Awapuni Lagoon.
,- . ..:^:,-o t fr-.'... ■•■-. > f -- l T -r .- - - ,^- Tlie" 6f the j)ro£6sfcaBoating Club, Mr 0.- J. Olar^e, b,aa al, ready jnadef a-tibur, of the lagophviand its surroundings; a^Awapuni. The shape-of the lake j some wfeat resembles a horseshoe and is a good bit wot » -tiaiie m; length being also, pretty.. deep, m some, places about 20 leet. The water is surrounded, light bush wtiile the ' banks gently; sloping fo" the edge are covered with ! green grass and" native 'flowers givihg thi& place quite a/ charming ftfld.' pi}tftii}g apneararice. In fact a better pl^ce far boa#ng could not have been, seleotedi "At one end'.the4Mance tcom th^/i railway Une, is not more , than ; 'lOOyds^ A boat shed stands' bntha *6serve adjoining at the opposite extremity of ihe>lakei >' ; ' : t ;-" j^^^^ B-<^^^^^ ■ i ■:■■■".■•'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 20, 22 December 1884, Page 2
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130Awapuni Lagoon. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 20, 22 December 1884, Page 2
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