Flaxy Hut
Southland · Nouvelle-Zélande0 mUnguardedVerified listing
The place
Flaxy Hut in the Waikaia Valley, Riversdale/Waikaia area (Southland/Otago, South Island, New Zealand), at 608 m elevation, in the foothills of the Umbrella Mountains. Continuous Otago cluster (batches 181-310). Historic musterers'/goldminers' hut (name "Flaxy", after flax, Phormium tenax harakeke, a Māori plant used for weaving), in a zone of Chionochloa tussock and Discaria toumatou matagouri. Heritage of the Central Otago goldrushes of the 1860s.
Off-season beds
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The setting
Waikaia Riversdale Southland/Otago NZ 608 m Umbrella Mountains, continuous cluster batches 181-310, musterers/goldminers Phormium tenax harakeke Māori weaving, Chionochloa/Discaria toumatou, 1860s goldrushes.
