More Info →'Gardner's Pool', Karina Terrace

The pool, on Lindsey Gardner's 2 1/2 acre property, was open to children from all parts of Palmerston North, for about 30 years from c1945. Originally it was part of the Kawau Stream which wound its way through the section. The stream was widened, the edges and surrounds bricked, and a mud floor sufficed until c1973, when a concrete floor was added. After the Stream was diverted a bore was sunk for its water. Changing sheds were provided, use was free, and in its heyday up to 200 children might be present. In 1975 the pool was filled in.