 freeze thedamsforskatingandancientsportofcurling. winter hoar frosts create dramatic patterns in the countryside and can you enjoy the brilliant autumn colours of the exotic in trees lining river banks; in goldrushes; the during or built hotels inns original coaching the of one at thirst of your steps slaking the miners, in the follow can you summer, in here DayOut a On to farmtheland. by gold into the region, some stayed, when goldmining declined, Lured bricks. mud from or rock schist the from - survive which of some - cottages built settlers Early tors. rocky with crowned hills tussock-covered arid, to skies vast under out stretches Plain Maniototo the winter, in dry and cold summer, in dry and Hot DayOut INTHEMANIOTOTO . the atmosphereandtophotograph theexpansivelandscapes. For a relaxing holiday, though, you need plenty of time to absorb Valley, returning through Oturehua, Poolburn and Ophir to SH85. Ida the to turnoff the until route your retrace you Ranfurly From ph: 034449048). (fax/ Inn Coach Pass Danseys the to Naseby beyond 40km about driving recommend can we comforts, modern with refurbished not but hotel historic an in night a spend to want preserved you If prettified. overly been has which street its main with quaint attractive and particularly lake is Bathans St and 1860s the to back dating buildings interesting have Both towns. goldmining Naseby,originally to buildings. and Bathans St Deco to divert can Art you route its En for known - Ranfurly Alexandra, to from SH83 DayOut a taking on area the for feel a get can You Clyde. and Middlemarch between trail rail kilometre 150 the of section a or all tackle or afternoon or morning a for trail a Ride biking. area. If you’re feeling energetic, it’s a fantastic area for mountain there’s the quiet sport of fishing, one of the primeThen, attractionsthing? ofyour not the ice over spinning stones curling Sending 1 picturesque, man-madelake. a and buildings old fascinating history,with in steeped village, Atiny and outtothehighwayagainonanunsealedroad. Turn off SH85 at Becks. A loop takes you to the village on a sealed road ST BATHANS functions as a Post Office, as well as offering other goods forsale. goods other as offering well still as Office, and Post refurbished a as been functions has building wooden two-storeyed This • the residentghost! with encounter an have could you and night the Stay historic pub. mud-brick this at drink a without complete not is Bathans St to visit A • ST BATHANS - ARCHITECTURE filled theenormousholethatwasonceahill,Blue Lake wasborn. concern about its effects on the buildings of the township. When water of because abandoned was Twolater,Bathans. however,mining years hole. By 1933 the deepest hydraulic lift in the world was operating at St deep 69m a away,leaving carved was high m 120 some Hill, Kildare gold-bearing gravel. process and raise to elevation hydraulic of technique new a introduced area, the in holdings considerable had who Ewing, John 1880s earnest. the In in began work sludge, the removing for channels and place in supply water good Witha tailings. the away take to also and gravel gold. Races were cut to bring water for breaking down the gold-bearing deeper the extract to needed were water of quantities huge exhausted, were pickings easy the when but easily, gold found miners first The shops and,ofcourse,itsminingoperations. grog canvas and hotels several stores, five its around centred activity upthe walk you As peaceful main street, it’s Office. hard to imagine the small valley bustling Post with and pub historic the run residents 2000 people lived here after the 1864 gold rush. Today four permanent ST BATHANS -HERITAGE

Post Office-1909 Vulcan Hotel-1882  • a museumforsomeyearsbeforebeingrestoredtoStBathans. the building had relocated to bank Oturehua where the it was declined, used village as an the agency and of population safety.the in When stored and purity) its test (to here assayed was Gold • display ofthevillage’s history. photographic a and - here held once dances the for ideal - floor A mud-brick building managed by DOC, it features a sprung matai • office forStBathansHorse Treks (Fax/ph:034473512) Despatches, o cn lo ae or inc uc a tbe udr h trees the under opposite thepub.Justcarry yourbeeracross! tables at lunch picnic your have also can You area andabaseforswimming andboating. A reserve on the shores of the Blue Lake provides an ideal picnic ST BATHANS -PICNIC another world. in being of feeling the have you them amongst walking but the lake, the of end of the shapes from them The view you Lake. when dramatic Blue are tailings the of edge the on gravel and clay of pinnacles convoluted white, you the takes through path and The alongside missed. be to not land, fantasy in walk A village fromthe Becks. approach you as left your on signpost the miss to It’seasy ST BATHANS -WALK -30minutesreturn church replacedonedamagedduringastorm. who came to the area in diggers the goldrush. The Irish present sun-dried many brick the for 1864 as early as built was church A

