There was a wonderful market on the Saturday morning - a farmers market with lots of fresh fruit and vegetables. Bought a bunch of rhubarb for $1, some pears, apricot jam and handmade aloe vera soaps. There was lovely home baking but resisted the impulse as we would have had to carry it all through town to get to our bus to Marton the next day.
The Wairarere steamer goes on excursions up the river twice a day - belching out rther a lot of black smoke, which put me off going rather.
The main street is very attractive with hanging baskets and good street architecture, like this lamp.
There were a few tents in Moutua Gardens probably for the 20th anniversary of the occupation of the gardens by local Maori. These tents were occupied over the weekend.
This old building housed an interesting museum on river transport in the past.
