A high country walk without the climb; expansive views over the Nevis Valley and Remarkables; visit the Young Australian Mine, water wheel and stamping battery. We drive through Bannockburn, up a gravel road to the top of the Nevis Ridge. The walk follows the track to the mine for lunch. Optional scramble down into the diggings and up past the remains of the stamping battery to join the water race which we follow back to the cars.
Leader: Brian Gilbert
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News of Monday walks of Wanaka Walkers.
Meet on lake front near Show Grounds, McDougall Street, usually at 9:30.
Visitors welcome - bring suitable boots, clothes and lunch.
Name badge order
Name Badges
Name badges (for pinning on your rucksack) can be ordered from Martin Unwin for $2, using the form above.
Notice
Have a look at the Safety and Rules pages (see the links above). In particular respect the rules for DoC protected sites - take only photos - do not pick flowers or move/remove historic artifacts
Meeting point
Google now charges to include a map, and their instructions on getting a free API_KEY are too gobbledegooglish for me to bother. The normal meeting place is the lake front near the showgrounds, Lat:-44.6990, Lng:169.1257.