The Adventures of Mt Eliza

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WEDNESDAY April 18

The Mt Eliza track drops down off Thompsons Track into the Waitekohe Stream, crosses it and sidles above the stream along an old pack track constructed about the turn of the 20th century to service mining activity.  Some gold was discovered in the area and prospectors put several shafts and drives into Mt Eliza (the longest being 187 meters long) but the various mining attempts proved uneconomic.  The track to Mt Eliza leaves the pack track and climbs up to the right.  It passes the sites of several shafts, open cuts and adits (care must be taken). After about another 30 minutes the track climbs further onto Mt Eliza. Your guide is  Keith Pyle.

Duration: 4 hours

Track Grading: 4

Start Time: 8.30am