Bay Harbour: December 22, 2021

Wednesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>22</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News<br />

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

Scarborough surf patrols start again<br />

Lifesavers<br />

back after<br />

60 years<br />

• By Kristie Boland<br />

FOR THE first time in more<br />

than 60 years, the red and<br />

yellow flags have returned to<br />

Scarborough beach.<br />

The city council-funded lifeguard<br />

service will be operating<br />

seven days a week from now<br />

until January 28.<br />

Surf Life Saving<br />

New Zealand<br />

southern regional<br />

manager Stu<br />

Bryce said it has<br />

been proactively<br />

working with the<br />

city council to get<br />

Stu Bryce<br />

a patrol there for the summer<br />

holidays.<br />

“It’s a popular beach for<br />

swimmers . . . we’ll work out a<br />

needs base and go from there,<br />

it’s the first year and, hopefully,<br />

the public make the most of it,”<br />

said Bryce.<br />

Learn to Surf principal<br />

instructor Aaron Lock said its<br />

“fantastic and long overdue” the<br />

flags were up.<br />

Lock said the Learn to Surf<br />

From left to right – Hamish France, Jem Lilburne and Jesse Webb are three of the<br />

volunteer surf lifesavers at Scarborough beach.<br />

crew has made<br />

a lot of rescues<br />

themselves in<br />

the area over the<br />

years.<br />

“It’s a popular<br />

area for surfers,<br />

the rips down Aaron<br />

that end make Lock<br />

a good wave for surfing but it<br />

means it’s quite a strong current<br />

for swimmers,” Lock said.<br />

Three guards will be on patrol<br />

from 10am to 6pm, Monday<br />

to Friday, and 11am to 5pm on<br />

Saturday and Sunday.<br />

The flags will move based on<br />

tides.<br />

Lock said it could mean more<br />

congestion with surfers and<br />

swimmers but with the flags in<br />

the right place conflicts should<br />

be avoided.<br />

Said Bryce: “We’ll work<br />

around it, if the surf is rolling,<br />

surfers are going to want to be<br />

in the great surf and most of the<br />

people who swim at that beach<br />

are only going to be in the closer<br />

spot of water anyway.’’<br />

NEWS 3<br />

In Brief<br />

FAREWELL MAX<br />

Max the Lyttelton cat that <strong>Bay</strong><br />

<strong>Harbour</strong> News reported on last<br />

week has sadly reached the end<br />

of his nine lives. Max was buried<br />

in the Port Hills overlooking his<br />

beloved territory.<br />

BRIGADOON SELLS<br />

Redcliffs house ‘Brigadoon’<br />

on 158 Main Rd sold for $1.82<br />

million last week. Brigadoon is<br />

positioned on a 1133m2 section<br />

with five bedrooms and four<br />

bathrooms. The house is best<br />

known for the magical fairytale<br />

creatures and animals that<br />

adorned the house and were<br />

recently auctioned.<br />

STODDART’S ART TO GO<br />

ON DISPLAY AT COTTAGE<br />

An upcoming exhibition will<br />

offer a new glimpse into one<br />

of New Zealand’s foremost<br />

19th-century artists, Margaret<br />

Stoddart. Stoddart Cottage Trust<br />

is having a new year exhibition<br />

that highlights the impressionist<br />

painter’s connection with<br />

Diamond <strong>Harbour</strong>. It will<br />

showcase lesser-known originals<br />

as well as reproductions of most<br />

familiar works. The exhibition<br />

will be held for five days only,<br />

from New Year’s Eve to January<br />

4, at Stoddart Cottage, the house<br />

where Stoddart and her siblings<br />

were born.<br />

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