Neale Park is a utopia for kite-flying pundits, its sea breezes are so smooth that it’s nicknamed “cream”.
While conditions were favourable on Saturday for the two-day Nelson Summer Kite Festival hosted by the Nelson Kite Club, the same couldn’t be said for the next day.
Nelson Kite Club secretary Ted Howard says, although the conditions were challenging for the large kite displays from New Zealand and Australian flyers on Sunday, the smaller kites flown by members of the public were up and down all afternoon.
“The kids were running around having a ball, it was like they finally got a summer’s day to fly kites,” he said. The wind may have largely plagued the main fundraiser for the Nelson Kite Club, but the final words of the Margaret Mitchell novel, Gone with the Wind, may provide some comfort, ‘after all, tomorrow is another day’.
The club would also like more members to glide in, contact 021 238 6450 if you’re interested.
