31st January 2016: Over 400 people turned up to enjoy our free family fun picnic day. There were long queues at the water slide, keen eyes watching the drone displays, scores of kids wanting to kayak and hungry and happy children at the barbecue. The Walkway Trust in partnership with the Normanby Lions Club and the South Taranaki Scout Group organised this event that turned out to very successful in achieving the objective of creating more public awareness of what the Nowell's Lakes had to offer