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Octopus swings, Kōwhai Park (1st of 3)

Octopus swings, Kōwhai Park

Girls swing from the tentacles of a friendly lime-green octopus at Kōwhai Park. Part of the Esplanade at Whanganui East was developed as Kōwhai Park by Whanganui Jaycees from 1959.

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Photograph by Jock Phillips

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Diana Beaglehole. 'Whanganui places', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 21-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/whanganui-places/2/5/1