The VUC Council has recently purchased a large well-equipped house at Onekaka, north-west Nelson, as a geological field station. In a memorandum to members of the academic staff and the student Executive, Professor R. H. Clark suggests that the house might be suitable for use by groups other than from the Geology Department, and anyone wishing to make use of it should communicate with him.

Onekaka is situated near the Golden Bay coast, mid-way between Takaka and Collingwood, and the house is about 1 miles from the old Onekaka wharf, says the memorandum.

"The house is large and contains a living-room, three bedrooms, sleeping porch, kitchen, bathroom and laundry. It is equipped with all necessary cooking facilities and utensils, and members of the Geology Department have built 20 bunks and sufficient tables and benches to accommodate a party of twenty. Facilities available include a piped hot water