New location for Caboodle main stage will spread the party to the top of the avenue this year
18 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Geoff Follet, Jo Franks, Knud Bukholt and Kelly Scarrow are delighted with the new location of Bayleys Mainstage at the Caboodle this year.
Photo / Liz Wylie
Geoff Follet, Jo Franks, Knud Bukholt and Kelly Scarrow are delighted with the new location of Bayleys Mainstage at the Caboodle this year.
Photo / Liz Wylie
Liz Wylie is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleliz.wylie@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
When Whanganui s Thain Building was destroyed by fire in 2019, it had a devastating effect on businesses in the bridge block of Victoria Ave so Mainstreet and Bayleys want to give them a boost this
Vintage Weekend: Whanganui gearing up for long weekend as vintage fans flock in
15 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Contestants front up in their best vintage costumes at the 2020 Caboodle in Whanganui.
Photo / Lewis Gardner
Contestants front up in their best vintage costumes at the 2020 Caboodle in Whanganui.
Photo / Lewis Gardner
Liz Wylie is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleliz.wylie@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
Whanganui s biggest party is now less than a week away and organisers say that Bayleys Whanganui Vintage Weekend will be bigger and brighter than ever this year, writes Liz Wylie. The streets, river and skies will be alive with the sights and sounds of decades past as Whanganui welcomes a stunning array of machines, performers and costumes that celebrate the city s exciting past for the three-day weekend.