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A 2 hour loop walk and mountain bike through the Bannockburn Sluicings. View the historic relics that lie amongst the spectacular cliffs and pinnacles that have been sculpted by hydraulic mining. Category: Walking track ; Mountain biking - Intermediate
Enjoy one of the walks around historic, man-made Blue Lake in St Bathans and view sluicings and gold mining relics. Category: Short walk ; Tramping track Completion Time: 30 min
This signposted walk in Bendigo Conservation Area takes you down to the mine entrances and the recently restored stamper battery. Category: Walking track Distance: 2 km Completion Time: 15 min return
These tailings are nationally significant as the only complete record of dredging activity from 1863 to 1963. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 2 - 3 hr
Kānuka Loop Track is the only DOC managed bush walk in Central Otago. Category: Tramping track Distance: 10 km Completion Time: 5 hr
This historic trail follows an old bridle path that transported coal to the gold mining dredges 1890s-1930s. Category: Walking track ; Tramping track ; Mountain biking - Intermediate Distance: 10 km Completion Time: 7 hr return Alert: Intermittent track closures due to blasting
New Zealand's original great ride. The Otago Central Rail Trail is one of a network of special cycle trails throughout New Zealand. Walkers, cyclists and horse riders can follow the former Otago Central Branch railway line for 150 kilometres from Middlemarch to Clyde. Category: Walking track ; Mountain biking - Easy
Oteake Conservation Park - Traverse the tops of mountains, has a range of tramping and mountain biking tracks to explore the park. Category: Tramping track ; Mountain biking - Beginner ; Mountain biking - Easy ; Mountain biking - Intermediate ; Mountain biking - Advanced ; Mountain biking - Expert ; Horse riding
Take a short walk or mountain bike ride to Quartz Reef Point, the best preserved example of herring bone tailings in the country. Category: Walking track
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