MacKay's
crossing Entrance, Queen Elizabeth Park, Paekakariki
27th
- 29th December, 2009
10am until 4.30pm
ANYTHING
VINTAGE FESTIVAL PROMISES TO BE BIGGER AND BETTER
PAEKAKARIKI, Wellington - June 14, 2009— Bigger and better is
the promise for the fourth ‘Anything Vintage Festival’ returning
to just inside Queen Elizabeth Park’s MacKays Crossing entrance,
just after Christmas this year.
Following on from last years very successful event, the festival will
run from Sunday 27th to Tuesday 29th December. Starting each day at
10am and running until 4.30pm, a wide variety of entertainment, rides,
food, displays, market stalls and outdoor activities catering for all
ages are on offer.
Graeme Moffatt, Wellington Tramway Museum secretary and one of the organisers
of the event, says “the ‘Anything Vintage Festival’
is themed around transport, machinery and other equipment from yesteryear
and has become a mecca for anyone interested in how things were done
in a bygone era. Vintage machinery clubs from as far afield as Taranaki
will be operating a wide range of old stationery engines rescued from
many a farm. Displays of a selection of vintage cars and buses along
with military vehicles in addition to pony and buggy rides by ‘Stables
on the Park’, helicopter rides and of course the Tramways own
heritage Wellington trams will be operating between MacKays Crossing
and Whareroa Beach”.
Mr Moffatt went on to say that to complete the vintage transport experience,
Tranz Metro will be running their restored 1954 English Electric Suburban
Unit from Wellington to Paraparaumu along with other normally timetabled
trains. Connecting with the hourly train services, passengers can experience
a ride to and from and the festival in a vintage bus, including the
Wellington based London double decker bus ‘English Rose’.
For those not into history, this year’s festival will again feature
live music by top Kapiti bands. There
will be an indoor display that will include aviation and maritime artifacts
along with a selection of model railways and some of the tramways non-operational
trams and the tramways ‘King Kong’ tram theatre will feature
a number of early New Zealand movies” said Mr Moffatt.
“The large market area offers a variety of stalls to shop at along
with fair ground rides and attractions plus a great range of hot and
cold food including real fruit ice cream, espresso coffee, hot dogs,
sausage sizzle and more. The organisers are also pleased to be able
to announce that a large contingent from the ‘Gypsy Travellers’
travelling fair will there during the three days of the festival”.
Supported by the Greater Wellington Regional Council and many local
community groups, the ‘Anything Vintage Festival’ also offers
the opportunity for people to explore and experience the unique coastal
environment of Queen Elizabeth Park at the beach and on the many walkways
around the park.
The ‘Anything Vintage Festival’ is a primary fund-raiser
for the Kapiti Coast Electric Tramway’s continued development
of the tramway and museum and the society is keen for other groups within
the Kapiti community to participate and benefit from this growing annual
event.
Some stall sites both outside and in a large marquee are still available
at reasonable rates with sites for charities, community groups and societies
available at no charge. For further information on stall sites, contact
Warwick Halcrow on (027) 242-1222 or email <whalcrow@paradise.net.nz>.
For display site information, contact Graeme Moffatt on (04) 292-8361
or email <secretary@wellingtontrams.org.nz>.
Full details of the festival can be found on the tramways web site at
<www.wellingtontrams.org.nz>.
A
gallery of photos from previous events can be found here...
To
obtain rates for Indoor and Outdoor Market Stalls, click here...
Thanks
to Tranz Metro, RadioWorks, Lion Foundation, Endeavour Trust, Kapiti
Coast District Council and Greater Wellington Regional Council for their
support of the 2008 Event.
