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The  Ruahine  Dress  Circle  Revived

23/12/2013

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Photo taken from The Ruahine Road Lookout into the Ruahine Dress Circle. Photo - Mary Bielski
Tucked away on a side road off Ruahine Road in the northern Manawatu and about 5 minutes north of Rangiwahia is an amazing swimming and picnic spot. According to one of our older Rangiwahia residents, Ngaire Hancock, this area has been a popular spot for over 100 years. It had featured in AA magazines and was known all over New Zealand. Of course past and present residents are very familiar with this area. There are two swimming holes; one near a permanent waterfall, which flows from a side stream near the swimming hole and the other a little further downstream below a deeper, wider fall.


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Rangiwahia all steamed up

21/12/2013

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Picture​Ramsomes, Sims and Jefferies No 24090 of 1912 Steam Traction Engine. Photo - Steve Bielski

It’s not everyday that Rangiwahia becomes the focus of a fiftieth anniversary. It is probable that the majority of the present-day residents had no idea that one of its past residents was the proud owner of a Ramsomes, Sims and Jefferies No 24090 of 1912 Steam Traction Engine. Half a dozen young men purchased this particular engine fifty years ago and so began The Steam Traction Engine Society Incorporated with the goal of collecting and restoring steam traction engines. 

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    Mary Bielski loves to write and take photographs of her experiences in and around the Iron Gates Experience, and of living in rural Manawatu. 

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Outdoor Safety Code:
1. Plan your trip
2. Tell someone
3. Be aware of the weather
4. Know your limits
5. Take sufficient supplies
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Remember KEEP NORTHERN MANAWATU BEAUTIFUL!
Facilities are not always provided.
Unless signage indicates otherwise -

 !   ​Strictly no camping, tenting or freedom camping
 !   
Strictly no fires

 !   Take away all rubbish. Leave only your footprints.
Toilet facilities available in Rangiwahia, Apiti and Kimbolton.​
​Motorhome and camping sites available in 
​Rangiwahia, Apiti Tavern & Eatery and Kimbolton Hotel

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