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Arrowtown Photography Competition

The Arrowtown Photography Competition has now CLOSED!!!   

 

It is an annual opportunity for amateur photographers to share their images of New Zealand's most beautiful small town – and win some cash prizes.

 

The competition runs as part of the Arrowtown Autumn Festival and photographs have to be taken in the area around Arrowtown bordered by the Crown Range, Shotover River, Lake Hayes and Gibbston in the preceding year.   This includes backcountry behind Arrowtown including Coronet and Macetown.

Open category winners are awarded $100, while youth winners and second places receive $50. The overall champion receives $200 and holds the Jade & Opal Factory trophy.  All finalists are displayed at the Lakes District Museum  from Autumn Festival week, through to mid-late May 2023

The six categories this year and winners & runners up were: 

History

Winner: Carrie Edgerton “Home Comforts” 

Runner Up: Michelle Ryder “Winter Wonderland Church”

Landscapes

Winner: Rico Steven – “Couple of Ducks” –and OVERALL WINNER 

Runner Up :  Thanh Nguyen “Golden Autumn at Lake Hayes”

Nightscapes

Winner:  Rita Baker “Milky Way Over Old Police station” 

Runner Up: Ellie Forrest – “Starry Night”

Outdoor Recreation

Winner: Janine McIvor -  “Breaking the Serenity”

Runner Up: Carrie Edgerton – “Contemplation” 

Seasons

Winner: Hamish Murray – “Autumn Driveway” 

Runner Up: Carrie Edgerton – “Mum leaf me alone” 

Youth

Winner: AJ Stokes  “Growing Up at Arrowtown School”

Joint Runner Up: Bram  Hamilton “Flag over Museum”  and Nina Hamilton “Mac jumping Bush Creek”  

 

Photo: This years overall winner - Rico Steven "A Couple of Ducks" 

 

Rico Steven Landscapes Couple of ducks
"Couple of ducks"

Rico Steven

Thanh Nguyen Landscape Golden Autumn at Lake Hayes
"Golden Autumn at Lake Hayes"

Thanh Nguyen

Carrie Edgerton History Home Comforts
"Home Comforts"

Carrie Edgerton

Carrie Edgerton Outdoor Recreation Contemplation
"Contemplation"

Carrie Edgerton

Ellie Forest Nightscapes Starry Night
"Starry Night"

Ellie Forest

Hamish Murray Seasons Autumn Driveway
"Autumn Driveway"

Hamish Murray

JanineMcIvor Outdoor Recreation Breaking the serenity
"Breaking the serenity"

Janine McIvor

Michelle Ryder History Winter wonderland The Old Church
"Winter wonderland The Old Church"

Michelle Ryder

Rita Baker Nightscapes Milky Way Over Old Police Station
"Milky Way Over Old Police Station"

Rita Baker

Arrowtown School AJ Stokes2
YOUTH "Arrowtown School"

AJ Stokes

Bram Hamilton Flag over Museum
YOUTH "Flag over Museum"

Bram Hamilton

Nina Hamilton Mac jumping Bush Creek
YOUTH "Mac jumping Bush Creek"

Nina Hamilton

LOCAL NUGGETS

Arrowtown Random Fact No.1

Australia’s first saint, Sister Mary MacKillop visited Arrowtown in 1897 and set up a Catholic School. Part of this school can still be visited today.

LOCAL NUGGETS

Arrowtown Random Fact No.2

Millbrook Resort is named after Mill Farm on which it sits. Mill farm was established by the Butel family who came from Normandy.

LOCAL NUGGETS

Arrowtown Random Fact No.3

The Maori name for the river is Haihainui which means ‘Big Scratches’.

LOCAL NUGGETS

Arrowtown Random Fact No.4

The first jail in Arrowtown was simply a log. You were chained up to it. The later stone jail still exists and is in Cardigan Street. It is New Zealand’s 4th oldest jail.

LOCAL NUGGETS

Arrowtown Random Fact No.5

There has been a fire station on the current site since 1890. The hand drawn hose reel was used until the 1940’s.

LOCAL NUGGETS

Arrowtown Random Fact No.6

Arrowtown had four churches representing the early immigrant populations. Catholic, Presbyterian, Anglican and Methodist. All still operate today except for the Methodist Church.

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