Twelve Mile Creek public fossicking area, Queenstown, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago Region, New Zealandi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Twelve Mile Creek public fossicking area | Area |
| Queenstown | - not defined - |
| Queenstown-Lakes District | District |
| Otago Region | Region |
| New Zealand | Country |
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45° 4' 6'' South , 168° 32' 44'' East
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Located 10 kilometres west of Queenstown on the Queenstown-Glenorchy Road. One of seventeen locations on the South Island of New Zealand open to public fossicking for gold. Hand tools only are allowed. Fossicking is allowed from the creek's confluence with Lake Wakatipu up to the Sam Summer Hut.
At the confluence is a one hundred van capacity campsite, which is popular with young overseas tourists, as a cheap alternative to the hotels in Queenstown. (It is also a Lord of the Rings movie location). While they are unlikely to be aware the creek contains gold (not much mind you these days), gold fossicking in the creek may draw a crowd.
A walk trail provides access higher up the creek, and sluicing cliffs can be seen from 1860's operations. Gold is said to be very fine found in clay. The creek has been heavily used. There is also a waterfall, beech and manuka forest,and Sam Summer's Hut to see. This is an old gold miners hut from the 1930's.
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