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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!…
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…
It’s only taken 6 years (don’t ask), but finally the Come in Time Battery located at the Bendigo end of Thomson Gorge road has its interpretation panels in place. Posts and panels were errected by DOC staff in conjuntion with Mike Floate and Bruce McMillan from our trust who’ve had much input into these signs…
Bruce, Mike and Terry spent a concerted mornings effort on the old arm removing some spurious pipe work. Thanks very much to McIntre Engineering for lending us the generator and big 9′ grinder – it sure made things easier!
Saturday 23rd June Itinerary below. Agenda click here. Registration form Click here. Presidents report click here. Accounts click here. Minutes from 2011 AGM. Nomination forms. 10am Morning Tea at The Old Church – Tea, coffee and scones 10.30am AGM Start 12pm Lunch (Soup and savouries thanks to the Cromwell Girl…
A fun family outing cleaning the dirt and stones off the old Fulton Hogan Dredge elevator arm at ‘Lions’ picnic area Lake Dunstan. The Arm will soon be moved back to it’s original place of work at Bendigo thanks to funding from the Central Lakes Trust and Fulton Hogan. Before it can be transported along…
A good turn out on a classically beautiful Central Otago day for the unveiling of new interpretation boards for the Moa Creek Cemetery. Dr Jim Ng was the honored guest to complete the ceremony. Martin Anderson represented the OGHT who helped build the structure and printed the panels. Jeff Sawers is the third fellow in…
A team of good keen lads from the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust and those with the Nevis celebrations for Gold150 put in some solid work overe the weekend to make sure the new signage was in place for this coming weekends celebrations. Thanks very much to martin Anderson, Bruce McMillan, Sam Graham, Graeme Stewart, John…
Thanks very much to Jan Murphy who sent in these photos to me. If anyone else has photos from the Walking or Riding Trails please send them in. The ODT have a good story about it click here
A good meeting was had in Oamaru in the weekend with the trail bosses and Oamaru Host Town Committee. Things are coming along nicely, we have a fantastic range of walking and horse trails to choose from and Oamaru have some great ideas they want to implement to ensure the final day will be something…
