Hurray! A great festival!

Whew! we made it! What a great festival!! Thanks so much to everyone who helped out Here are some pictures from the weekend…

Here come the floats! The fantastic Mitre 10 float all part of the Harcourts Street Parade by Kahu Youth that kicked off the festivities.

Superman! Into the lake at the Radio Wanaka Ray White Polar Plunge! Good thing McGregor’s brought the pies and Kiwi Tubs brought the hot tub!

Just one of the many incredible floating cardboard boats entered in the Kahu Youth Cardboard Boat Race on Saturday!

Here goes Punk the Clown in the Ruby Island Circus.

Agility training for young recyclers as part of the Wanaka Wastebusters Wheelie Bin Races.

One of the higher stacks just toppling down at the Meadowfresh Crate Stack Competition. Thanks to Aspiring Cranes and Wanaka Rock for providing the Cranes and Rock climbing gear.

Passion for Fashion 2009 DVD

Whew! What a great night last night. To a sold out house, local designers, shops, hair stylists, dancers and make-up artists put on a fantastic fashion show!!

Mike, from The Photographers is currently putting together the show DVD. If you would like purchase one of these. Contact Mike enquiries@wanakaphoto.com

Volunteers Needed for Bike Race!

With the festival just around the corner and loads of great events all set to give you a great weekend. There are still a few spaces that need to be filled with willing volunteers for the AWS Legal Urban Downhill Mountain Bike Race!

If you have time on Saturday October 17th from 11:00am – 4:30pm. Please let Laurel know! 443 2273 or info@wanakafest.co.nz

The Race is all set to be a fantastic spectators sport! Get yourself a great spot on the course, a Subway lunch and a beautiful new T-Shirt!!!

Look forward to hearing from you soon

Shear Comfort! In the Woolly insulated home!

Nicki  from Shear Comfort Wool Insulation is shown below in the roof of the festival house filling the ceiling with “supa fill”. Supa-Fill is a machine blown loose wool fibre product for the ceiling with a thermal rating ranging from R2.6. According to Nicki “Supa-Fill is a cost effective, quality insulation, which allows you to put your health and well-being first.” I checked out their product and it is soft and beautiful to touch! For more information on wool insulation check out their website: www.shearcomfort.co.nz

The nearly completed home!

Wow! I was just up the Wanakafest House and it is looking incredible! They have painted all the walls, the kitchen is nearly fitted. It is now fully carpeted, tiles, water is running… even the garage is carpeted! Well done to everyone involved in the project!

Here are some of the latest pictures from today:

This is me in the new “Dream Kitchen” donated by Dream Doors!

Ian Bell installs the front door.

Here is me again… in front of the beautiful new house.

Digger work on the landscaping all sponsored by Nichol Garden Centre. It is looking fantastic!