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allikat Says: I loved this old hotel - we sat outside in the bright Otago sunshine with a cold glass of wine enjoying the atmosphere and playing with the friendly hotel dog. Built in 1869, the Vulcan is the only one remaining out of the thirteen hotels that once served the St Bathans gold...
allikat Says: This gorgeous looking lake is found right opposite the Vulcan Hotel, although it is a fair way down to the shore. It was once a hill, but the mine workings have left behind this sparkling lake, made a striking blue colour by the minerals present in the waters and in the...
allikat Says: On the hill between the church and the Vulcan, this lovely old kauri-timbered building is St Bathans historic Post Office (kauri is a native timber which was often used in buildings by the early European settlers). It still runs a postal service, and you can buy postcards...
A nineteenth century prefabricated church!
allikat Says: I thought prefabricated buildings were a modern thing, but the corrugated iron church at St Bathans was prefabricated in England before being shipped out to New Zealand in 1883. St Albans church is sat up on a hill along from the Vulcan hotel in a churchyard where sheep...
allikat Says: St Bathans is hidden off the main road, so you need to know the turn off if you are to find it. Travelling along highway 85, approximately halfway-ish between Ranfurly and Alexandra keep your eyes peeled for Loop Road. This will take you off the main road, into St Bathans,...
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I thought prefabricated buildings were a modern thing, but the corrugated iron church at St Bathans was prefabricated in England before being shipped out to New...
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St Bathans is a tiny cluster of buildings comprising little more than a church, post office and hotel, but back in it's gold mining hey day it was a busy township. There were thirteen hotels here once...
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St Bathans, a town from the past.
Another Otago town which rose from nothing during the gold rush, St Bathans at one time boasted 13 hotels. I've no idea why, but the Vulcan Hotel has survived, it is said to have a resident ghost!! NZ...
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