Rose Elphinstone-Hayes (left) and Erika Bishop pull a bath
along State Highway 83, near Georgetown, on Saturday. Photo
by Sally Rae.
"Colour and attitude are going to get us there," Waitaki
Girls High School pupil Rose Elphinstone-Hayes declared as she
and her friends strode along State Highway 83 on Saturday
pulling a bath.
The World Vision fundraiser involved Rose, Erika Bishop,
Gemma Forlong and Nikita Coubrough (all 15) taking a bath
from Oamaru to Omarama.
The bath sat on a trolley and the girls worked in pairs,
doing 30-minute stints.
Their plans changed a little from their original concept
after they received requirements from the New Zealand
Transport Agency.
Instead of leaving Waitaki Girls High School at 6am on
Saturday, they left at 8am and they had to stop for the night
at 6pm.
They were not allowed to pull the bath up hills.
Rose, whose colourful costume included purple tights and
togs, had decided it would be fun to dress up.
They had made more than $2000, with one woman giving $500.
The girls arrived at Omarama at 5.30pm yesterday very tired.
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