Tip Top Kite Day held on Sunday 31st January 2010 as part of the Summertimes Festival was a fabulous day, with lots of people coming along and flying their kites. The day began with a gentle sou'wester, then just before 1 o'clock turned to a perfect steady easterly, enabling lots of kites to go up and sit until the tide came in and pushed us off the beach. Thank you to all who came to fly kites, fill up the sky and the beach and make this such a fantastic day.

The KiteShop and Peter Lynn teams were there, as well as Robert Brasington from Tasmania with his beautiful trains and delta kites. The City Council team did a fantastic job organising the day and making sure everyone had a happy day.

Tip Top, the sponsors, were there, too, with their ice-cream cart on the beach doing a roaring trade.

The following article was on the front page of The Press the following day:

I was too busy with kites to take photos, but here are some photos sent in by kite enthusiasts ...

Thank you to Stephanie Kitto for these ...