. Outings, morning teas, lunches, garden tours and Tuesday $3.00 more with plenty of variety, transport arranged, 10.30 speakers, socialising.  466 4600 [email protected] South Dunedin Market South Dunedin Community Hall, 253 King 2nd & 4th Edward Street Wed of month Free All kinds of goodies at reasonable cost, home 10am - baking, healthy plants, toys and jewellery. 1pm Raewyn Auckram  455 8662

St Clair Church Group Every St Clair Presbyterian Church, Albert Street. second

A social group for a town ramble. Sunday Allan Woodhead  455 7834 1.30pm St. Kilda Community Club Recreation Hall, Victoria Flat's, (opposite the Yearly "Stadium Store"), on Victoria Road. Membership

Art, Crafts, Fitness and Walking Groups, Euchre, $5 Scale Modellers' Group. For further information  455 7570 Summer Hot Salt Water Swimming Open at St Clair Pool $1 up The Esplanade, St Clair Beach. Oct - March CSC  477 4000 Mon-Fri 6am-7pm Sat-Sun 7am-7pm

43 South & East What & Where  $ The Dunedin Gasworks Museum Sun 20 Braemar Street, South Dunedin 12-4pm Working steam engines, steam shovel, traction Tue $2-$4 engine  455 5063 12-4pm

 www.gasworksmuseum.org.nz Waggon Wheel Square and Round Dance Club Tue & St. Clair School Hall Wed $3 Learners can come along on Tuesdays to learn 7:30pm the steps. Jenny Dobson  476 1668 Walking with St Kilda Community Group The St Kilda Community Club, 95 Victoria Road 50c per Tuesdays walk, $1- David Horne  455 2223 10am $5 car A friendly group, doing 2 hour long walks that pooling are not too difficult, an average level of fitness needed. Watch Athletics at Caledonian Track Support your local community members, and become a spectator. There are numerous events Check Free on that you can attend. online.  www.athletics.org.nz

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Why not visit the Book Bus when it’s near? Andersons Bay Silverton Street/Highcliff Road Monday 3.00-4.15pm Shiel Hill Highcliff Road/Every Street Wed 6.15-7.30pm South Dunedin Macandrew Road/Dick Street Friday 9.45-10.30pm South Dunedin King Edward Street/Bayview Road Friday 10.45- 11.45am St Kilda Prince Albert Road/Market Street Mon 6.15-7.30pm Victoria Flats Victoria Flats/Victoria Road Thurs 1.30-2pm St Clair Francis Hodgkins Retirement Home Mon 9.45-10.30am St Clair Forbury Road/Bayview Road Thurs 10am-12pm Caversham South Road/Catherine Street Monday 1.30- 2.30pm Forbury Ruskin Terrace Tuesday 1.30- Corner 2.30pm Parkside Eastborne Street Tuesday 4-4.30pm Corstorphine Middleton Road/Shopping Centre Tuesday 2.45- 3.45pm Corstorphine Riselaw Road, Opposite School Wednesday 3-4pm Concord Emerson Street/Shopping Centre Friday 1.30-2.15pm Musselburgh Rona Street Thurs 2.15-3.30pm Musselburgh Just out of shopping area Friday 6-7.30pm Rise

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46 West Dunedin

From humble beginnings on nine holes in a pas- ture, only "half an hour’s stroll from the Central Post Of- fice". Balmacewan Golf Club was established in 1871 and is one of the oldest golf clubs in the Southern Hemisphere

A little bit of history Close to the northern edge of the An- dersons Bay Inlet is a large memorial stone to the Taranaki Māori prisoners of the New Zealand Land Wars who were transported south to Dunedin, many of whom constructed the causeway across the head of the inlet and much of Dunedin's foreshore roads as forced labour. A branch railway ran along Portobello Road in this area from the 1870s until 1912. West Activity: Playdough – a classic childhood favourite! Basic ingredient ratios:  2 Cups flour  2 Cups warm water  1 Cup salt  2 Tablespoons vegetable oil  1 Tablespoon cream of tartar (optional for improved elasticity)  Food colouring Mix all the ingredients together, and stir over low heat. The dough will begin to thicken until it resembles mashed potatoes. When the dough pulls away from the sides and clumps in the centre, remove the pan from heat and allow the dough to cool enough to handle. If your playdough is still sticky, you simply need to cook it longer! Turn the dough out onto a clean bench and knead vigorously until it becomes silky-smooth. Divide the dough into balls for colouring. Drop some food colouring in. Fold the dough over, working the food colour through the playdough. You could use gloves to keep your hands clean. Work the dye through, adding more as necessary to achieve your chosen colour. Now you can play! It's entirely edible, if a bit salty, so it's kid-safe. You can store it in an air-tight container, and keep it for next time. For something a little bit extra, experiment with adding scented oils into the playdough. Taken from: www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Playdough-Play-doh/step2/Mix-and-heat/

48 West What & Where  $ -Pineapple Hill Get there off Taieri Road and either go along Whare Flat Road to start on the Flagstaff Walkway or Wakari Road, then onto Booth Road to start on the Pineapple Walkway 7 days Free

