http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz en-us Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:08:15 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/post/137631/bushtown-visitors-to-site/ Waitaki Valley School visit to Bushtown Friday 8th November... Mon, 11 Nov 2024 14:13:26 +1300 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/#post137631 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/post/113163/steam-up-day-2024/ ... Wed, 01 Nov 2023 19:26:02 +1300 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/#post113163 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/post/95684/bushtown-colouring-competition/ Be creative and no matter your age... Get out your colouring pens, pencils or paints and colour in one of these two Posters to enter our Colouring Competition Bring along to Bushtown Waimate on Dobson Street Saturday 11th March by 10 a.m. and enjoy the annual Bushtown Steam Up & South Island Woodchopping Championships being held at Bushtown on 11th & 12th March 🖌🎨🖼🖌... Fri, 16 Dec 2022 16:21:54 +1300 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/#post95684 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/post/94157/bushtown-camp-at-sc-a--p-show-waimate/ Everyone was looking forward to the Show day and hoping the weather would be favourable!  It was!  The sun shone and the crowds turned up and celebrated a day showcasing the best of local agricultural farming in the district. Bushtown Waimate were present.   The European Bushmen of the mid 1800's were drawn to Te Waimatemate to log and mill the hillside forests of Totara and Matai, much prized for the hardwood  used in construction of bridges and homesteads in the d... Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:40:43 +1300 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/#post94157 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/post/93810/bushtown-at-sc-a-p-show-5th-november-2023/ ... Tue, 08 Nov 2022 10:59:34 +1300 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/#post93810 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/post/93808/wood-chopping-championships/ ... Tue, 08 Nov 2022 10:54:28 +1300 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/#post93808 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/post/88352/bushtown-steam-up-weekend-2023--the-south-island-woodchopping-championships/ Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th March 2023NZ Axemen Woodchopping Competition Weekend event+South Canterbury Traction Engine & Transport Museum in action! ..........Bushman’s life styleEdwardian heritageEarly Settler historyCraft Displays & StallsKids activities & ridesHeritage SawmillSteam Traction & Vintage EnginesThreshing & BalingForest walk through native Tōtara bush & forest hutFood & drink stalls Admission:Adults Day Pass $10Kids Under 15 FreeNo dogsWet or fi... Wed, 14 Sep 2022 10:12:24 +1200 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/#post88352 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/post/63502/in-the-news-the-timaru-herald-stuff--steam-up-day-2021/ ... Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:14:32 +1300 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/#post63502 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/post/63304/steam-up-day-2021--full-steam-ahead/  - SUNDAY 14th MARCH - 10am to 4pm -... Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:09:36 +1300 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/#post63304 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/post/58585/in-the-news-the-oamaru-mail--bushtown-open-day--october-2020/ ... Sat, 17 Oct 2020 11:37:30 +1300 http://www.bushtownwaimate.co.nz/blog/#post58585