Not a rubber cheque but a donation cheque from bungy jumping crewman Chris Allum and his team is pictured stretched between Chris and District Conservator Paul Green. Ohakune chief conservation officer Lisle Irwin was there too when the $1616.62 donation, a thank you from the bungy jumpers for the use of the Hapuawhenua Viaduct, was received with a rubber band attached. The money will go into a fund for the development of the viaduct area for park visitors. Chris Allum told the Ruapehu Bulletin and the DoC officers that his team really appreciated the use of the bridge. "If we had to have a purpose-built facility bungi jumping in Ohakune wouid be impossible," said Chris. Paul Green said DoC was happy to have another activity to attract people to the Ohakune side of the park and was looking forward to providing better facilities to people using the area.

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 6, Issue 278, 14 March 1989, Page 2

Not a rubber cheque but a donation cheque from bungy jumping crewman Chris Allum and his team is pictured stretched between Chris and District Conservator Paul Green. Ohakune chief conservation officer Lisle Irwin was there too when the $1616.62 donation, a thank you from the bungy jumpers for the use of the Hapuawhenua Viaduct, was received with a rubber band attached. The money will go into a fund for the development of the viaduct area for park visitors. Chris Allum told the Ruapehu Bulletin and the DoC officers that his team really appreciated the use of the bridge. "If we had to have a purpose-built facility bungi jumping in Ohakune wouid be impossible," said Chris. Paul Green said DoC was happy to have another activity to attract people to the Ohakune side of the park and was looking forward to providing better facilities to people using the area.