STATE HIGHWAY 67: 1 Cape Farewell STATE HIGHWAY : TIMARU - PICTON WESTPORT to Cook Strait TIMARU (H-11) Began as a landing place and service centre for agricultural development S.H.67 first passes through a series of typical West Coast Pakawau in 1859. Later the town became an important flour milling centre. Several impressive multi- 1 coal mining towns - (stop and investigate Golden Bay storey former mills in the central city area are monuments to this era. Today dairying is the famous Denniston Incline historic place), , Collingwood becoming dominant in the Timaru district. Attractions: historic buildings, churches and Ngakawau and Hector. At Ngakawau an overhead bucket Basilica, Caroline Bay beach, botanic garden, museum, Aigantighe Art Gallery. line brings export coal down from the Stockton Plateau to Totaranui ASHBURTON (H-10) In the late 19th Century the Canterbury Plain were transformed a large bin complex where it is loaded onto trains. Where Wakamarama Ra Takaka Abel S.H.67 leaves the coast at it is worthwhile detouring National Park from vast uninterrupted tussock grasslands into a patchwork of farm paddocks. Ashburton a short distance to the quaint old former coal town of Heaphy Track Aorere Valley 60 Tasman soon became an important farm service town. PelorusPortage Sound Queen Charlotte Sound . S.H.67 now enter the forest and climbs over Kaiterteri Bay CHRISTCHURCH (J-8) See Separate Christchurch Maps. North of Christchurch to Karamea. Tasman Mtns Takaka Hill 2 the highway passes turnoffs to several beachside holiday villages before reaching Waipara. Havelock Picton The Waipara district is well known for its wines and vineyards. KARAMEA (E-2) has an almost sub-tropical climate. It is Kahurangi the southern step-off point for the Heaphy Track. Tasman Mapua Pelorus Bridge 6 1 KAIKOURA (K-5) began as a Maori Settlement noted for its crayfish. The name means National Range Attractions include a museum and walking tracks in ‘meal of crayfish’. Attractions: Whale Watch nature cruises, museum, walkways on Kaikoura . Mt Arthur Upper Nelson Park Moutere Richmond Blenheim Peninsula - take in the rugged coast and magnificent views of the Seaward Kaikoura Range, Hope and off course a crayfish meal. Between Kaikoura and Blenheim is Lake Grassmere, the Golden Renwick 0 50 100 km Arthur site of ’s only salt works. Karamea Downs Wakefield Seddon 63 3 BLENHEIM (K-3) Named after the Duke of Marlborough’s greatest victory, Blenheim began 67 Kahurangi Lake Grasmere Cape Campbellin 1850 as a depot serving pastoral runs. Today the town is the centre of New Zealand’s NORTHERN 6 Mt RichmondWairau Forest River Park most extensive vineyard district. Attractions: Marlborough Wine Trail, cafes. National Ward Mt Owen Red Hill PICTON (K-2) Founded around 1850, Picton was briefly the capital of Marlborough Province, Park River Mokihinui River Hope Saddle but Blenheim soon become dominant. In the early days the timber trade was important, NORTH Mokihinui but today Picton is very much a holiday and tourist town. Attractions: boat cruises on the Seddonville 6 63 Awatere River Sounds, Historic buildings, Queen Charlotte Track. Hector Waihopai St Arnaud Granity Ngakawau Rotoroa 4 Lake Tapuaenuku Range CHRISTCHURCH to TIMARU via 72 67 Murchison Rotoiti 1 Waimangaroa This scenic route skirts the outer ranges of the Alps. Highlights along the way are the Ashley Stockton River Clarence Westport Plateau Nelson Lakes Rainbow Molesworth Gorge near Oxford, the Raikaia Gorge, Mt Hutt Ski Area, Methven (ski resort), Mt 67a National Park StArnaud Ra Station Somers (where there are walkways and an access road to the lakes and mountains of the Buller Ihangahua Inland Kaikoria Upper Rangitata area) and the country town of Geraldine.

