Carnival of the Lake
- Description
The Carnival of the Lake took place at Hokowhitu Lagoon during Anniversary Weekend 1963. Events included a pet parade, children's competitions, Highland dancing, and a boating and canoeing regatta. Some other highlights were decorated gondolas, an elephant race and performances by the stuntman Indana who demonstrated firewalking and escaped from a straitjacket while suspended upside down from a crane.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- Z Collection - 2013-50
- Date
- 1963
- Digitisation ID
- 2015P_2013-50_012000 - 2015P_2013-50_012008
- Format
- Colour print