Museum Trip

On Wednesday room 15,16,5 and 6 went to the museum for a trip. We hap to go into the museum and put our bag into a brown box. When we did that we had to go into the theater room to look at a lot of old photos. Then we had to get into our groups I was in Miss Gailey's group. After we got into our groups we got a booklet. After we got a booklet we had to go and walk around Wanganui to the places we saw in the photos at the museum. We had to walk from the museum to the War Memorial Hall. Then we had to go to Drew's Avenue and had to look at the old Drew's Museum that is now called the Savage Club Hall. After that we had to walk down to Rutland Street and look at the old Wanganui Chronicle building. Then we had to got to Moutoa Gardens, it used to be called Market Square, it is next to the Court House. Back in the olden days there were no houses on Durie Hill. After that we had to walk down to the wharf and we had to count the boats at the wharf, I saw two boats. Back in the olden days the town bridge only had one arch and now it has two. Did you know Victoria Avenue was named after Queen Victoria? Did you know the Watt Fountain is named after Mayor William Watt who gave Westmere Lake to the city for a town water supply? The fountain had two levels one for the people to drink and the other one was for the horses and dogs. Did you know the clock-tower was taken off the old city post office after the Napier earthquake in 1931? The water fountain was moved to make way for the trams, and put back again in 1993. Maria Place is named after Maria King and runs from Majestic Square to Cook's Gardens. After we walk around Wanganui we had to go back to the Museum get our bags and go back to school.    

By Kyle