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Colls Dam lookout and Nelson Creek tailraces
Ngahere, West Coast
Gold-era tailraces, a 1872 suspension bridge and an outlook above Colls Dam.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 60 min
Off SH7 north of Greymouth, the Nelson Creek walks lead to an outlook above the old Colls Dam and past tailraces and tailings from goldmining. A historic suspension bridge, built in 1872 and rebuilt in 1982, crosses Nelson Creek. There's a picnic and camping area opposite the Nelson Creek Hotel.
Good to know
- Stay on formed tracks, old shafts and tunnels around
- Wasps in summer
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- SH7 to Ngahere, Ngahere-Kopara Road to Nelson Creek
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
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