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The Buller Gorge is a gorge located in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand. The Buller River flows through the deep canyon between Murchison and Westport. Land Information New Zealand lists two sections for the gorge, Upper Buller Gorge and Lower Buller Gorge. [1] [2] State Highway 6 runs alongside, but considerably
The Buller River (Māori: Kawatiri) is a river in the South Island of New Zealand. [1] The Buller has the highest flow of any river in the country during floods, [2] though it is only the 13th longest river; it runs for 177 km (110 mi) from Lake Rotoiti through the Buller Gorge and into the Tasman Sea near the town of Westport. [3]
Buller Gorge Coal Company's mine opened about 1942 and, in 1949, 3 miners produced 2,978 tons of brown coal. [236] From 25 July 1942 it had a private siding 15 ch (300 m) from Rahui station, [54] as did the sawmill. [237] Nelson Creek Sawmilling Company's mill burnt down in 1948, [238] but had been rebuilt by 1953. [239]
Te Kuha is a small village located to the east of Westport in the Buller District of the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island.It is located at the western end of the Lower Buller Gorge, with the Buller River flowing through the village.
Swing bridge by Siberia Campsite. The track is in Kahurangi National Park, a protected area in the north-west of the South Island of New Zealand. [25] The route traverses the southern end of the Kahurangi National Park from the historic Wangapeka goldfields area west of Tapawera, to the coastal plains of the West Coast at Little Wanganui. It is ...
Here’s what to know about the Socastee Swing Bridge. 1. It’s closing in on its 100th birthday. Built in 1935 as a link between Conway and Myrtle Beach over the Intracoastal Waterway, the ...
Lyell is the site of a historic gold mining town in the Buller Gorge in the South Island of New Zealand. It lies on State Highway 6 , 18 km (11 mi) northeast of Inangahua . Lyell was named by the geologist Julius von Haast after the British geologist Charles Lyell , a friend of Sir George Grey , whose writings had influenced Charles Darwin .
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