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20 March, 2019

Family fun trail around Devonport – Community casts light on dark spaces

Flagstaff Team

A winning combination… cousins Jemima Johnston (left) and Olive Judson (both 6) were rapt to win Victoria Theatre movie tickets at the Devonport Community family fun trail on Sunday.

Several dozen families took part in the Devonport Community family fun trail event last Sunday, which followed a path from Windsor Reserve to Devonport Museum.

The possibility of cancelling the event was floated following the massacre of 50 people in Christchurch last Friday, said Dave Veart, chair of the organiser Devonport Peninsula Trust.

“But we thought a community gathering in the openness and sunshine away from the dark corners some people inhabit was very healthy.

“Thank you for bringing your families.” he said.

A new addition to the programme this year was material from the Devonport Community Recycling Centre, which kids used to build new structures.

Home is where the heart is… Elise Barker (6) makes a hut from materials sourced from the Devonport Community Recycling Centre at the conclusion of the family fun trail last Sunday
It’s a plant… co-organiser Caroline Pomeroy hands out the prizes at the family fun trail last Sunday
Taking his eye off the ball… four-year old Otto Rhodes (left) doesn’t look too con dent on how his brother Zachary is loading the golf-ballpipe at the family fun trail
Prize-giving time…Devonport Community family fun trail particpants wait patiently for the prizes to be handed out

This article originally appeared in the March 22 edition of the Devonport Flagstaff. Download PDF.