The sun beat down as country music blared, dust swirled, animals writhed, the crowd cheered and the riders hung on for all they were worth.
The extended Weir family enjoys a Christmas picnic on the shores of Lake Dunstan, near Clyde, yesterday.
Almost 40 tonnes, or tens of thousands of books, constitute a lot of reading material.
Beth Smith says a Christmas without the annual family camping trip to Clyde would not be Christmas at all.
The chairman of a business group believes parking awareness fliers handed out in Alexandra last month have been a success.
It was perhaps ironic that it rained during the official opening of Alexandra's improved fire station last night. Fittingly, the brigade had to attend a fire earlier in the day.
A function today at a private industrial area belonging to Highlands Motorsport Park near Cromwell will mark the start of a new construction phase at the venue.
The winning pair in the Highlanders hitchhiking race from Dunedin to Alexandra may have had a cunning tactic, but there was no red carpet at the finish line.
More money may be spent to assist struggling Central Otago WasteBusters, this time during the busy summer period.
Cromwell is $830,000 closer to having a water-based hockey turf, after getting a grant from the Central Lakes Trust.
Leanne Mash got her first taste of Central Otago on a birthday trip to St Bathans initiated by her husband.
As the search for a new water source for Alexandra continues, the Three Waters infrastructure committee has received a promising report on results from bores drilled between August and October.
Cromwell's new i-Site will be staffed by three people, nine hours a day, seven days a week, until April next year, and could open before Christmas.
Pre-Christmas cherries could be scarcer this year - and prices higher too.
Aurora Energy plans to build a power substation near Omakau, part of the company's $122 million investment planned for Central Otago and Queenstown over the next decade, were considered at a hearing yesterday.
Central Otago district councillors are free to speak their minds, Mayor Tony Lepper says.
For 100 years, the Webb family has been plying a quintessential Central Otago trade, and what is an integral part of memories of long, hot summers in the region.
Just-completed work on the Alexandra War Memorial has cost about $19,000.
They are not criminals, but they are still being locked up.
Who knows how many roads Charlie the chicken has crossed in her bid for feathered freedom?
