guardian the 16 WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH 2015 Snappedout out&about Mahana School parent, Wayne Picard, did a roaring trade in raffle tickets from his novel rafflemobile. Nicki Aerakis and her two boys, one year old Ollie and Costa, 3. They’re on their way to Bounce Pre School Over from Nelson to see the Godwits on the Motueka Sandspit are 2 year old Asher Bradley and his sister Jessica, 4. Michaela Christie and Hayden Wordsworth, of Motueka High School’s Community Issues class, last week gauged public opinion about the future of the wreck of the Janie Seddon in the estuary,The Guardian looks forward to seeing the conclusions soon. Also out for a great day by the shore and a chance to see the Godwits before they fly north are Sue Jepson and her husband Peter, with Sophia (front left, 5) and Ash (9) Jeanette Gibson, Mandy Alexander and Bev Nairn from the Bay of Plenty returned from a week’s tramping in Nelson Lakes, Thursday and stopped for a coffee at Mapua. “We’re really glad we came out a day early.” What a difference a day makes in our region! Enjoying the warm sunshine on Sunday after a rotten Saturday is Judy Miller and Mike Speak, both of Motueka. Agyeiwaa and Amponsaa from Ghana holding their country’s flag, with Job from Japan holding his. Sharntaye at Parklands Multicultural celebration with a flag from her home country - the Cook Islands. Bill Thompson and his loyal mate Bailey visited the Moutere Valley recently. While there Bill enjoyed croquet at Kina and vowed to go home and set up a court on his large lawn at Mosgiel. With Pedro and Bob the cacti are Finn Edwin, Jake Maley and Casey Mills. It was just about to begin selling their nachos Friday at Parklands.