Catlins farmer Winston Parks and the Nugget Point lighthouse in the background that his great-grandfather and great-uncle worked at as lighthouse keepers.PHOTO: MARY-JO TOHILLHis family were leading lights in the Catlins — lighthouse keepers that is — and he has been a beacon of farming on the Nuggets for six decades. Mrs Parks has beaten cancer but is living with health issues and Mr Parks is recovering from an eye operation. Nugget Point lighthouse was the family’s next station. Mr Parks’ father, Frank Hamilton Parks (1917-1970), did not go down the lighthouse or farming routes and eventually became an auctioneer and stock agent. On leaving school, Mr Parks went off to get some high country experience with a "fearsome old bastard" at the Jolly farm in Tarras.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 09, 2021 15:33 UTC