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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 6 (October 1, 1928)

Back to the Golden Coast

Back to the Golden Coast.

After reporting his discovery and giving in his data for the information of the Survey Office in Christchurch, Arthur Dobson returned to the West Coast to continue his survey of the district from the Grey River southward. He engaged a party of men, all sailors —they intended to go gold-digging when the survey job was finished—and went up the Hurunui Valley and over the pass at its head. When he reached the Taramakau River he made a further exploration and fixed various positions, and he discovered that the river down which he and Goldney had come from the saddle was the Otira, and that it joined the Taramakau.

Looking Down Otira Gorge.

Looking Down Otira Gorge.

Mt. Rolleston, rising to a height of more than 7,000 feet, was the most conspicuous object in the landscape. He was able to identify it was the landmark peak which the Maoris at the Arahura called Tara-a-Tama, or Te Ra Tama. A splendid sight it was from that placid lake of the woods—Lake Brunner—out of which the Arnold River flows into the Grey.