Higgins Heritage Park!

It was time to meet up with our travelling companions from Blenheim again and attend a Nelson and Tasman NZMCA rally. John and Derek are both keen steam enthusiasts and as the rally was at a  steam museum, how could we resist?  John and Elizabeth arrived at Spring Grove on Thursday night all ready to drive a few km’s to Wakefield on Friday morning.  We were made most welcome by Doreen and Phil who we had met out at Pohara a couple of weeks ago.

Higgins Heritage Park, Wakefield. A hidden gem off the beaten track.

They have two of these in working order.

Fifty seven vans attending the week-end with about half staying over an extra night on Sunday.

This plank cutter could cut up to 8 planks out of a trimmed log.

The vintage truck museum is one of six organisations within Higgins Heritage Park. All of the trucks had a history in and around Nelson.

It was the steam machinery’s open week-end so the boiler was fired up to run most of the machine’s.

This is a replica horse drawn ambulance capable of carrying 3 patients and a nurse.

The stretchers in the back of the ambulance.

Austin’s, Ford’s, Chevrolet’s and International’s were all in the line up in the truck museum. Another steam machine in great working condition.

The main boiler supplying the steam for all the machines.