Sailing on Purau Bay

December 1934

Page 7 of photograph album. Boats and ships on Lyttelton Harbour.

[Top left] Sailing aboard Sunbeam at Purau. Caption: Cruising at Purau.

[Top right] Unidentified sailboat at Puraru in Lyttelton Harbour. Caption: All sails set, Puraru 1934.

[Bottom left] Thirteen sailors aboard the dinghy, Sunbeam. Caption: 13 Aboard Purau.

[Bottom centre] View of oil tanker, Africa, in Lyttelton Harbour. Caption: Oil Tanker 'Africa'.

[Bottom right] View of the flagpole in the campsite at Purau. The Union Jack flat is visible at the top of the flagpole. Caption: Early morning Purau.

Contributors note: "The photographs in the album were taken by my father, Edward (Eddie) Walsh."

Creator: Eddie Walsh

Contributor: Walsh Family

Source: Entry in the 2025 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt.

Reference ID: CCL-PH25-2008

Uploaded by: CCL Photo Hunt

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