19. Go kart racing thrills by James Curtis

Go kart racing down Kowhai Street was a really dangerous activity but Dave and I loved it. We had a great little trolley that we bought from a garage sale – just a wooden box, really, with four wheels and a steering wheel. Richard Sarginson, who lived in Mahoe Street, had one too.
 
Often we would take our trolley to Greenwood Park where we would roll down the bank in it, but taking it up to the top of Kowhai Street and rolling down from the top to the bottom at high speed was really challenging and dangerous. It was a miracle no one got hurt or killed, really.

Dave and I also loved riding our BMX bikes around the neighbourhood and in Greenwood Park. We also played a lot of ball tag with Chris and Stephen Galbreath, who were our neighbours, and with Patrick Rountree, who lived two doors away on the other side. We would play this game, using a tennis ball, in the three properties and down at Greenwood Park.