Christmas in Taradale - this Saturday 7th December
Taradale businesses are celebrating Christmas in Taradale Village on Saturday 7th December from 10am – 2pm and you are invited !!
Gloucester Street will come alive with entertainment, displays, giveaways, market stalls and loads of children’s entertainment for the day.
Come on down and enjoy some of the great activities with the family;
• The Breeze Santa's Grotto 11am-1pm
(Santa arriving via Gloucester Street at approx 10.30am)
• FREE Parking
• FREE Bouncy Castle
• FREE Candy Floss from the Westpac team
• Face-painting
• Lulu the Clown
• Balloons with Twisty Trace
• Fairy Rosebud
• All our wonderful Cafés and Restaurants will be open and offering plenty of yummy treats to satisfy the celebratory mood.
• Get some early Christmas shopping with loads of Market stalls in Gloucester Street including hand crafts, gifts, Soy Candles, jewelery, gift baskets, plants, Christmas raffles, shop special tables and much much more.
Calling All Puzzle Masters! Can You Solve This?
When John was six years old he hammered a nail into his favorite tree to mark his height.
Ten years later at age sixteen, John returned to see how much higher the nail was.
If the tree grew by five centimetres each year, how much higher would the nail be?
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