Junction R Matakitaki Clarence River 69 Charleston 65 STATE HIGHWAY 7: WAIPARA to Victoria Mountains Forest Seaward Kaikoria Range 5 S.H.7 first travels up through Pass with its impressive limestone formations before Park Kaikoura Paparoa arriving at a broad inland basin and its settlement of Waikari, Hurunui & Culverden. 6 National Spencer 1 Note the hotel at Hurunui which dates from the 1870s. Park Rahu Paparoa Range 7 Saddle HANMER SPRINGS (I-6) Hanmer’s warm springs were developed into a fashionable Mt Lyford health resort in the early 1900s. Attractions: thermal pools and spa, walks in the exotic Lewis Pass Hanmer plantation, horse trails, fishing, bungy jumping and jet boating on . Springs Hanmer Springs 70 Blackball 7a LEWIS PASS (H-6) At 864m A.S.L. the Pass was a well-worn Maori route to the West Waiau 6 Coast, but the road was not constructed until the 1930s. Beyond the Pass is Maruia Runanga Parnassus Springs spar resort and the service village of Springs Junction. The highway then 7 Rotherham Waiau River Grey River crosses Rahu Saddle and follow the down past to Reefton. Stillwater Cheviot Greymouth Dobson Lake Sumner Culverden REEFTON (G-5) began as a goldrush town. Later large quartz crushing batteries were Shanty Town Moana Gore Bay Tasman Sea Hurunui River built to exploit rich gold deposits and in 1888 Reefton become the first town in New Mitchells Moana/L Brunner 7 Zealand to have an electric power supply. Coal and timber also sustained Reefton and Lake Sumner Hurunui recently large scale gold mining has resumed. Attractions: Precinct of historic buildings, Kumara Forest Park 1 73 Waikari School of Mines, Blacks Point Museum, Victoria Forest Park. Jacksons 7 Lake Weka Pass REEFTON to GREYMOUTH: S.H.7 now turns down the Grey River Valley. A side Arthurs Pass Waipara trip to Blackball (G-6), a quaint former coal mining town, is rewarding. Blackball is famous Mt Rolleston Arthurs Pass for an early 1900s miners strike (over a half hour lunch break), which gave birth to the Arthurs Pass National Park Mt Grey Ross Amberley modern union movement and the Labour Party. Near Dobson is the historic Brunner Mt Greenland Mine Industrial Site (G-6). This is accessed via a bridge over the river from S.H.7. 6 Bealey Leithfield Beach 73 Puketeraki Ra The site includes relics of coke ovens, brickworks and coal mines. Ashley Gorge Waikuku Beach Lake Ianthe Woodend 8 STATE HIGHWAY 70: CULVERDEN to KAIKOURA Oxford Cust This scenic inland route branches off S.H.7 Just north of Culverden. Points of interest include Mt Ashmore Craigieburn Ra Kaiapoi Waimakariri River Lake Coleridge Torlesse Ra Waiau and Mt Lyford village where a skifield operates in the winter. The road skirts the Porters Pass Belfast Pegasus Bay Springfield SOUTHERN ALPS Sheffield foothills of the Seaward Kaikoura Range before descending to Kaikoura. Okarito Lagoon Mt Adams Darfield 73 Christchurch Okarito Darfield 1 Lyttelton Mt Hutt Lake Heron Rakaia River Rolleston 75 Banks Peninsula Burnham Franz Josef/Waiau 9 Methven Dunsandel Little Akaroa Erewhon 77 Lake Ellesmere River Aoraki/Mt Cook Rakaia Waihora Westland/Tai Mesopotamia Mt Somers Poutini Nat. ParkNational Park Aoraki/Mt Cook Tasman 6 Glacier Mayfield Ashburton 6 State Highway Mt Sefton Fox Pk Mt Peel 1 Round Hill Peel Forest Alpine Pacific Triangle Aoraki/Mt Cook Route 10 Rangitata River Hinds

