Stewart Town and Menzies Dam Conservation Plan

The Stewart Town and Menzies dam project is now completed. First up we had to put in two new gates to allow access for the work. Then the Stone work on the dam was stabilised and in some areas completely rebuilt. The entire Stewarts Cottage has been re-pointed with hydrolic lime mortar (mixed with some…

OGHT AGM and field weekend October 2014

2014 AGM AND FIELD WEEKEND REPORT Another successful Field weekend under our belts. Plenty of fun and frivolity between the blizzards on the Maniototo! Saturday morning was exciting with the blizzards coming through but the Ranfurly Hotel was a perfect location for our AGM. Only 20 members turned up (we’ll blame the weather) but a…

25th Anniversary celebration Extravaganza!

2nd of November 2013 do we have a day planned out for you! Starting 11am on Galloway Rd with the unveiling of signage at Galloway Dredge Buckets (our most recently completed project), Then on the Chatto Creek for the unveiling of signage and completed display of the Chatto Creek Dredge. We’ll have lunch at the…

Golden Point and Mareburn Reefs 7th and 8th December 2013

Golden Point and Mareburn Reefs 7th and 8th December 2013 Registration Form. Saturday 7th December meet at McRae’s mine for a tour of their operation. Lunch at the local pub then on to the Golden Point Stamper and see one of the few remaining operational Stampers in full noise! Then we head for Hyde with…

AGM now 20th July, Arrowtown 2013.

The Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust will be having it’s Annual General Meeting on the 20th July  in Arrowtown. 10am At the Arrowtown Volunteer Fire Brigade rooms2 Hertford Street. Important – we will be looking to change our constitution, clause 24, that stipulates we must hold the AGM within 3 months of the end of the…

Chatto Creek Dredge in a new (final) resting place

And the signage is up! Thanks to Rex Johnson for researching the text for the signage and helping to erect along with Mike Floate, Ken Laraman and Terry Davis. The last parts of the old Chatto Creek Dredge were ‘delivered’ to the Chatto Creek Hotel thanks to the great efforts of Central Excavation and Johnny…

Fiordland exploration a “Trip of a lifetime”.

By all accounts the Real Journeys Fiordland Discovery Cruise was a fantastic week that our members will treasure for the rest of their days! A variety of weather ensured Fiordland was appreciated in all her wonderous ‘moods’. Lots of talk about how great the Real Journey’s Staff were and the amazing quality of the food!…

The shifting of the Gold Light Dredge bucket ladder

Friday the 13th July 2012, unlucky for some perhaps but a wonderful day for Otago Goldfields Heritage as an old relic gets new prominence. Initiated originally by Lloyd Carpenter and after some great team work between the Central Lakes Trust, Fulton Hogan, the Department of Conservation and ourselves, the ‘Gold Light’ Dredge bucket ladder was…