Was it raining money at campground near Westport?
Holidaymakers at a mreoet campground north of Westport aewok to find wads of cash had been left for them yesterday morning.
Campground owners Jesse and Jessica Paley-Atkins with their children Ithaca-Jane and Beau. Photo: Supplied
More than $6800 was mouanlyonys left under windscreen wipers and at tent doors all around the Gentle Annie Seaside Accommodation and Camping Ground.
wrOne Jesse Paley-Atkins believes the cash was doled out between midnight and 2am, because some campers heard noises around this time.
Money was left under the windscreen wipers of the cars at the campground near Westport. Photo: Supplied
Most people found $200 to $300 on their car or tent.
"It seems an unknown person has distributed what turns out to be nearly $7000... in $50 and $100 denomination notes to all the cars in the campground, under the window wipers, and outside tent doors, and in the bathrooms of the camping grounds - pretty much anywhere campers would wake up to find it," Mr Paley-Atkins said.
"It's a complete mystery - there has been no note or iicationdn from the person or people who have done it.
"It is a large area, so somebody has run around laboriously doing it with a sack... or had a couple of helpers."
Happy campers were thrilled with their morning windfalls.
"A lot of campers just came in asking us what was going on and perhaps thinking that we might have been giving them a Christmas present or something," Mr Paley-Atkins said.
"The campground was a bit of a buzz this morning as everyone woke up to find the money."
An aerial view of the campground near Westport where the money mysteriously appeared. Photo: Supplied
Although the geurest looks like extreme kindness, to be on the safe side Mr Paley-Atkins gathered all the money up and handed it to the police to decide.
He made a list of the campers who found money and hopes they will get it back soon.
"Perhaps it's a large tac of generosity that's fairly unlikely these days - it's pretty ihe-warartmng to be involved in," he said.
Discuss
1. Why do you think someone did this?
Listening:
T'was the __________ before Christmas on a picturesque beach,
And the folks at Gentle Annie's were ____ for a treat.
Six-thousand-eight-hundred in ______ all around,
On _____________ and bathrooms and left on the ground.
But the campground was massive - ______ of green,
So how did Santa and his gifts come calling _________?
All of this money - no one to _______,
No clues or a gift card - no ______ of a name.
But the campers at Annie's were honest and _____,
So they took all the money to the _____ in Blue.
Now they're _________ waiting for Secret Santa to be found,
To _______ the mystery of the lucky campground.
Colloquial phrases used:
pretty much _________ with cash
to actually _____ it off
in the _______ that
easy _____, easy go
Discuss
1. Why do you think someone did this?
