These hardy motorists of 1906 made a hazardous trip from Timaru to the Hermitage. LEFT: At the Devil's Elbow on the downward trip. RIGHT: At the Hermitage. They left Timaru at 6 a.m. on Easter Sunday, arrived at Fairlie at 7.10 a.m.; 20 minutes for breakfast, then on to Burke's Pass at 8.38 a.m. Tekapo was reached at 10.10 a.m., lunch was taken, at Pukaki for 50 minutes. White’s Creek at 2.20 p.m., and the Hermitage at 3.57 p.m. They returned to Timaru the next day, arriving there at 5.5 p.m., having done a total distance of 281 miles. The car was a 15 h.p. Darracq.—Pictures from the “Weekly Press,” May 9, 1906.
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113These hardy motorists of 1906 made a hazardous trip from Timaru to the Hermitage. LEFT: At the Devil's Elbow on the downward trip. RIGHT: At the Hermitage. They left Timaru at 6 a.m. on Easter Sunday, arrived at Fairlie at 7.10 a.m.; 20 minutes for breakfast, then on to Burke's Pass at 8.38 a.m. Tekapo was reached at 10.10 a.m., lunch was taken, at Pukaki for 50 minutes. White’s Creek at 2.20 p.m., and the Hermitage at 3.57 p.m. They returned to Timaru the next day, arriving there at 5.5 p.m., having done a total distance of 281 miles. The car was a 15 h.p. Darracq.—Pictures from the “Weekly Press,” May 9, 1906. Press, 27 December 1979, Page 8
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