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Opera Appreciation 1 recently did the full opera Rossini "William Tell". It was Rossini's last opera and a real blockbuster, four hours over two DVDs.
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Our Buildings & Cities Group has this year become quite diverse in its range of topics chosen either from personal interests or experiences, and has proved united in enthusiasm to attend a guided tour of our Elms Mission House in Tauranga for our September Meet.
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Otawa Trig. Doc writes :Enjoy a walk through attractive lowland forest dominated by tawa and rewarewa. Entering the forest, this track follows the gently undulating ridgeline to Otawa Trig."
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What a fantastic day for a hike. The sun shone brightly, there was hardly any wind and the views were of the million dollar variety.
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U3A Tauranga cycle group enjoyed a spring ride around the Lakes suburb. The blossoms were coming out, the day was fine, and no significant wind made riding a pleasure.
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On a beautiful sunny winter’s day 7 members of the Mini-Hikers1 Group met on Marine Parade, Mount Maunganui.
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Wednesday 16th August saw two new members join the Hikers 1 for a late winter hike around Omokoroa.
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An enjoyable winter ride took this group from Kulim Park to Fergusson Park, then to the Tauranga Yacht Club.
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Val and Betty shared their local area with us. Papamoa Plaza was the beginning of a figure of eight walk.
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Recently we visited a hydroponics lettuce farm near Katikati.
It is one of the largest operations of its type in NZ, tucked away down a side road and out of view. Another example of “you never know what is behind that hedge”.
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Hikers 1 enjoyed a short winters' walk from Henry Road, Katikati, where a new bridge gives access to the Haiku Walkway and on to the Uretara Estuary and Yoeman Walkway.
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Ten members of mini hikers traveled to Katikati to walk the estuary on Wednesday. What a magnificent day weather wise it turned out to be.
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