Steampunk

The Oamaru Community Gardens will unveil a big sculpture on Saturday, thanks to an Oamaru guitar teacher with a passion for renewable energy.

Steampunk festival organisers say Oamaru will be in for a "very busy time" on the weekend of June 1, with the arrival of a second spectacular event for the town.

Work on a life-sized elephant for the Steampunk-themed playground at Friendly Bay is progressing well.

The League of Victorian Imagineers' third exhibition, called "Steampunk: Tomorrow as it used to be", was launched at a street party (above) outside the Forrester Gallery in Oamaru on Saturday night.

A small fishing boat which has worked out of Oamaru for years may come ashore permanently as a sandpit in a children's playground at Friendly Bay.

When an Australian school decided on a destination to see Steampunk, they chose Oamaru.

Steampunk is gathering steam in Oamaru. A fashion show and a gala ball this Sunday are set to exceed expectations and trump last year's inaugural events, and are attracting attention from throughout New Zealand.

They might not have won but the League of Victorian Imagineers spread the word about Oamaru and the steampunk phenomenon at the recent TrustPower national community awards.

The record-breaking Steampunk exhibition at the Forrester Gallery in Oamaru has attracted international attention, and organisers of a similar event in Melbourne want to borrow some of its exhibits.

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