It is about 1km with a 30 to 40 min walk to Flagstaff summit or about 3km with a 1.5 to 2 hour walk if you go along the Pineapple walkway as well. Frasers Gully Carpark at the end of Frasers Road, off Kaikorai Valley Road. 7 days Free 4km track that takes about 1hour to walk, following Frasers Creek. Halfway Bush Women's Walks Meet: Taieri Road, Halfway Bush Regular local walks and sometimes further afield with a 2-night stay. Midwinter and Christmas Call Petrol contribution dinners. Ages range from 50 up. Fitness: Average but accommodating. Pat Garth  476 2579

Music and Movement Wed Kaikorai Church Hall, 127 Taieri Road 9.30 - $2 per 10.45am Playgroup and music with morning tea. Fri 10 - family Amanda  476 2967 11.30am Music and movement for 0-5years St John’s Church – Roslyn Thurs & Noelene Evans  474 9334 (Friday group) Friday Edith  474 5447 (Thursday group)  www.stjohnsroslyn.org.nz

49 West What & Where  $ Musical Munchkins - Music and Movement for 0-5's Wed & St Mary’s Anglican Church, off Whitby Street, Thu 50c 10- Mornington 11.30am Morning tea is provided. Rebecca  488 4372 New and Expectant Parents Morning Tea 2nd Dunedin Parents Centre, 155 Kenmure Road, Wed Mornington of month Bring baby, yourself and a small plate to share and 10am- enjoy a cuppa, chat and information sharing with 12pm others. Scottish Country Dancing St Johns Anglican Hall, Highgate

Come on your own or with a friend, this is a fun $5, Child and friendly way to keep fit. No experience Mon 7pm $1 necessary, qualified tutors take you through. Soft shoes suggested. Jan  453 6964 or Janet  473 8178

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Visit the Book Bus in your area Helensburgh Balmacewen Road/Shopping Centre Mon 1.15pm-2.15pm Halfway Bush Ashmore Street by Park Sat 9.45am-10.30am Brockville Brockville Road/Caldwell Street, Friday 2.45pm-3.45pm Green Island Main South Road/Memorial Park Mon 10.45am-11.30am Green Island Main South Road/Irmo Street Tues 3.45pm-4.15pm Green Island Main South Road/Jenkins Street Friday 6pm-7.30pm Abbotsford North Taieri Road/Exmouth Road Friday 2.55pm-4pm Abbotsford Hunterville Flats Friday 2.30pm-2.50pm Waikari Tairei Road/Berwick Street Sat 10.45am-12pm Maryhill Mitchell Avenue/Glenpark Avenue Mon 3.45pm-4.30pm Mornington Elgin Street/Bowler Avenue Wed 3.30pm-4.45pm Roslyn City Road/Highgate Friday 1.30pm-2.30pm

51 West Activity: Easy Chocolate Chip Biscuits These tasty biscuits are easy to make. Why not bake some and share? Ingredients: 125g butter 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup caster sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla essence 1 egg 1 3/4 cups self-raising flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup chocolate chunks or chips Method: 1. Preheat oven to 180°C and grease or line two baking trays with baking paper. 2. Beat butter, sugars and vanilla until creamed, add egg and beat until mixed. 3. Sift in flour and salt, mix until combined before stirring in the chocolate. 4. Roll heaped teaspoon sized balls of mixture and place on tray, press down lightly with a floured fork. 5. Bake for approx. 12 minutes. Makes 30 medium sized biscuits.

Courtesy of the Chelsea Sugar Recipe Club www.chelsea.co.nz/baking-and-recipes/226/chocolate-chip-biscuits.aspx

52 Surrounding Districts

Whichever side of the harbour you choose to travel you’ll find stunning views – and right on our doorstep. There are partial cycling tracks on each side. But if you don’t have a bike you can also catch a bus. You can get Bus timetables from Dunedin information centre.

Go, trav'ler, unto others boast of Venice and of Rome, Of saintly Mark's majestic pile, and Peter's lofty dome; Of Naples and her trellised bowers, of Rhineland far away

These may be grand, but give to me

Dunedin from the Bay.

Thomas Bracken Surrounding DIstricts Activity: Super Simple Apple & Raspberry Jam

Ingredients to make 4-5 jars:  500g Raspberries, hulled & rinsed  500g Apples, peeled & cored  1kg Chelsea Jam Setting Sugar  A Knob of Butter (10g) Cut the apple into small pieces and place in a food processor. Process lightly until a paste forms. Place the raspberries in the food processor and pulse to gently break up. Place the combined apple and raspberry mixture and Chelsea Jam Setting Sugar in a large, heavy based 6 litre pot. Heat the mixture over a low heat until the sugar is dissolved. Do not allow to boil. Add a knob of butter, increase the heat and bring to a full boil (a boil that cannot be stirred down). Boil for 4 minutes only. Remove from the heat, skim off any foam with a ladle or add a knob of butter and it will disappear instantly, test for set and bottle immediately. Taken from Chelsea Recipe Club Online: www.chelsea.co.nz/content/baking-guide/jammaking/jam-recipes.aspx