Roman CatholicChurch - 1892 Bank ofNewSouth Wales GoldOffice-c.1860 Public Hall-c.1880 the business trading in the Post Office, is the booking 2 NASEBY -HERITAGE/ARCHITECTURE curling attractvisitorsinwinter. and skating ice and biking, mountain for centre popular It’sa gold. of discovery the to existence its owes which Atownship holiday pleasant NASEBY Coalpit andHoffmans Dams andstreams. Fishing curling, of game ancient the brought totheregionby Scottishsettlers. particular in sports, winter apopular for is venue rink, artificial outdoor large a Rink, Ice Maniototo The Ice Skating,CurlingandHockey A greatchoice of trailsintheNasebyForestRecreation Area. Mountain Biking NASEBY - ADVENTURE/SPORT the J the are buildings interesting Other as alibrary. used was it churches, own their established denominations individual Athenaeum corrugated-iron tiny the priority: a also was minds their after Looking familiar comfortably a setting. in brawls drunken from resulting injuries or tremens, delirium their treated McCambridge Dr young overindulged, miners the if So hospital. a as used were rooms some there; thirst their Briton Of the 25 hotels flourishing in the boom years only the versatile the birthplaceofOtagoSuperintendent,JohnHarris. when the town was constituted a borough, it was renamed Naseby after later years Nine 1863. in gold of discovery the after established town canvas the for names early were Diggings Parkers and Gully Hogburn ubilee remains, and it’s as old as the town. The diggers didn’t just slake and began its life as the Union Church in 1865 and later, when Early Settlers’ Museums Watchmaker’s1865) (c. Shop . Ancient and  KYEBURN DIGGINGSandDANSEYS a varietyofwalkstakingfromfewminutesto6hoursreturn. Information boards give details of the tracks in the forest. There’s • A picnic,swimmingandboatingarea. • boat a children, ramp andtoilets. for area play a with spot picnic attractive An • Naseby Forest Recreation Area NASEBY -PICNICS/WALKS of theminersongoldfields. exotic trees, with each representing planted the reserve homeland of a the through different walk nationalities pleasant a There’s hotel. the from distance short a road, Pass Danseys the of left the On DANSEYS -PICNIC/WALK schist every for beer of boulder heshapedandlaid. pint a with paid was hotel the of part According to local legend, the stonemason who built the original crossing thehighandwinding after refreshments and rest a for here stop would trains the their wagon with from goldfields Otago travelling Central the Teamsters to basin days. River Waitaki goldrush to back dates The obvious remainsfromthesearchforgoldherein1860s. are cemetery miners’ a and tailings of heaps high cliffs, Fluted

asy Ps Cah Inn, Coach Pass Danseys Walks Hoffmans Dam Coalpit Dam Danseys Pass h mi bidn i te area, the in building main the road. 3 RANFURLY -HERITAGE Weekend, heldattheendofFebruary. see its restored Art Deco buildings and to have fun to at its Rural come Art who Deco visitors attracted also has it years recent farming In community. the services Ranfurly Maniototo, the of township main The RANFURLY Horseburn, Mareburn, Fillyburn, Sowburn, Hogburn, Kyeburn (cow), Kyeburn Hogburn, Sowburn, Fillyburn, Mareburn, Horseburn, to much encounters with wildanimals. owe them gave his to as well as - homeland his - borders Scottish the Thomson in names similar names animal distinctive The of thestreams. As you drive through the Maniototo, you soon start to notice the names John Turnbull Thomson intheManiototo and Otago of paintings Southland. his of collection valuable and important an holds now Library Hocken The paint. to continued he travels his On two yearshesurveyedthecountrybeforeretiringtoInvercargill. his in resulted Otago, for appointment as the first Engineer Surveyor-General of New Zealand in 1876. For Chief as and surveying achievements, His in Otago. both North and inland of survey his started he foot. on and horseback on Southland surveyed he Alater,year 1857, in Park), (Queens 80ha of reserve a including , centre town the out laying and Invercargill for site a selecting After irresistible. proved Otago of farmer in New Zealand. However, the offer of the job of Chief Surveyor When life in the tropics took a toll on his health, he decided to become a early