Hello, on day 19 we visited two cities that are in the areas of Otago.
Cromwell: "The town had its beginnings in 1862 when two bearded miners, Horatio Hartley, an American, and Christopher Reilly, an Irishman, deposited in Dunedin eighty-seven pound weight of gold that they had recovered from a spot about a mile below the junction of the Kawarau and Clutha Rivers. The strike earned the two men a reward of 2,000 pounds for the discovery of a new goldfield and it precipitated a gold rush that threatened to denude Dunedin of its male population The rush opened up a wild and inhospitable area of the South Island. Freezing cold in winter and mercilessly hot in summer, there were no roads or bridges, no timber or fuel. The track through the Cromwell Gorge led through deep gullies and ravines and skirted precipitous cliffs but the miners came in their thousands. It was a rich field and the first gold dispatched to Dunedin under the escort of Sergeant-Major Bracken and three troopers was a highly satisfactory 6,031 ounces."
Read more on: http://www.cromwell.org.nz/history.html
City logo ๐
There are huge vineyards in the city ๐๐๐
Map of the old city ๐บ๏ธ
Old buildings from the time of the gold rush ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ
Alexandra
The town was founded during the Central Otago goldrush in the 1860s, and was named after Alexandra of Denmark by John Aitken Connell who surveyed the town.
Many orchards were destroyed in the 1980s as a result of construction, 10 km upriver, of the Clyde High Dam, which is the country's third largest hydroelectric power station.
Historic bridge
Clock in the rock :)
See you on day 20 โ
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Following you for more NZ scenery!! :)
Cheers,
Adrian
Amazing photographs @dominik.homa :O)
Great picture of the cities at atago
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May I ask what camera do you use? Thanks! ๐