Two Thumb Range Two Mt Hooker Lake Tekapo Canterbury Bight Inland Scenic Route 72 Glentanner Geraldine Mt Ward Mt Dobson Lake 79 Other Important Routes 80 Pukaki Lake Tekapo Fairlie Major Walking Tracks SOUTHERN ALPS Burkes Pleasant Winchester YourYour ComplimentarComplimentaryy Pass Point Temuka Albury 8 Vineyard District Ben Ohau Range MapMaps and and Guide Guide of o fthe the Mackenzie Ski Area 11 Lake Basin Ohau Twizel Timaru H I LakeE Ohau F G J K 6 Hunter Hills SouthSouth IslandIsland STATE HIGHWAY 6: 8FRANZ JOSEF to RENWICK via NELSON STATE HIGHWAY 60: NORTH OF NELSON see overleaf for S.H.6 between and Franz Josef 1 North of Nelson places of interest include Mapua and Kina Beach near Tasman. Motueka

Benmore Ra FRANZ JOSEF/WAIAU to HOKITIKA: At Whataroa White Heron Colony tours services a rich horticultural and winery district. North of Motueka is a turn off to the are offered. Hari HariAhuriri Riveris a small tourist stopover. RossKirkliston Range (F-7) originated as a goldrush excellent Beach. S.H.60 now ascends Takaka Hill (the Marble Mountain). town in 1864. Later sawmilling became the main industry. Attractions include the local Detour at the top of the hill to view marble outcrops, caves (guided tours) and the 370m museum and bush walking tracks to old gold workings. deep Harwood’s Hole. The highway winds spectacularly down into the Takaka Valley. 8 St Bathans Ra 82 HOKITIKA (F-7) began as a rip-roaringHawkdun Range gold rush town in the 1860s. At its peak there TAKAKA: (H-2) As well as serving local farmers Takaka is now a thriving tourist centre. Attractions include artisan outlets and Pupu Springs. At Takaka a road branches off to was an estimated 15,000 people in the district and over 100 hotels in town.83 Attractions include the museum, cafes and restaurants, greenstone carving, walking tracks in local Totaranui in the heart of Able Tasman National Park. The Park is famous for its beautiful historic gold workings, . Mt Domet beaches and coastal tracks. Information can be obtained at Takaka and Totaranui. 8a COLLINGWOOD (H-1)began as a goldrush town in 1857. A road from the town travels GREYMOUTH (F-6 ) The West Coast’s largestDanseys town Pass grew on the site of a big Maori up the Aorere Valley gives access to the Heaphy Track. From Collingwood a good road settlement. Gold then coal and timber sustained the local economy for a century, but continues up to Farewell Spit. Attractions: tours along Farewell Spit, gold mining centre. tourism is now very important. Attractions include Monteath’s Brewery, Shanty Town, a working replica of a West Coast goldtown (13km south on SH6), historic industrial site STATE HIGHWAY 73: OVER THE ALPS at Dobson. North of Greymouth SH6 follows a spectacular coastline. After crossing the Canterbury Plains S.H.73 climbs up to Porters Pass which is higher PUNAKAIKI (F-5) Is an important tourist stop. Long famous for its Pancake Rocks the than Arthurs Pass. The road then winds down to the Castle Hill district with its distinctive village is now also the gateway to Paparoa National Park. The Road continues to hug the limestone formations and attractive small lakes. At Bealey village the highway crosses the coast after Punakaiki before crossing the flats to Westport. Waimakariri River to enters Arthurs Pass National Park. WESTPORT (G-4) Grew as a service town for the goldfields around Charleston, ARTHURS PASS (G-7) The 924m Pass was named after Arthur Dudley Dobson the first however it was as a port and service centre for the nearby Buller coalfield that the town European to sight and cross it. Because of the a rough road was found permanence. Today the port is used to ship cement from the works at Cape quickly built across the Pass. The alpine village of Arthurs Pass developed during the building Foulwind. The town’s business area has many good examples of colonial and art