Singaporeinover100paintings. record to time found also engineer.He and his architect of in role additional buildings and bridges roads, planned and town the years out 12 laid he Over Singapore. to Surveyor Government became he later Turnbull years Three Malaya. mainland and Island Penang John on estates surveying commemorates Ranfurly 16, of age the at career of his started pioneer remarkable This centre Thomson. the in statue A New Zealand’s FirstSurveyor-General  RANFURLY - ARCHITECTURE Deco buildingshasrevitalisedthetown. Ranfurly’sArt featuring and restoring of idea They Their away.succeeded. drift the halt to something do to decided locals of group Edna a and dropped. Councillor, District roll Otago school Central a the McAtamney, and closed, shops and garage the declined: township the 1980s, the in decline rural the With Art Deco business offarming. they suit the unvarnished landscape and reflect the district’s main around Ranfurly) and Houndburn; the names may be prosaic, but area the (originally Eweburn Wetherburn, (steer), Gimmerburn four seasonsoftheManiototo. the of presentation audio-visual an watch to seats carriage rail old-fashioned on Youworthwhile. sit well can is station railway old refurbished attractively the at Centre Information the Avisit themain from blocks two street. is influence Italian Sacred its the with of Heart Church The shops. Station, various and Ambulance Library Offices, Fenton County hotel, the memorabilia, Deco Art of museum a into converted now Milkbar, Centennial the of Rooms Refreshment the including style, the of examples splendid in take can you streets main the around walk short a In similar styletoblendinwiththosereplacedafterthe fires. a followed town the in buildings Later Ranfurly’sarsonist. with exhibition, Paris took some time to come to 1925 New Zealand, but its arrival coincided a from developed style, geometric The places down.’ the half burnt bugger ‘Some local: a to according answer, The country town? small a in buildings Deco Art many so there are ask, you Why, 4 The GoldenProgress Mine OTUREHUA -HERITAGE goldmining its days. of relics and store historic an with township small A OTUREHUA engineering enterprise A tour of the Works gives you a fascinating insight into a very successful, early wire-strainer forfencesare justafewofhisproducts. a all, of best-known and, catchers gate stops, cattle patent towers, revolving Hayes with Windmills farmers. help to equipment producing Places Historic the by Run Trust. Sunday. to Thursday 9am-4pm, Open Signposted southofOturehua. Hayes Engineering Works, 1895-1952 OTUREHUA - TECHNOLOGY the and Otago in remaining head remains ofminers’ cottages. poppet only the boilers, see can you 1936, until 1868 from worked was which mine the of site the At short walk cross privateland. a Then road. loop a - Road Reef on road main off Signposted . Oturehua - he soon concentrated on concentrated soon he now - Oturehua - Ridge Rough at farmer and amiller Initially afield. further and Zealand New in well-known became inventions whose business Hayes, Ernest engineering of the housed stone and mud-brick buildings which are valley quiet this in away Tucked  brushes the ice ahead of it with a broom to help direct the stone the direct help to broom a with it of ahead ice the brushes a huge kettle, like along the ice towards a target.shaped Another team member stone, a slide Youice. on bowls Scottish is This Curling Queen’s at the freezingtemperaturesinJune. rally motorcycle huge a Birthday Weekend,the for dubbed venue the also It’s winter A pleasant picnic area and brown trout for Idaburn Dam OTUREHUA -PICNIC/ ADVENTURE/SPORT closer toitsdestination. skating andcurling arepopularpursuits. Brass Monkey Rally Monkey Brass fishing enthusiasts. In because of because 5 fe a od tie n 83 te on eeoe qiky Te usual The quickly. developed town the 1863, in strike gold a After OPHIR - ARCHITECTURE/HERITAGE 1860s whenitwasaflourishinggoldminingtown. A little village, Ophir has some interesting buildings dating back to the OPHIR leader, knownas The Liberator. across theManuherikia River. Itwasnamedafter the 19 bridge suspension splendid this on worked Booth Edward Stonemason Daniel O'ConnellBridge,1880 and waterrights. here claims over disputes in came pronouncements the hear to around miles miners from the boom; gold the during building important An Courthouse, 1884 Post and Telegraph Office, 1886 most notableofwhichisthepostoffice. the buildings, public as well as sprouted, stores and goldfields’ hotels Trust. Places Historic the by maintained is and agency postal a as grand operates still five it arches, with building schist small A th CenturyIrish