"Get back to the kitchen," yelled a heckler, as rowdy Victorian women seeking the vote took part in the grand street parade on Saturday.
The parade left the heritage bunting-festooned Tyne St and wended its way along Itchen St and up lower Thames St.
There were Highland pipe and garrison bands, horses, and Morris dancers.
Waitaki Mayor and Mayoress Alex and Heather Familton rode sedately in a horse-drawn carriage with the Wizard of New Zealand, the Queen of Victorian Oamaru, Julie Walker, and chairwoman of the celebrations organising committee, Sally Hope.
There were Victorian Eastern belly dancers, vintage tractors, a traction engine, Alan McLay's double-decker bus, vintage caravans and loads of Victorian-attired ladies and gents.
While temperatures soared in the morning and those in heavy period costumes must have been sweltering, conditions turned much cooler with a wind change at lunch time.
The trolley derby, which shifted to lower Wansbeck St this year, provided plenty of thrills, with speeds of up to 70kmh recorded by Senior Constable Bruce Dow - not that he was handing out tickets.
The crowd applauded as young Joel Klenner managed to overcome some speed wobbles and make it safely to the bottom, while Natalie Preston rocketed over the finish line.
It was "fun", she said.
Oliver Briggs looked the part, with basket and Union Jack on his cycle, as he prepared to line up in the veteran cycle championships but, unfortunately, his chain fell off as he started the race.
Penny-farthing riders showed their skills in sprint, slalom and slow races.
Yesterday, thousands of people flocked to the historic Harbour-Tyne precinct for the annual Victorian fete.
Stall holders were selling everything from cherries to palm readings.
Children could blow bubbles for 50c, get their face painted or enjoy a puppet show.
There was plenty of street theatre, penny-farthing riders wove through the crowd and the dust began flying as the annual stone-carving championships got under way.
Heritage celebrations co-ordinator and Waitaki district councillor Jim Hopkins ensured nobody got past the Rotary club's chocolate wheel without buying a ticket.
A Dutch street organ, which played in the streets of Amsterdam until 2004, provided a distinctive sound, while artist Barrie White drew charcoal portraits in the North Otago Art Society's headquarters in Customs House.
