Topic: Kuirau Park
Topic type:
Past and present happenings
Above photo taken 1961
Toot-n-Whistle was once a major attraction to the park for children and parents (big kids) along with feeding the ducks on the main pond in front of the Kiosk tea rooms. The same building also housed an aquarium which could be enjoyed for a small fee. Along the paths and round corners were the thermal foot pools, which varied in heat and depth, alongside very hot mud pools and boiling hot water pools.
The above postcard was produced for Toot-n-Whistle in the 1960s
and depicts John Smale owner/engineer with a train load of happy passengers.
See also Don Stafford File : Thermal Phenomena / Kuirau Reserve -- available for research in the "Don Stafford Heritage Collection"
