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Safety is so important. Don't wreck a good holiday for yourself or others by being foolish.

Emergency.....
Know who to call...quickly

So many people experience snow and ice for the first time when on holiday. Learn before you travel.

ONE drowning is too many. Before you enter the water, know what you are doing. Think and be safe.

Gabriel Read discovered gold in a creek bed while working with a tin dish, butcher’s knife and spade.

This is a short, easy trail through regenerating native bush beside the ancient, petrified forest.

Nice easy 10 minute walk that takes you back 180 million years. Look for Hectors Dolphins and seals.

Amazing how the two men can spend so much time just for the pleasure of strangers.Read their story.

Castle Hill’s unique limestone rocks look like castle ruins. Kura Tawhiti offers world-class bouldering.

Just out of Milton is the Old Sod Cottage. Easy to see on side of road.

Millers Flat present a working bakery of yesteryear. Not something you will see and experience often.

Mitchells Cottage is one of the best surviving examples of the stonemason's craft in New Zealand.