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Roxburgh is a small town of about 750 people on the banks of the Clutha River, in the Teviat Valley, 40 km south of Alexandra, in Central Otago, 155 km east of Dunedin. Roxburgh was an important centre during the Central Otago goldrush of the 1860s, recently Roxburgh has relied on a mixture of livestock and stone fruit production for its economic survival. It is one of the New Zealand’s most important apple growing regions, and other fruit such as plums, cherries and apricots are grown locally.
The Roxburgh Dam, commissioned in 1956, Five km to the north of the town is the first of the major hydro electric dams built on the Clutha River.
Learn the story of the miners Lonely Graves at Millers Flat, where there is also an old suspension bridge, and the stone ruins of a Teviot woolshed. In Roxburgh some mud brick and stone buildings are still in use and the gorge has many preserved Chinese rock shelters.
Taste summer fruits of cherries, apricots, plums, nectarines, peaches, pears, berries and apples at roadside orchard stalls, also laden with preserves, juices and fresh vegetables.
Fish for salmon in the Clutha, and trout in the hydro lakes. Enjoy water sports on Lake Roxburgh. Walk the Town River Walkways the Old Bullock Trail and others, or four wheel drive, mountain bike or trek into the hills.
Roxburgh's accommodation has a wonderful experience to offer all travellers, from heritage homes to modern hotels and motels, homely farmstays and a camping ground accommodation, you will enjoy quality hospitality, without having to break the bank. |
Marlborough 
Otago 
