to Alexandra Roxburgh Gorge Trail The 73km, Grade 2 (Easy) Clutha Gold Village LAKE Trail provides a great opportunity for day trips or a multi-day cycling holiday when combined with the Roxburgh Gorge Trail and even CLUTHA 8 possibly the Central Rail Trail. COMMISSIONER FLAT ROXBURGH Lake Onslow (LAKE ROXBURGH DAM) TO Hercules Flat ROXBURGH, 10KM Pinders Pond The trail starts at Commissioner GOLD Trail Flat, a small car parking area 500m Dumbarton Rock below the Lake Roxburgh Dam Teviot MAP LEGEND on the eastern side of the Clutha

L open section Mata-au River. From the car park, Clutha Mata-au River a m follow obvious signs down the valley m start / finish point on a smooth wide trail that leads to Ettrick e r the Roxburgh township. There are l point of interest a w kilometre marker posts on the trail to R bridge inform you of your progress. a n After 10km you will see Roxburgh g tunnel e township on the other side of the town river where you will find plenty of 8 shops and accommodation. Lonely Graves café/restaurant Horseshoe Bend Bridge ROXBURGH TO MILLERS CLUTHA GOLD TRAIL toilets FLAT, 21KM CLUTHA GOLD TRAIL From the Roxburgh township the trail car park continues for approximately 21km. accommodation It follows the river past a popular swimming spot called Pinders Pond state highway 90 1 and eventually heads inland to reach Millers Flat. This small town offers a TRAIL INFO 8 few accommodation places, Faigans Café and the Bridge Hotel across BEAUMONT the river offering food, drinks and Big Hill Tunnel accommodation. Gabriels Gully

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o a through a small park and back to t Evans Flat t ventures through a changing M a the riverside. It is 24km down the e M u LAWRENCE LAKE ROXBURGH DAM landscape of natural beauty 90 Bl valley on a mix of new trail, historic road and historic railway line to the punctuated by reminders of utha © AA Traveller 2018 l 8 I C settlement of Beaumont. once-thriving gold rush spots – the to LAWRENCE TRAIL GRADES: As soon as you reach the highway river banks are dotted with ruins of COMMISSIONER FLAT you will see Beaumont Hotel on the miners huts and several bridges, all (LAKE ROXBURGH DAM) TO other side of the river. Food, drinks but washed away. ROXBURGH GRADE 2 (EASY) riding the trail and accommodation are offered at A 10km ride alongside the river. the hotel. 2 days 73km After weaving through the secluded Roxburgh Roxburgh Millers Flat Beaumont Lawrence Beaumont Gorge, the trail then ROXBURGH TO MILLERS FLAT Dam BEAUMONT TO LAWRENCE, branches off into lush farming GRADE 2 (EASY) 200m 10km 21km 20km 22km 22KM This section has a moderate climb A journey of discovery, the Clutha Gold Trail valleys that cut a swathe of colour A 21km section, still following 100m the river. leading to a railway tunnel, followed in all seasons and through some 0m by a long downhill to Evans Flat and leads you alongside the fast-flowing and MILLERS FLAT TO BEAUMONT sections of the historic Roxburgh Lawrence Lawrence, the site of one of the GRADE 2 (EASY) world’s largest gold rushes. brilliantly turquoise Clutha Mata-au River Branch railway line, including the after Sir Henry Lawrence • 92km W of on SH 8 Millers Flat’s 440m-long Big Hill Tunnel. A 20km mix of new trail, historic Lonely Graves Weather info: There are four distinct road and railway line before seasons in Central Otago. In late from Lake Roxburgh Dam to Lawrence. The goosebump-inducing Dotted along the trail are four small heading inland. spring the hillsides are lush, and towns that were established during story of the Lonely Graves in late summer and autumn the BEAUMONT TO LAWRENCE near Millers Flat is part of celebrated colours of Central Otago the gold rushes of a bygone era. GRADE 2 (EASY) look out for... local lore. The headboard are on full display. Winters are cold, Each has its own story and are now 22km ride featuring a railway on the anonymous grave still and dry and temperatures range welcoming places to stop for a meal tunnel. Lawrence: Gateway to 11,500 – twice that of Dunedins. (probably that of an 1860s from -6 to +35 deg C. Today Lawrence is a much more or overnight. Please note: An annual maintenance the Goldfields MOBILE PHONE COVERAGE: miner) was provided by local peaceful spot and a handy little contribution of $25 per person ‘Gabriel’s Gully,’ near Lawrence, The trail forms part of an extensive Coverage is limited along the trail William Rigney who etched town for exploring the local area. or $50 per family covers the cost was where the find that initiated network of Great Rides in the Otago from Millers Flat to Lawrence. the words ‘somebody’s darling of maintenance for use of the At least 50 of Lawrence’s buildings Free unlimited broadband the great was region, linking with the Roxburgh lies buried here’. Rigney Clutha Gold Trail and the adjoining are protected historic sites. Take DRINKING WATER: There are made. Gabriel Read discovered Gorge Trail at the Lake Roxburgh Modern, spacious ensuite units off main street in town centre. died in 1912 and was buried Roxburgh Gorge Trail. A 1-day pass the heritage trail and uncover the plenty of villages along the trail gold here in May 1861, and the Great beds & showers • Breakfast-making facilities. next to the ‘lonely grave’. is available for $10 per person, or town’s intriguing past. There’s Dam, on to the famous Otago where you can buy water, but population quickly began to Tariff: $110-$140 (1-2 persons), extra person $20. His touching gravestone a life pass for $500. Contribute at also a couple of good cafés here, Central Rail Trail at Alexandra. take plenty with you for the next swell. At the height of gold fever, reads ‘The man who buried the i-SITE at Lawrence, Roxburgh, as well as one or two second-hand For more information visit section. 4 Lancaster St, Lawrence | Phone: +64 3 485 9005 Alexandra, Cromwell or Ranfurly. Lawrence’s population reached “Somebody’s Darling”’. shops and a good pub. www.cluthagold.co.nz Email: [email protected] | www.jafaslawrence.co.nz 120 121