Plunket art show returns
Christeena MacDonald with some of her works that will be on display at the RSM Law Plunket Art Show which begins in a fortnight. It was unable to be held last year because of Covid-19 but has 35 artists displaying works at the 43rd staging.
‘‘Kids swim there a lot on Saturdays and Sundays and others use it for fishing because there’s no fishing access at the port. It’s a proper community asset.’’ Gordon Collister
The rundown jetty alongside Marine Parade at Caroline Bay is worth preserving, owner the Timaru Yacht and Power Boat Club has found.
‘‘Divers took a look at the piles and found they are OK,’’ club commodore Gordon Collister said.
‘‘We had a working bee to get over the season, and we’ll have another working bee for next year.
‘‘We’re not pulling it down; enough people use it.’’
Collister said engineers were preparing a plan and estimated cost of improvement work.
He said he had no clear idea what the cost would be, but it could be $100,000 to $400,000.
‘‘Once we get indicative pricing we’ll work out what we’re going to do for
Timaru Yacht and Power Boat Club commodore
fundraising. Hopefully we’ll get a better idea in the next month,’’ Collister said.
‘‘It’s a waiting process, but we’re keen to get something done by the end of the year.’’
He said the jetty had a lot of use and not just by people launching boats.
‘‘Kids swim there a lot on Saturdays and Sundays and others use it for fishing because there’s no fishing access at
the port.
‘‘It’s a proper community asset.’’ Concerns over the state of the jetty resulted in it being shut for a short time.
‘‘It’s open again for about two-thirds of its length.’’
Collister believed the jetty was built in the early 1970s after the club moved to its present location in the late 1960s.