If ever the term "the peace was shattered" applies to a place or village, then Araomana must surely be it. The news media around New Zealand on the 14th November 1990 was fixated on the tiny, seaside village where 13 people died by being shot by local David Gary over a 23 hour period. Today there is a lovely memorial to remember those 13 people with the words: Loving memories of those who died at Aramoana on 13th November 1990. In memory of: Garry Holden, Jasmine Holden, Rewa Bryson, Jim Dickson, Tim Jamieson, Vic Crimp, Leo Wilson, Dion Percy, Ross Percy, Vanessa Percy, Aleki Tali, Chris Cole, Sgt. Stu Guthrie. John's Blog https://blog.caswellimages.com/ The latest print price guide: https://bit.ly/3oLw9OI
This year's Octagonal Day contest was cancelled because of Covid which is unfortunate all those involved as it's a very popular event. Last year I came across the event which featured 15 pipe bands completely by accident. Personally, my favorite performer was the lone freestyler that accompanied each band. I was also informed by one of the judges that he was apparently being a "true" Scotsman and was reminded that young child were present! John's Blog https://blog.caswellimages.com/ The latest print price guide: https://bit.ly/3oLw9OI
Sometimes it's a good thing if an item goes unused. St Clair has a shark bell and I would be very happy if I went my entire life and never heard it rung! This is a big change from the mid 1960’s where in the space of seven years, there were five great white attacks, three fatal, off the Dunedin coast.The attacks resulted in the deaths of Les Jordan at St Clair in 1964, Bill Black at St Kilda in 1967 and Graham Hitt at Aramoana in 1968. These attacks gave the city the unenviable record of having the worst shark attack fatality record in the country. I would imagine that for some residents of Dunedin, Steven Spielberg’s 1975 hit movie Jaws would have been incredibly hard to watch given the devastation, trauma, and hysteria that surrounded the attacks. Which brings me back to St Clair’s shark bell. I shall be very happy if I never hear it rung! John's Blog https://blog.caswellimages.com/ The latest print price guide: https://bit.ly/3oLw9OI
