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"I've met winners and sinners, the Irish and
Jews
Fellows with earrings, and girls with tattoos.
Fellows with
handbags and strippers and saints
Badmen and madmen and artists with
paints.
from 'Let
the World come to me by Blue Jeans
Annual Events
JANUARY
Naseby Rodeo
FEBRUARY
Art Deco Festival:
email: edna@nzsouth.co.nz
Web:
www.ruralartdeco.co.nz
Maniototo Agricultural & Pastoral Show:
Two Day Rail Trail Duathlon
Overnights in Ranfurly
MARCH
Cavalcade
Hundreds of horses and riders, wagoners and walkers follow
the old gold trails throughout Otago and Northern Southland, New Zealand,
in a re-enactment of the discovery of gold on which the Otago province was
founded.
Phone/fax +64 3 445 1516
Email
Goldfields@nzsouth.co.nz
Web: www.cavalcade.co.nz
APRIL
RnR Sports 12 hour MTB Challenge
12 hour day night race, 9am to 9pm.
classes Solo, men and women. Teams- junior, men, women, vet and mixed,
teams of 2-5, mixed teams of 5 must have 2 women. $1000 cash plus medals
for 1,2&3rd + spot prizes. Through Naseby Forest with teams basing
themselves at the camping ground
Contact: Craig Bates , Mark Gould
Phone 0274 328086 , 021 836810
email batesclan@xtra.co.nz
Web:
www.mountainbikingotago.co.nz
Naseby on the green -Easter Saturday
A Market Day held annually on
the Naseby Recreation ground with Arts & Crafts, Wild Food Tasting,
Wine Tasting, Mountain Bike Riding, Sheep Dog Whistle Competition, and
lots of events for the kids.
JUNE
Brass Monkey Rally
The Brass Monkey motorcycle Rally is one of the
last great motorcycling adventures in New Zealand and is now in its 25th
year. The Rally is always held over Queens Birthday weekend and culminates
in a campsite at Oturehua. Motor cyclists converge on the district to
share their love of motorcycling, and often endure the first snow of the
season.
Contact: Otago Motorcycle Club, (03) 477 5549
Web:
www.brassmonkeyrally.org.nz
Maniototo Ice Rink Highland Ball -June 25th
Naseby Town Hall,
Piping the Haggis. Double $40 and single $25. Contact: (03) 444 9937
JULY
Naseby Winter Festival -July 21st
Week long festival last week in
July of Curling, ice hockey, and ice skating competition. An ice luge
planned for 2006 will be a future event.
Ph/Fax: 03 444 9270
Web:
www.nasebyicesports.co.nz
AOK Bonspiel Rally -July 26th -28th.
Two days of winter MTBing and
a curling bonspiel (tuition given). Hotel accommodation and all meals
arranged.
Contact: Fridd family, (03) 487 7402
Email:
jfridd@xtra.co.nz
Web:
http://homepages.e3.net.nz/~donnquay/social%20rides.htm
http://latitude45south.at.infoseek.co.jp/eventreport.html#aok%20Bonspiel
DECEMBER
New Years Street Party -Dec 31st
A Big family day of family's and
children's activities, culminating in Street Party at night. The place to
be for New Years. Live band outside pubs, and a great crowd of locals and
visitors; young and old.
Naseby Goldfields Triathlon, Duathlon and Children's Duathlon
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