31 Naseby to St Bathans on a Boom Trike
The final leg of the journey for this one day trip, that started in the morning at Dunedin, and now finishes at St Bathans.
From Ranfurly we detour off the main highway to check out Naseby. Naseby was one home to 4,000 gold miners, but todays resident population is closer to 100. During the heat of the summer, visitors flock to Naseby to enjoy the natural swimming holes, and in winter, visitors come for the curling. Naseby has retained a number of heritage buildings from the gold rush era, giving it a unique charm, and definitely worth the detour.
After Naseby, the main highway takes us past Wedderburn, where the railway storage shed was made famous after a local artist, Grahame Sydney painted it in winter, entitled July in Manioto.
Further down the highway we detour again to Oturehua. Oturehua is 40kms from Alexandra and approximately 10kms from Wedderburn. Originally known as Rough Ridge after the range of hills running northeast, Oturehua translates to ‘the sun God’. Boasting views of Mt Ida and the famous Hawkdun Range, it is a picturesque farming community. Still trading today is Gilchrist's Store with its 1899 interior and original merchandise on the shelves. Of the same era, is The Oturehua Tavern, once known as Rough Ridge Railway Hotel.
Then we are on to St Bathans, via a slight hic up on directions. We had been looking forward to staying overnight in the haunted Vulcan Hotel, and let us just say, the hotel did not disappoint! Delicious meal and after dusk virtually no one around, so we shared the pub with a handful of locals and another motorcycling couple who were touring too. Another highly recommended detour off the main highway, with the Blue Lake cited just below the Vulcan Hotel.
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