CAVALCADE 15th – 22nd February 2 0 1 4 Ranfurly, in the heart of the Maniototo Plain will welcome the Cavalcade on the 22nd of February 2014. The Maniototo Plain is surrounded by the Rough Ridge, Kakanui, Rock & Pillar and Mt Ida ranges that all featured in the Otago goldfields story. Settlements of Naseby, Kyeburn Diggings, Hamiltons, Patearoa, Garibaldi and Serpentine all sprung up, most temporarily, to support their respective goldfields. Ranfurly, far from the gold bearing mountains and gullies developed later with the Otago Central Railway. The town was associated with the next wave of business and industry. So rather than the Victorian buildings associated with the gold-mining towns, Ranfurly’s buildings reflect another time with the Art Deco architectural style featuring strongly. To celebrate this aspect of our heritage Ranfurly has an annual Art Deco Festival with music, entertainment, an art exhibition, market stalls, vintage cars, food and fun. This year we are thrilled to be combining our Festival with the last day of the 2014 Cavalcade. We look forward to a great party where flappers and gangsters mingle with hardy pioneering folk – we welcome you to ‘DECO-CADE’! Organised by the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust PO Box 91, Cromwell, New Zealand Cavalcade Coordinator: Terry Davis. Office - 03 445 0111 Cell - 021 2846844 e-mail [email protected] web www.cavalcade.co.nz To register: Complete the enclosed registration form, the two declarations and return with full payment to: OGHT, PO Box 91, Cromwell. Make cheques payable to Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust or pay by direct credit to a/c 01 0695 0034150 00 ‘Tussock 'N' Plain Walking Trail: St Bathans - Ranfurly Trail Boss: Sandra Cain Phone: 03 488 1033 Email: [email protected] Duration: 4 days Meet: Tuesday 18th February Limit: 50 CODE COST CODE WALKER CAA $385 GOFER CAG LEADER CAL FIRST AID CAX This is a 4 day trail starting at St Bathans in the beautiful Maniototo in Central Otago. We will stay in some remote woolsheds be rewarded with some awesome views from the magnificent tussock tops to the plains. We will have a great group of people and lots of fun. Tuesday: We gather at the Hawkdun Station in the afternoon. Wednesday: We begin with a walk to the Falls Dam. We circumnavigate the dam/lake crossing the river in the process, This is a lovely area viewed as we climb over the Home Hills to our accommodation in a very remote area. This really is Graeme Sydney country. Thursday is your shortest day. We head into the tussock clad foothills from here we will experience the magic of the Maniototo Plains before heading to our accommodation in the Ida Valley Friday: We have a really great day ahead. We have a mixture of walking in the foothills and along a water race before reaching the plains that surrounds Ranfurly. We have a great woolshed and in the evening we will enjoy a night to celebrate our trail. Saturday: We have about 11 kilometres to walk into Ranfurly where we will meet up with all the trails for the parade into town. The Maniototo is such a beautiful area but you will have to join us to find out more. A high standard of tramping fitness is required, as most days involve 6-7 hours tramping over varied terrain. Our backup team will transport your gear, but walkers will need to carry a daypack containing personal effects. Caterers will provide our meals and accommodation will be in woolsheds. A safe parking area is available for those wishing to leave their cars at Ranfurly. A bus will leave Ranfurly on Tuesday afternoon and take you to Hawkdun Station where our trail begins. So! Register, get yourself fit and come and join us, we look forward to your company. ‘45 Brew Trail’ – Walking Trail. Exploring the Oteake from Naseby Trail Boss: Matthew Sole Ph: 03 447 3336 Email: [email protected] Duration: 4 days Meet: Tuesday 18th February. Limit: 30 CODE COST CODE WALKER SOW $447 LEADER SOL Tuesday: Meeting in the afternoon at Larchview Holiday Park Naseby. Wednesday: Heading to Tailings Hut (DoC) Guffies Ck via Buster Diggings.7hrs. Thursday: Tramping to Ida Railway Hut (DoC) 6 hrs. Oteake Conservation Area. Friday: Walking to Home Hills Rd & bus back to Larchview Holiday Park Naseby Saturday: Drive our own vehicles to Ranfurly for the parade Premium Caterers – Mary and her team from Alexandra Primary School While following mostly four wheel drive tracks, good climbs and descents are involved in all three days. A good level of fitness with ability to handle climbs and descents is essential with stout supportive footwear. As there are only small DoC huts at each nights destination (Wednesday night and Thursday night), all walkers will require their own or access to shared alpine style tents to cope in the high alpine tussock environment exposed to high wind and cold. ‘Mt Buster or Bust!’ – Walking Trail. Naseby to Dansey’s Pass via the Oteake Conservation Area Trail Boss: Steve Clark Phone: 03 4450920 Email: [email protected] Duration: 5 days Meet: Tuesday 18th February Limit: 12 CODE COST CODE WALKER CLW $245 LEADER CLL Tuesday: Meet in Naseby for a briefing before departing Naseby, travelling along the Mt Buster Road, then through private land to the foot of the Ida Range and on down to the Kokonga hut. Wednesday: From Kokonga hut we will climb over 800m up and over Mt Buster and down Long Spur to Phil Smith’s hut. Thursday: This will be a short day where we continue along Long Spur and down to Guffies Creek and the Tailings hut. Friday: We follow Guffies Creek upstream before climbing up to the Brown hut and the nearby gold workings. From there we continue on to Mt Kyeburn then descend to the Dansey’s Pass road by the Mt Kyeburn Track. We will be met by cars here and returned to Ann’s crib with a stop for a beer at the Dansey’s Pass Hotel. Saturday: We will drive to Ranfurly for the Grand Parade through the streets of Ranfurly. This four day, 69km walk starts at the historic goldmining town of Naseby (2,000’ above worry level) and loops through private land and the southern portion of the Oteake Conservation Park, finishing below the Dansey’s Pass. This trail is for fit, experienced trampers who must be capable of carrying up to 16 kg for up to 23 km per day over rough farm tracks with some steep ascents and descents. Accommodation will be in high country musterers’ huts. The trail is independent with all personal gear, food and shared gear carried by the walkers. There will be no back-up vehicle. It is self catering with walkers sharing in cooking the evening meal for the party. The evening meal on the final night will be catered. ‘Kyeburn Wanderers – Riding Trail. Trail Boss: Jane Whitmore Phone: 03 4157776 Email: [email protected] Duration 5 days Meet: Monday 17th February Limit: 60 CODE COST CODE RIDER WHR $535 FIRST AID WHX BACKUP WHB $515 GOFER WHG WRANGLER WHW Monday: Meeting between 1pm and 5pm at the Crutchley family’s Shortlands Station, 46 McCready Road, Kyeburn. Shortlands Station will be our base for four nights with three days of loop rides and a fourth day ride towards Ring Fence Road, Ranfurly. Each day’s ride will be approximately 7hrs riding time. 8am ride out, an hour for lunch and arrive back around 4pm each day. Tuesday: We ride up onto the Kakanui Range, east of McCready Road. We will head towards Mt Alexandra and may get up there depending on how we are chugging along. Great views expected whether or not we get to the top. Wednesday: A Kyeburn / Glenshee lowlands loop ride including rolling tussock country. Gold digging points of interest along the way. Thursday: We ride up onto Mt Ida Range and complete a loop ride taking in the White Sands then the Dansey’s Pass Hotel on the way home. Friday: We leave Shortlands Station and head towards Naseby. We will aim for lunch at Naseby then head to Mark and Melissa Inder’s property in Geddes Road, Ranfurly. Saturday: We join up with Malcolm Oakes’ trail who have over-nighted at Johnny Hore’s place and together head for the ride-in at Ranfurly. Further information: Our ride is usually one of the smaller trails with plenty of seasoned campaigners. It’s also a good ride to take on if you are new to cavalcading and/or your horse is reasonably new to trail riding. Having said that, for your horse’s sake please ensure s/he is fit and well use to their tack. It is advised to have your horse freshly shod with new shoes or shod at least within three weeks of the cavalcade. The trail is stony in places and there’s no farrier. Our caterers are very capable Middlemarch men who are fundraising for their local primary school. They run a reasonable priced bar, please support them. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank Johnny Hore who provided the outline for each day’s trail and local contacts of the land we cross. Also many thanks to the Crutchley family of Shortlands Station and the Inder family, owners of the two locations where we are staying, and landowners whose properties we cross. Back up support is fine and we look forward to your company. Regards. Jane Whitmore 'BOUNDARY RIDERS' – Cloverleaf riding trail. Trail Boss: Tony Roderique Cell Phone: 027 222 2258 Meet on: Saturday 15th February Limit: 70 CODE COST CODE CODE RIDER ROR $585 TRAIL BOSS ROT GOFER ROG BACKUP ROB $550 FIRST AID ROX WRANGLER ROW Come To Waikouaiti - The Birthplace Of Otago.