deco of the Otira railway tunnel (1908-1923). Attractions: National Park Visitor Centre, museum, buildings. Attractions: Museum (Coal Town), Seal Colony (Tauranga Bay), . walks and tramps. Otira originally developed as a railway service centre. WESTPORT to NELSON: The and its lower and upper gorges provide Beyond Otira the highway follows the Taramakau River down past Jacksons and Kumara a spectacular scenic drive to Murchison (H-4), This strategically placed lunch stop was to join S.H.6. Kumara was once a booming goldrush centre and hometown of Richard settled during the goldrush period. In 1929 the original town was destroyed by the Seddon, a colourful early Prime Minister. An alternative scenic route to Greymouth, via Murchison Earthquake. Leaving Murchison the Buller River is followed to the junction Moana/Lake Brunner, branches off and crosses the river near Jacksons. with S.H.63. S.H.6 now turns north over Hope Saddle and down through the pine plantations of Golden Downs to Nelson. STATE HIGHWAY 63: BLENHEIM to NELSON LAKES www.executivecars.co.nz NELSON (I-2) was first settled in 1842. Today it is a thriving city deriving much of its The lower Wairau Valley between Blenheim and Renwick and beyond is dominated by income from horticulture, forestry and fish processing. It has a vibrant art scene which vineyards. Towards the upper end of the valley Red Hill mountain is a striking feature. Here is particularly strong in the ceramic arts. The inner city retains much of its Victorian ancient red volcanic rocks inhibits forest growth. MapsMaps and and GuideGuide Produced b byy character. Attractions: historic buildings, museum, Suter Art Gallery, art and craft studios, NELSON LAKES NATIONAL PARK (I-4) St Arnaud, on the shores of , Tahunanui Beach. Beyond Nelson the S.H.6 travels through rugged hill country. AllanAllan Kynaston Kynaston VisualVisual ProductionProductionss is the service town for the park and the location of the Park HQ. The village has a number Ph: 03 478 0425 HAVELOCK (J-2 ) Originally a port serving a goldfield and sawmills. Today mussel of accommodation options. The Park and its two lakes, Rotoiti and Rotoroa, provide unlimited Dunedin Ph: 03 478 0425 farming is an important industry. Attractions: launch trips on Pelorus Sound. opportunities for walking, tramping and water sports. Craigieburn Ra Craigieburn Torlesse Ra PS Lake Coleridge AL Okarito Lagoon Darfield Whataroa 73 Christchurch Okarito 6 State Highway UTHERN 1 O Lake Mapourika S Lake Heron Mt Hutt Ra Rolleston kai 75 9 a Burnham Banks Peninsula Franz Josef/Waiau i rk R Highway 72 Route a a Methven ive Dunsandel r Little Akaroa Franz Josef Glacier d/T Mt Somers Lake Ellesmere River Other Important Routes lan Erewhon 77 t Rakaia Fox Glacier Waihora Wes Aoraki/Mt Cook Mesopotamia Mt Somers Major Walking Tracks Fox Glacier Poutini Nat. P National Park Aoraki/Mt Cook e Vineyard District 6 Tasman ng Glacier Mayfield Ashburton Bruce Bay 1 Ski Area Mt Sefton Round Hill Fox Pk Mt Peel Peel Forest 10 S Aoraki/Mt Cook Ran Hinds

Lake Paringa Thumb Ra Two gita Paringa ALP ta Lake Tekapo Mt Hooker Glentanner Geraldine Rive Mt Dobson r STATE HIGHWAY 1: TIMARU to BLUFF Mt Ward ge n Lake 79 80 Pukaki Lake Tekapo (see overleaf for Timaru to Picton) THERN u Ra Fairlie Winchester Burkes Pleasant WAIMATE (H-12) began as a sawmilling town, but now serves a rich farming district. Haast OU Oha Pass Point Temuka S Albury 8 The town centre has several important historic buildings dating from the 1870s. Okuru Ben 11 Mt Brewster (H-13) The legacy of a late 1800s boom period is an almost perfectly Mackenzie preserved Victorian mercantile area and beautiful classical style public buildings and banks Basin Timaru Jackson Bay Lake Ohau Twizel built from local white Oamaru limestone. include: historic stone buildings, Haast Pass Lake Ohau Attractions Neils Beach penguin colonies, art gallery, museum, public gardens, Totara Estate (south of Oamaru). Ahuriri Pareora Park Hunte 6 Conservation ge St Andrews (H-14) is famous for its spherical beach boulders. Park OAMARU to DUNEDIN: Moeraki

