Our first official field weekend of the year will be on the 27^th April to Tuapeka Mouth! For the Heritage connoisseurs  among you or even just for those looking for a fun weekend away with a group of enthusiasts… Tuapeka Mouth has some fascinating relics and wonderful stories – registration forms will be sent out mid March – but pencil it in your diaries now.

10 – 11 a.m.: Arrival and registration at Tuapeka Mouth School; welcome

Morning tea supplied by local group

Display of gold-mining and local history at School

and Hall; toilet facilities available at Hall

11 – 1 p.m.    Walk to the Claim area, inspect tunnel, turbine and dredged area

Visit the old hotel, wharf and sawmill sites

1 – 2.30 p.m. Lunch in and around School

Visit displays

Stroll around township

2.30 – 4 p.m. Travel by vehicle to the cemetery, visit the cemetery

Walk up stream to the concrete dam and return

4 – 6 p.m.       Punt operating

That night we will have a group dinner in Balclutha and then on the Sunday Gary Ross from the South Otago Museum will lead us on a very interesting tour and stories around the original ‘Port Molyneux’ … more details to come.