Events


Important dates to remember 2024 :
 

  • Have a go weekend  18 & 19 May
  • Midwinter dinner   23 June
  • AGM  5 June
  • Craft show 6 & 7 July
  • Camp Runamok  24, 25 and 26 August
  • Craft Show 2 & 3 November
  • Annual Exhibition 22 November - 8 December

ILT Kidzone Festival  Invercargill  10 -15 July




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Lady Barclay outing photographs

workshop











Old stuff











Lace making 

























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Camp Run Amok held at the clubrooms
14/15/16 April 2023



Camp Run Amok crew

A handful of impressions from Camp Amok


colored epoxy fill

Neil chipping away

Ron still going strong

cutting patterns

learning the tricks of woodturning

a yarn and a pro turner

scroll sawyers on the stage

tuition time



A miniature workshop on display


assembling some new equipment



Reflections on our bus trip to   Te Anau





First stop on our trip was at the Fiordland Military Vehicle Museum where we were warmly welcomed by Duncan and Tina Mc Gregor who made sure that we settled with a great morning tea with scones' pikelets and lemmingtons. Then we dispersed through the building to admire this private collection of memorabilia and fired a lot of questions at Duncan about this collection. A really amazing collection indeed and only just enough time to see the lot.

After that we were back on the road and fortunately the sun broke through the clouds when we arrived in Te Anau  at the Te Anau club for our lunch break and a bit of a restful time for us oldies.

Next visit on the agenda was the Fiordland vintage machinery museum where we again were warmly welcomed by the local volunteers . 
 Exhibits included over 60 working tractors, a selection of early road graders and motor bikes, a massive collection of early machinery, a  Blacksmith Shop, displays of Te Anau's early history including the first telephone exchange and other memorabilia, Te Anau's first school building, etc. 
And also the recently added wood working workshop.
Some very tired and not so mobile members settled at the office part of the building to read some old snippets from papers and then it was time again to hit the road for our return trip after driver Kevin took us on a tour along the lake front.
All in all a great day out and let us hope that we will be able to have another trip in the distant future.

our exclusive group of woodies



wall posters and scale models



scale model


also a scale model






military people mover

driver seat of the 'SUV'





















lunch break


Te Anau vintage machinery museum



























Midwinter dinner / 35th anniversary  at 23 June 2022



A great dinner we've had and what a joyful day we've had
with so many 
members made the effort to join.
The meal was great thanks again to the great skills of our 
chef Glenda who made sure that there was plenty delicious food
for the whole clan.
A lot of banter and old stories from earlier guild days were enjoyed by all.