8 ore Ra r Ran Waikouaiti & Karitane (H-15) are 's oldest European settlements. Sydneysider, Makarora Lake Hi nm 1 Ahu l Pollux Benmore ton ls Johnny Jones, set up a whaling station at Karitane in the 1830s, but by the 1840s he was Be r Makikihi iri establishing an agricultural settlement across the district. Attractions: 1840s buildings ine Range 12 River Kirklis Mt Aspiring/Tititea Omarama on Jones' Matanaka farm, Waikouaiti Museum, beaches, coastal scenic drive to Warrington). Oliv L Aviemore Waimate Otematata 83 onal Rob Roy Lake Waihao Forks DUNEDIN (H-15) See Separate Dunedin Maps for coverage Big Bay ti Lake Hakataramea Hawea Lindis Pass L Waitaki Na Wanaka Kurow Waita 82 DUNEDIN to GORE: Lake (G-16) Popular resort for boating, wind surfing, i River 8 St B H ki River Ikawai ituk a Martins Bay Matuk Lake Hawea at wk Awakino Glenavy and picnicking. Important wetlands adjoin the lake. Milton (G-16) began as a flour mill h du ans Duntroon Lake McKerrow n in 1857. Woollen and saw milling have perpetuated Milton's 'mill town' image, although Treble Cone Albert Town Mt Domet Ra Rang 83 some believe it was named after the English poet, John Milton. Balclutha (F-16) (Gaelic spiring Wanaka Pukeuri A 8a e Ngapara Junction for the 'Town of the Clyde'), has grown on the richness of its surrounding farmland. Holyford Track Mt Earnslaw Luggate St Bathans 13 Mt Tutoko Mt Tarras Danseys Pass

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Milford Sound Sho Maheno Kakanui Museum, art gallery, Pioneer Park, fishing (brown trout), Croydon Bush Scenic Reserve. Gunn’s Cardrona Lake Oturehua Pisa Range i Camp Dunstan Lauder Mtns Herbert Homer Tunnel Ranfurly EDENDALE (E-17) Birth place of New Zealand’s export dairy industry in 1881. Today's Glenorchy 8b Omakau Waianakarua Sutherland Sound Kinloch Arrowtown Cromwell Waipiata vast new plant is the result of a recent dramatic growth in dairy farming across Southland. Milf Coronet Pk 6 85 Hampden Ophir BlighSound ord T Patearoa Moeraki INVERCARGILL (D-18) Scottish astuteness and a fertile hinterland has given Invercargill rack 6a Gibbston Queenstown Frankton Bannockburn 85 Hyde Dunback a solid base. In 1856 Surveyor, John Turnbull Thomson, selected the site for the City, 14 George Sound 94 Clyde Macraes which was named after the Superintendent of Otago, William Cargill. Thomson naming Pillar Ra 87 Shag Point k Alexandra & Palmerston its downtown streets after British rivers. Attractions: Museum/Art Gallery (including Eglinton k Casw Par Old Ma

River the Tuatara House), Anderson Park Gallery, Queens Park, native bush reserves, heritage ell Valley Remarkables 1 So Walter Pk The Styx Roc und Fruitlands buildings (First Church most impressive), Sandy Point Domain. Nevis n Middlemarch Waikouaiti 8 R Mavora an Eyre Mtns/ ks BLUFF (D-18) Established as a fishing/farming hamlet in 1824, Bluff is said to be New Charles Sound Lakes ge Sutton Karitane Taka Ra Haka Kingston Lake Roxburgh Zealand's oldest European settlement. Attractions include: seafood (including the Bluff Downs Warrington L Onslow lverpea Nancy Sound l Conservation i Oyster); last sign post; Bluff Hill