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NZ Walking Routes > Otago > Alexandra > Blue Lake Walk – St Bathans
Blue Lake Walk – St Bathans
- Location
- Turn off SH85 between Alexandra and Ranfurly to St Bathans. At the town go off the main street to the DOC car park, the track is nearby.
- Description
- The Blue Lake Walk is a two-kilometre loop track that encircles this historic, man-made lake. It provides a great opportunity to walk past old sluicings and the remnants of the goldmining equipment that was used here; machinery that literally converted Kildare Hill into a lake. It's also an opportunity to experience the conditions that the miners had to work in: searing hot summers and freezing cold winters. Please protect yourself accordingly.
- Duration
- 0.3 hours
- Level
- Easy
- Amenities
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- Carpark
- Historical
- Source
- www.doc.govt.nz
- Discussion
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