54 Surrounding Districts What & Where  $ Bellamy's Gallery Tues- Macandrew Bay Shopping area, Otago Peninsula Sat Free Former studio of artist Pauline Bellamy, now a 12– hub of the family's art works.  476 1606 5.00pm Community Library Harvey Street, Waitati Mon - Free Sat  482 2444 Cycling Events at Mosgiel Velodrome Seddon Park, Mosgiel Check Free Spectators are welcome at regular race online events.  www.cyclingotago.co.nz Darts with Mosgiel Darts Association Weds Annual 27 Irvine Street, Mosgiel 7.30pm sub $30  489 7801 Day craft activities at Mosgiel Abilities Resource Centre 16 Green Street, Mosgiel Mon –

Computing, music, woodwork and more for Thurs people with disabilities  0800 240 500 Film screenings by Waitati Film Society $35.00 Membership allows you free entry to screenings for 6 of any Film Society in NZ and discounts at film Call months festivals and local cinemas. $60 for  482 2829 (Bridget)  482 2508 (Leonie) full year  www.nzfilmsociety.org.nz

55 Surrounding DIstricts What & Where  $ Glenfalloch Woodland Garden 430 Portobello Rd, Macandrew Bay Daily Glenfalloch Woodland garden is Gaelic for from ‘hidden valley’. Take some time to walk through Koha 9am- the peaceful gardens and enjoy the beautiful 1pm rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolias and a profusion of other flower species. Grahams Bush Walking Track Sawyers Bay On the way out to Port Chalmers, when you get Anytime to Sawyers Bay turn onto Station Road, which rain or Free will change into Hall Road. The track is at the shine. road. The track is about 5.8km and takes about 2 hours. Koputai Kids after school Mon-Fri programme $6.50 Albertson Avenue, Port Chalmers 3-6pm  472 7777 Macandrew Bay Music Group 0- 5years Monday {Gold Macandrew Bay School, 488 Portobello Road 9am coin} Justine  476 1069 MacAndrew Bay Public Library Weds Macandrew Bay Community Hall, Cnr Portobello 6pm- 8pm Free Rd & Greenacres St Friday 2.304.30 [email protected] pm Mosgiel Public Library 7 Hartstonge Avenue, Mosgiel Mon - Free Sat  474 3501

56 Surrounding Districts What & Where  $ Port Chalmers Community Library 20 Beach Street, Port Chalmers Mon Free Monday to Friday 9.30am - 5pm - Sat Late Thursday ’til 8, Saturday11am – 2pm  474 3364 Portobello Public Library Thurs Portobello Community Hall, Harrington Point Rd 11am Free  4780825 – 2pm Seasonal Swimming at Mosgiel Pool 215 Gordon Road, Mosgiel 7 days $1-$3.60  489 6008 Swimming at Port Chalmers Pool Oct to Albertson Avenue March $1-$3.60, For more information call  472 7664 from CSC  http://tinyurl.com/swimdunedin 6am Taieri Historic Park Outram-Mosgiel Road, Outram Sunday Free 2-4pm Neil Gamble  486 2701 to arrange visits at other times. W3 Rideshare Ride-share scheme that operates between Waitati & Dunedin. The scheme is essentially for commuters, but can be used outside rush-hours.  www.transitiontowns.org.nz Walking with Taieri Recreational Tramping Club $5.00 Wed Peter Bathgate  027 335 4059 yearly  489 7324

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Youth Programmes at Methodist Mission Arahina Family Support Centre 2 Perth Street, Mosgiel Holiday Programmes $15 for 3-day programme 1.00pm - 4.00pm Focus is on fun, there are trips to places like laser force and Portobello aquarium and days stay at centre and do activities like baking and painting. After school programme Monday to Wednesday ages 4-6 Thursdays ages 7 and up Can be collected from schools and dropped home in van One day per week! $2 per session per child Contact: Sharon Landreth  489 5273 [email protected]

Visit the Book Bus in your Area Broad Bay Roebuck Rise, outside school Wed 11.15am-12pm

Green Island Main South Road/ Wed 9.55-10.25am Fulton Hogan Office Macandrew Community Centre Wed 1.15-1.55pm Bay Macandrew School Carpark Wed 2-2.30pm Bay Portobello By School Wed 9.45-10.10am Portobello Shopping Centre Wed 10.15-11am Tomahawk Tomahawk Road-Oregon Street Thurs 3.45-4.15pm Brighton Cole Street Tues 10.30am-12.15pm Waldronville By school Tues 2.30-3.30pm Brighton Old Brighton Road/Sickel Street Wed 10.30-11.15am Willow Park Cedar Crescent/Beech Street Wed 11.30-12.00pm Brooklands Brooklands Village Wed 1.15-2pm Mosgiel Elmgrove/Argyle Street Wed 2.15-2.40pm (side entrance of School)

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