lookout; walks. S a Roxburgh Thompson Sound 15 n Lake Park Garston ns Lam STEWART IS / RAKIURA (D-19) (access by ferry from Bluff or aircraft from Invercargill) Te Anau t m Port Chalmers M erla Athol Ettrick w Clarks Junction 88 Most of this beautiful bush clad island is now a National Park. Attractions include: Natio Millers Ra Otago Te Anau Flat 87 Mosgiel fishing, hiking, walking, boat cruises, beaches, Ulva Island sanctuary, native wildlife. Garvie Peninsula Kepler Track West Dome 6 L Mahinerangi s Outram Do epler Mtn Five Rivers Beaumont 1 Dunedin BALCLUTHA - TE ANAU ON THE SOUTHERN SCENIC ROUTE: ubtf K Waikaia Brighton ul The Key Dagg Sound Pa So 94 Lumsden Heriot Lawrence DISTRICT Named after Captain Edward Cattlin, the Catlins is noted tea und L Waihola Lake Balfour for rugged forested hill country, wildlife, waterfalls, dramatic coastal scenery & a variety Manapouri r Waihola Blue Mtns

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Mataura a 93 Dus O WAKAWA DISTRICT (E-18) Waikawa was once a whaling station and port. Dolphins 96 Winton ur /Mata-Au can be seen at nearby Porpoise Bay. Curio Bay is famous for a 160 million year old 17 96 Mata Kaka Point Lake Drummond 6 Hedgehope fossilised forest (best viewed at low tide). Slope Point is the southern most point of Hauroko Otautau Wyndham Nugget Point the South Island. Tokanui (D-1) is a rural service centre. The Route continues to Longwood Owaka Invercargill and then heads towards Riverton and Western Southland... Range Edendale Pounawea 99 Park 99 98 est RIVERTON/APARIMA (D-18) Site of an early Maori village and one of New Zealand's Lake Hump Riverton/ Woodlands lins For Purakaunui Falls Poteriteri Ridge Cat Chalky Inlet Aparima Wallacetown 1 Papatowai ast earliest European settlements. Capt. John Howell established a whaling station here in Track Co Invercargill Tokanui Tautuku Bay 1834 and by 1840 had transformed it into a thriving fishing and farming village. Attractions Preservation Colac Bay include: seafood, Riverton Rocks (safe beaches), bush walks, Settlers Museum. Inlet 1 Fortrose Waikawa lins 18 Cat Curio Bay TUATAPERE (C-17) Grew as a sawmilling centre in the early 1900s. Attractions Slope NORTH include: Bushmans' Museum; Hump Ridge Track and other tramps (hikes) and walks; Bluff Point Fove fishing, Clifton historic bridge; Lake Hauroko (B-17) a pristine lake surround by bush aux Str clad mountains. The Route now follows the Waiau Valley to Manapouri and TeAnau ait - See State Highway 93 Section below for details of these towns. Mt Anglem/Hananui 0 50 100 km STATE HIGHWAY 93: GORE to MILFORD Rakiura 19 MANDEVILLE (E-16) Vintage aircraft restoration works tours, flights & cafe. National Halfmoon Bay (Oban) Stewart Island/Rakiura SOUTHERN SOUTH ISLAND Travelling into the Te Anau Basin visitors are confronted by a great line Park of bush clad mountains stretching north and south as far as the eye can see. This is the A B C Mason Bay D E F G H pristine wilderness of Fiordland. Successive ice ages have carved out dramatic steep sided U shaped valleys from Fiordland's hard rock. STATE HIGHWAY 6: INVERCARGILL to FRANZ JOSEF STATE HIGHWAY 8: INLAND ROUTE from MILTON to TIMARU TE ANAU (C-15) came into being in 1890 when a hotel and wharf were built to serve See overleaf for continuation of S.H.6 route from Franz Josef to Nelson LAWRENCE (F16) burst into life in 1861 after Gabriel Read discovered gold at nearby the recently opened Milford Track. Attractions: Glow worm caves tours, tramping SH6 first traverses the rich Southland Plains to reach the tourist crossroads of Lumsden. Gabriel's Gully. A loop road