3rd International Gathering 2008

A selection of photos
from the Gathering supplied
by those who took them.

Charlotte Merrylees seems amused by her cousin Jessica's new hairdo!
- Photo from Margaret Merrylees, N.Z

Four great-grandaughters of Helen Hamilton Merrilees and Dr Patrick Fletcher [insets] were photographed in the Taieri Gorge on the Merrilees Train Trip.
From Left, Kay Rhynd, Faye Smith, Shona Fulton & Dawn Coburn.
- Photo from Faye Smith, N.Z

Dr Fletcher was appointed medical officer for the workforce building the railway in 1889 and for a time the family lived at Hindon where we stopped for our barbecue.

Left: Feeding the clan in the Taieri Gorge.

Right: Jim Merrylees (NZ) tells Chief Mike Mirrilees (US) and Gaye Merrylees (Aust) about trains at the Dunedin Railway Station.
- Photos from John Merrylees, Aust.

POST-GATHERING
TRAIL BLAZERS...
Not content with taking the Merrilees Train Excursion on the Taieri Gorge Railway these intrepid cousins decided to explore the Otago Central Rail Trail. This is now a popular cycling track along the path where the railway used to run from Middlemarch to Clyde. Starting from opposite ends,Vaughan & Barbara Merrylees from Rotorua (left) and Linsay Merrylees from Auckland (below having a well-earned drink), were surprised to meet up near the Prices Creek tunnel, not far from Hyde.
- Photos from Linsay Merrylees,New Zealand.
...Formal Banquet