HistoryHidden gem
Lyell Walkway
Murchison, West Coast
Goldfield ghost-town walk to a cemetery and the first gold strike site.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
From the Lyell campsite beside SH6, a track passes the site of the old Catholic church, climbs through beech forest to a goldfield cemetery, then continues to Maori Bar where gold was first found in 1862. The Old Ghost Road junction and Croesus Battery are further on. Panels along the way fill in the history.
Good to know
- Stay on the main track, mine shafts are hidden in the undergrowth
- Leave artefacts where you find them
- Best time
- Dry day
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Campsite car park on SH6, 35 km south of Murchison
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
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