from the town takes in Gabriel's Gully Reserve and Blue (hiking) - Kepler, Routeburn, Hollyford, and Milford Tracks, walks, Wildlife Park, fishing, The road then climb over into the valley where the villages of Athol and Spur ghost town. boating, lake cruises, DOC Visitor Centre and Museum. Garston (C4) are handy to good fishing on the River. Kingston (D-15) is a peaceful ROXBURGH (E-15) Goldrush town now servicing an important orcharding district. lakeside holiday settlement. Attractions: walking, watersport, boating, fishing. MANAPOURI (B-16) A 1960s proposal to raise the level of Lake Manapouri, as part ALEXANDRA (E-14) and CLYDE (D-5) Both founded during the 1862 Dunstan Goldrush. of a giant hydro power scheme, led to the famous 'Save Manapouri Campaign', which QUEENSTOWN DISTRICT See separate Queenstown and District Maps Clyde retains a fine array of 19th century stone and cob buildings. Alexandra is now a ultimately saved the Lake from becoming an ugly eyesore. Attractions include: tours CROMWELL (E-14) Born as a goldrush town in 1862, Cromwell is now a tourist and modern rural service town. Attractions include: vineyards, walks, fishing, historic buildings to West Arm Power Station & Doubtful Sound, fishing, kayaking, walking, tramping horticultural centre. In the early 1990s the Clyde Hydro Scheme gave the town a attractive and goldfields sites, museums, winter sports, mountain biking, canoeing, boating, fishing. (hiking), hunting. lake-side setting, however most its historic main street and the dramatic meeting of the CROMWELL: (E-14 ) See State Highway 6 Section MILFORD SOUND (B-13) Opened in 1954, the Te Anau - Milford road traverses some Clutha and Kawarau Rivers were lost. Attractions: museum, wineries, boating/watersport, of the most magnificent mountain scenery in New Zealand. Milford was settled in 1878 walks, Old Cromwell, Kawarau Goldfields Mining Centre. Nearby Bannockburn has BENDIGO (E-13) This old gold mining area is noted for its vineyards and historic reserve by Donald Sutherland. Although a hermit, Sutherland hosted an ever increasing number extensive vineyards, historic buildings & gold workings. enclosing three ghost towns. TARRAS is the last ‘Pit Stop’ before the Lindis Pass. of visitors and by 1890, with the Milford Track due to open, Donald took a break and WANAKA & LAKE HAWEA See separate Queenstown and District Maps OMARAMA (F-12) began as a stage coach stop in the 1880s. In recent years it has become came back married to thrice widowed Elizabeth Samuel. Elizabeth (who outlived Donald) a world renowned gliding centre. Attractions: fishing, Clay Cliffs, glider rides. established a guest house and presided over it until her death in 1923. Attractions: MAKARORA (D-12), an alpine village in a forest setting, offers scenic flights, jet boating, Day and overnight cruises, sea kayaking. walks, tramping (hiking), fishing. Along the highway over the Haast Pass between Makarora MACKENZIE BASIN was named after James McKenzie, a shepherd accused of sheep and Haast there are a number of beautiful camping/picnic areas and easy short walks. stealing, who is said to have been the first European to sight the district in the 1850s. CENTRAL OTAGO HIGHLIGHTS on and off S.H.85 & 87 HAAST (D-11) is a small tourist service village in a magnificent setting. Attractions: TWIZEL (F-11) A former power scheme construction village, Twizel is now a great base OPHUR (E-14) retains its historic gold town character. Southern access is over the World Heritage Visitor Centre, fishing, jetboating, scenic flights, tramping (hiking), forest for exploring the Mackenzie