Bannockburn Sluicings

Otago Region · New Zealand

Bannockburn Sluicings, New Zealand
Photo: Tippet, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons

Good to know

Best time to go
March to May
Coordinates
Open in maps

A dramatic hydraulic-sluicing landscape near Cromwell, where miners blasted away hillsides in search of gold. Bare pinnacles, tunnels and tailings form a walkable badlands within Central Otago wine country.

Where next?

The world is wide open.

Sources