TINKERBELL'S TRAVELS

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 184, 5 August 1936, Page 22

TINKERBELL'S TRAVELS

67, Lytton Road, Gisborne. Dear Tinkerbell,— Gisborne is closed in by hills on two sides, the open sea in front, and the remaining one is open to the country. Gisborne looks lovely if viewed from either Kaiti Hill or Hospital Hill.

A mass of neat rows of houses meets the eye. On our left' Poverty Bay (the name is unsuitable) looks gorgeous, with the breakers smashing against jagged rocks on Kaiti beach. What seem like figures standing dominant against the blue background are huge hauling piles marking the spot where the Star pf Canada was wrecked in about 1916. Further out in the bay the white cliffs of Young Nick's Head remind one of the white cliffs of Dover, and then farther out still Mahia Peninsula is seen very faintly.

On your right the town, harbour and business area are situated. ' -The roads and tall buildings stand out clearly, while the Taruheru River divides the town area from the district of Mangapapa. Slowly flowing on until it reaches the Waitama River, the Taruheru meets just by the war memorial, which with its white stone figure of a soldier' on top and four large lions at the foot seems to guard the town. * Both rivers unite as the Turanganui and flow under one of Gisborne's bridges, through the harbour, then to the bay. In the far distance bush covers the hills, which look a delicate blue. In short, Gisborne is a bird's nest rounded with straw and Kaiti Hill is the watching bird over her young. Yours sincerely, Joyce Smith.