Basin. Attractions: water sports, boating (Lake Ruataniwha), beautiful Daniel O'Connell suspension bridge. ST BATHANS (F-13) Attractions include walks. Highlights on the drive between Haast and Fox Glacier include Knights Point, camping, fishing, Black Stilt Aviary. Attractions at beautiful Lake Ohau (E-11) include the Vulcan Hotel and the surreal . Historic attractions at OTUREHUA (F- Lakes Moeraki and Paringa and Bruce Bay. camping, boating, fishing, skiing, walking & tramping. Lake Pukaki (F-11) often provides 13) include the town's store, the Golden Progress Mine and Hayes Engineering Works. perfect reflections of Aoraki/Mt Cook. A dam built in 1979 raised the Lake 46m for hydro FOX GLACIER & FRANZ JOSEF/WAIAU (E-9) Contrary to world trends, during NASEBY (F13) began as a goldrush town in 1863. Today it is a holiday centre, but the last two decades both the Franz Josef (11km long) and the Fox Glacier (13km long) storage. The Upper Waitaki Power Scheme combines the outflows of Lakes Tekapo, Pukaki and Ohau. Most of the water that formerly went down each outlet river is now retains a unique historic atmosphere. Attractions: museum, walks, ice skating, indoor have been mostly advancing. Attractions: glacier viewing; bush walks; scenic flights; Lake directed through a series of canals and power stations. curling, mountain biking. KYEBURN DIGGINGS (F-13) on the scenic Danseys Pass Matherson (reflections of the alps) near Fox Glacier; National Park Centre at Franz Josef. route, centres around an historic hotel. Exploring the area will reveal much evidence A side trip to the former gold rush village of Okarito is worthwhile. Take the Trig Walk AORAKI/MT COOK (F-10) is a region of great ice encrusted peaks and long valley of the goldrush days. RANFURLY (F14) Beginning as a railway station in 1898, Ranfurly to view the Alps or relax and build a drift wood sculpture on the beach. glaciers. Aoraki/Mt Cook (New Zealand's highest) and Mt Sefton are among the world's was soon growing at the expense of old established Naseby. Redevelopment in the great mountains, while the Tasman Glacier, at 29km, is one of the longest outside the polar 1930s has left a legacy of attractive Art Deco style buildings. STATE HIGHWAY 83: UP THE WAITAKI VALLEY areas. Attractions: skiplane & helicopter flights, climbing & glacier skiing (freedom or MIDDLEMARCH (G14) is the terminal of the Taieri Gorge Railway (see Dunedin (G-13) : 'Vanished World' Centre, Maori rock drawing sites, guided), glacier terminal lake boat trips, walking, hunting. DUNTROON Attractions Guide) and the southern terminal of the Otago Central Rail Trail. Developed for rock formations, fishing. KUROW (G-12) vineyards, fishing, jetboating. LAKE TEKAPO (F-11) has been a tourist resort since the 1880s. The Lake's turquoise walkers and cyclists, the Trail follows the scenic route of the former railway line from OTEMATATA (F-12) This former hydro construction village is now a holiday resort. water is caused by glacier-ground rock flour. In 1954 the Lake was raised 8m for hydro Middlemarch to Clyde (bike hire available). At MACRAES (G-14) a vast modern gold Attractions: Tours of Benmore Power Station. Lakes Aviemore & Benmore provide storage. Attractions: Ice skating, windsurfing, scenic fights, walking, skiing, fishing. mine (tours available) can be contrasted with the historic workings and mining equipment unlimited opportunities for watersport, walking, fishing and camping. From Lake Tekapo S.H.8 heads over the scenic Burke Pass and down into Timaru. at Golden Point Reserve. The old Macraes village centres around Stanleys Hotel (1882).