Julie Walker, Chris Jones and Marcus Brown take a regal stroll down Harbour St.
Johanna Van Beyere, of Christchurch, checks her mobile phone.
Alan Carlyle, of Christchurch, keeps the beat for a troupe of morris dancers.
Aidan McCulloch (12, left) and brother Bernard (10) find a perch in Tyne St to view proceedings.
Peter Fleury, of Dunedin, displays his whiskers at the beard and moustache growing competition.
Harbour St throngs with visitors.
Stanley Hillman (5), of Dunedin, tries a penny farthing for size.
Michael Peach, of Rangiora, hits the right note during the whistling competition.
Sina Wachler, of Germany, (left) with Liane Rowe, of Palmerston North, and Nicola Temby, of Auckland, pose for a picture in Tyne St.
A pair of stilt walkers tower over the crowd.
Thea Davis (8), of Dunedin, enjoys a sweet treat.
Skye Broberg dazzles the crowd with her hula skills.
Rodger McCaw (left) and John Baster, both of Oamaru, team up for the stone sawing competition.
Frank Lory (9), of Oamaru, adds some sparkle to a client's boot at his shoe shine stall.
Some 5000 people, many in period costume, attended Oamaru's Victorian Fete, in the historic precinct, yesterday. ODT photographer Gerard O'Brien captured the colour.
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Photos by Gerard O'Brien; prints available from otagoimages.co.nz.