Pre Christmas Newsletter

OGHT Newsletter November 2019 (Click here to view or print a PDF) Welcome to our pre-Christmas newsletter! December is just around the corner and many of you will have had a few pre-Christmas bashes already!  Waipori Expedition – Monday 9 December 2019: The OGHT is having a special and quite possibly a one-off opportunity on…

2019 AGM and Field Trip to Dunedin

Saturday 19th October. Click here for newsletter with more details… Staying at the Dunedin Holiday Park (12 bedroom lodge booked!) Meet 8.30am at Accommodation if you want to ride-share, or meet 9.15 at the Port Chalmers Museum for a guided walking tour. Lunch at Carey’s Bay. Then back to Port Chalmers and the Maritime Museum….

OGHT 30th Anniversary Dinner and Field Trip Clyde.

Friday 30th August 2019. Victorian period costume encouraged! Meet from 10am for morning tea at the Post Office 2 Blyth St. Then across the road to the museum for a tour before back to the Post Office for lunch. Walk around Clyde. Horse drawn wagon rides for those ‘less mobile’. Follow the piper! We will…

2018 AGM and Field Trip

Click here to register on line for the Field Trip. Friday 5th October: Meet between 10am – 10.30am at Kawarau Woolshed (signposted off Bannockburn Road, 2mins out of Bannockburn) BYO morning tea to have at the Category 1 Heritage NZ listed woolshed. Richard Anderson, will tell us the history of the station and a couple…

2018 AGM and Field Trip around Bannockburn

Friday 5th October:     Click here to register for the Field Trip. Meet between 10am – 10.30am at Kawarau Woolshed (signposted off Bannockburn Road, 2mins out of Bannockburn) BYO morning tea to have at the Category 1 Heritage NZ listed woolshed. Richard Anderson, will tell us the history of the station and a couple of…

The Victorian Picnic at Stewart Town

Victorian Picnic: Saturday 6th October at Stewart Town Bannockburn 10am – 2pm Concept Invite the public to help us to celebrate the work the DoC and OGHT have done at the Stewart Town/Menzies Dam Site Event The public will park at the end of Hall Road, We will use a mini van to ferry people to…

May 2019 field trip to Bendigo Australia!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE BOOKING FORM. Itinerary Especially Prepared For:Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust Tour  VICTORIA 2019                                                 Based on 20 Passengers May 2019 Sunday 05                           Queenstown/Melbourne            Air New Zealand              NZ:865 Depart  Queenstown                                                                     3.45pm Aircraft:Airbus A320-100/200 Flying Time:3hrs 35 mins Meal Service:Food to purchase Arrive    Melbourne                                                                         5.20pm Sunday 05                           Transfer Airport to Causeway 353 Hotel…

January 2018 Newsletter

Seasons greetings, salutations and all that stuff. I hope you have been able to keep cool and the garden watered! The Cavalcade to Owaka is shaping up to be another grand affair! Entries are slightly up on last year at the same time so thanks very much if you’ve already put your entry in. If…

2018 Cycling on the Cavalcade

CYCLING THE CATLINS, CAVALCADE STYLE For the first time ever, cyclists are invited to join over 500 horses, heavy wagons and tramping kiwis in the annual Goldfields Cavalcade to Owaka. Click here to enter! Kicking off 2018, Goldfields Cavalcade is adding a 4-day cycling trek to its event, starting at Kaitangata on 27th February and…

Field Weekend to Nokomai

Field weekend to Nokomai 9th and 10th September 2017    Saturday 9th 10am- 10.45am Free     Morning Tea At Garston Hotel – Welcome 10.45am-12pm             Annual General Meeting 12pm   $20       Lunch at the Garston Hotel Afternoon        $5 for the driver if you don’t have your own 4WD. Pile into the 4WDs (Leave 2WDs at the Hotel) and go…