Papatowai Big Dig organiser Wayne Allen helps Ella Day, of Queenstown (11, left), find a prize capsule with the guidance of his ‘‘magic stick’’ while friend Lucy Cruickshank (also 11) looks on at the Catlins event on New Year’s Eve. : New ‘magic stick’ performs its tricks
Papatowai Big Dig organiser Wayne Allen helps Ella Day, of Queenstown (11, left), find a prize capsule with the guidance of his ‘‘magic stick’’ while friend Lucy Cruickshank (also 11) looks on at the Catlins event on New Year’s Eve. : New ‘magic stick’ performs its tricks
Ella shows her delight after the magic stick works yet again. PHOTOS: RICHARD DAVISON : New ‘magic stick’ performs its tricks
Ella shows her delight after the magic stick works yet again. PHOTOS: RICHARD DAVISON : New ‘magic stick’ performs its tricks
Visiting children take part in the tug-o-war event at the Papatowai Beach Carnival on New Year’s Eve. : New ‘magic stick’ performs its tricks
Visiting children take part in the tug-o-war event at the Papatowai Beach Carnival on New Year’s Eve. : New ‘magic stick’ performs its tricks
Nick Rush (6), of Wellington, is on the receiving end of a bad egg during family games at the beach carnival. : New ‘magic stick’ performs its tricks
Nick Rush (6), of Wellington, is on the receiving end of a bad egg during family games at the beach carnival. : New ‘magic stick’ performs its tricks
New ‘magic stick’ performs its tricks
It may not be the original "magic stick", but it still works. About 200 people visited Papatowai on New Year’s Eve for the Catlins township’s...