An unusual milk run

Press, 8 July 1976, Page 26

An unusual milk run

It’s not often a milk man or mail man is sidetracked by dolphins on his daily run, but that sort of thing nappens quite often to .Jack Webb. That’s because Jack, the owner of Havelock's Anchor Motels, ' delivers mail, milk, freight and sometimes passengers through the Marlborough Sounds several times a week. Although most areas in the Sounds are connected by road, the people who live there still depend on launch services like Jack’s to bring them their mail • and other supplies.

anything. Jack once took an iron chimney to a family in the Sounds that needed one. Sheep and timber are also common items of freight, to cross the Havelock wharf. Jack's mail run, which he operates in conjunction with another Havelock launch operator, is also something of “ a tourist attraction, and many passengers accompany him just to take in the sights. Jack also takes fishermen into the Sounds, drops them off at one of many good fishing spots along the way, and picks them up at the end of the day on

Co-operation is the keynote in running a service of this kind. Annual surveys, sickness or even minor breakdowns al! provide potential disruptions to the service. Fortunately in Havelock, there are several other launch owners ready and able to carry on the service if, for some reason, Jack and his colleague are unable to do so. As well as being a vita! part of the lives of the people who live in the Marlborough Sounds, Jack Webb realises he probably has the world’s most scenic