This pic shows a section of the old miners track that leaves the Big River Road at c. NZTM2000 E1508454 N5328096 and can take you as per Matthews Route Guide description into a headwater tributary of Rainy Creek.

From the Big River Road it starts as a 4x4 track then it becomes a walking track after a fairly short distance. Parts of the track are in good condition such as the section photographed but other bits are covered in windfalls, may have slipped away or have regrowth vegetation on the track. A section through the "new" Souvenir pit, one of OceanaGold's mines is closed & needs to be bypassed to the south then the track picked up again. Due to blasting there is a 300m exclusion zone from the pit perimeter. *see sidebar comments.

Within close proximity to the track that leads from the Big River Road to SH7 where Rainy Creek joins the Inangahua River there is a wealth of history associated with the gold, coal & sawmilling industries. Tracks, tramways, aerial tramways, etc.

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ID 7282 Added 30 August 2011 by glennjglennj. 4 revisions, most recently 1 August 2018 by glennjglennj.

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