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Omakau (pop. about 400), 20 minutes north-east from Alexandra or 40 minutes west from Ranfurly, is the centre for a widespread sheep-farming district. While there, cross the Manuherikia River to visit nearby, historic Ophir. St Mary's began life as St Peter's at Queenstown before being shifted in sections and re-erected in Omakau in 1933. It is a classic colonial timber building with transepts, the altar now at the center of the cross. A feature of worship is that the congregation regularly includes four generations of one family - the Sinnamons.
Find St Mary's on the main road toward the Alexandra end of town.
Scheduled Worship: 2nd and 4th Sundays of month, 11.00am.
Local Contact: Lionel & the Rev'd Penny Sinnamon, P.O. Box 39 Omakau. Tel. / fax 03 477 3070.
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