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BIG OMAHA MARITIME HISTORICAL TRUST

Newsletter – December 2022

165TH CELEBRATION OF MEIKLEJOHN FAMILY ARRIVING IN NEW ZEALAND

Date: 25 February 2023

Where: A trip on the Jane Gifford down the Mahurangi River from the Warkworth Town basin – lasting 2 hours

Time of loading : 11.15am

Fares: Adult $35 and Child (12yrs and under) $10 – note capacity 80 persons

Catering: BYO your own food and drinks (no glassware)

Bookings: Via email or text from 16 January with payment within 7 days of booking.

Contact: bomht.org@gmail.com or text 020 4077 4621 with a name and number of Adults and number of children

Bank: ASB 12-3095-0205976-00 – please add name as reference

Donations: Please feel free to add a donation with the fare payment

Other Information:

Bookings will be confirmed with more information such as weather impacts and contact information.

The Warkworth Museum are currently running a display of Jane Gifford and Meiklejohn artifacts. The museum is open from 10.00am until 3.00pm. We are negotiating a later closing on the 25th of February.

Further to our last newsletter the scow “Success’ formerly ‘Alwin G’ has been acquired by The Alwin G Heritage Trust and will in due course be shipped by road to Kaiapoi for restoration.

We would like to take an opportunity to wish you and yours a very merry Xmas and all the best for 2023.

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