Waihi and more
January 19th 2007 On the 19th we headed to Waihi to check out the gold mine that is still in operation. The Martha Mine produces about 80% of NZ gold. We could walk along the top of the mine and look down into the huge pit that they have dug away. Dave liked the big machinery!
From there we headed to Karangahake Gorge where we did a walk through old gold mining tunnels. The walk we did was called the Windows Wal
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