Location: South Island NZ
Nearest Town: Alexandra
Nearest City: Christchurch
Length of Walk: 13.00kms
Time Needed: 3 Hours
Difficulty: Very Easy
Wheelchair Access: No
Route: Round Trip
Wet Feet: No
Toilets: No
Dogs: No
Cellphone: Yes
Date last walked: December, 2014
Track quality:
I cheated and rode my mountain bike just to get around quicker.

Shops/restaurants nearby:
You are only minutes from down town Alexandra

Petrol station:
You are only minutes from down town Alexandra

Hazards:
Just tourists

Transport:
If you give up on the first half, you can hitch a ride back from Clyde

Water:
Nothing along the way but in Clyde you can buy food and water

Camping on track:
No camping on the track

Track highlights:
This walk follows the Clutha River and passes the old Earnscleugh Tailings. Gold was discovered around 1862.

Track History
In 1989 to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the European settlement of Otago. This walk follows the Clutha River and passes the old Earnscleugh Tailings. Gold was discovers around 1862. The best time to mine for the gold was when the Clutha River was at it's lowest which was in the freezing winter time. When the easy gold ran out the miners switch to sluice boxes then on to Spoon dredges then Wheel dredges. In 1920 there were 20 dredges working on the Clutha River between Alexandra and Clyde.