Gabriels Gully Historic Reserve
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Gabriels Gully Historic Reserve
Stand on the spot where gold rush history was made in New Zealand!
Gabriel’s Gully lies 3km from the township of Lawrence, 92km south-west of Dunedin on State Highway 8.
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DOC OtagoCentral government organisation |
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South Island ▷ Central Otago ▷ Lawrence |
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Reviews
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4.5/5
This spot is beautiful.
The road is not close. You should use this location: greys dam pic nick area
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5.0/5
One of our favourite places for a quick weekend getaway.
An hour from Dunedin. Loads of space, beautiful scenery, quiet! Good bush walk. Some sandflies.
People arrive late.
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5.0/5
Very good spot!
Have a beautiful lake and a few picnic tables. You can also find a walking track close to this camping site. Highly recommend!
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4.5/5
Beautiful place here.
Quite scenic. Definitely worth driving down past the car-park to the pond although only a few level sites for campervans. Heaps of birds, rabbits, flax in bloom. We didn't go on the walk as it was raining while we were there and it looked quite slippery. Only one other campervan there so very peaceful. A couple of picnic tables. No toilets.
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4.0/5
Follow the road right of the car park and it will take you around to a lovely spot next to a sweet little lake/pond.
Beautiful views of the trees reflected in the water.
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4.5/5
Beautiful spot in the nature!
no toilet but you're suppose to have a selfcontained vehicle anyway to stay there overnight. 9 out of 10 because there are no toilets ;-)
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5.0/5
Brilliant little spot!!
Very peaceful beside the wee pond and nice walking along the tracks. We stayed here one night in our campervan as a fill in on our way to Alex and glad we did :)
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5.0/5
This is a lovely spot.
It’s well worth going past the car park, over a bumpy track to get to the secluded lake. The walk up to the dam is also worth doing but it is quite steep and muddy/slippery when we went. A&E
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5.0/5
Great area.
Loved it - quiet and not too many vans and this was Xmas/new year !!!
Allow 2.5/3 hours for the walk up to the old dam and back . A great walk in natural bush most of the way In patches a little steep but worth it It has signs saying the walk is closed but no real reason for this !!!
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4.5/5
Easy to find and as the others point out, camp by the small lake is superb!
We were the only ones camped that night, felt very safe. Bird life is great, green, lake when still has some great mirror images. While we were there a short sun shower passed resulting in a mini rainbow right over the lake, unforgettable! Would stay again!
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4.5/5
This spot is beautiful.
The road is not close. You should use this location: greys dam pic nick area
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5.0/5
One of our favourite places for a quick weekend getaway.
An hour from Dunedin. Loads of space, beautiful scenery, quiet! Good bush walk. Some sandflies.
People arrive late.
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5.0/5
Very good spot!
Have a beautiful lake and a few picnic tables. You can also find a walking track close to this camping site. Highly recommend!
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4.5/5
Beautiful place here.
Quite scenic. Definitely worth driving down past the car-park to the pond although only a few level sites for campervans. Heaps of birds, rabbits, flax in bloom. We didn't go on the walk as it was raining while we were there and it looked quite slippery. Only one other campervan there so very peaceful. A couple of picnic tables. No toilets.
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4.0/5
Follow the road right of the car park and it will take you around to a lovely spot next to a sweet little lake/pond.
Beautiful views of the trees reflected in the water.
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4.5/5
Beautiful spot in the nature!
no toilet but you're suppose to have a selfcontained vehicle anyway to stay there overnight. 9 out of 10 because there are no toilets ;-)
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5.0/5
Brilliant little spot!!
Very peaceful beside the wee pond and nice walking along the tracks. We stayed here one night in our campervan as a fill in on our way to Alex and glad we did :)
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5.0/5
This is a lovely spot.
It’s well worth going past the car park, over a bumpy track to get to the secluded lake. The walk up to the dam is also worth doing but it is quite steep and muddy/slippery when we went. A&E
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5.0/5
Great area.
Loved it - quiet and not too many vans and this was Xmas/new year !!!
Allow 2.5/3 hours for the walk up to the old dam and back . A great walk in natural bush most of the way In patches a little steep but worth it It has signs saying the walk is closed but no real reason for this !!!
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4.5/5
Easy to find and as the others point out, camp by the small lake is superb!
We were the only ones camped that night, felt very safe. Bird life is great, green, lake when still has some great mirror images. While we were there a short sun shower passed resulting in a mini rainbow right over the lake, unforgettable! Would stay again!
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4.0/5
We stayed here in September, lovely quiet spot.
Keep going beyond the initial car park to reach the small lake area at the bottom of the track. Nice walks to explore the old gold mining area. The walk down by the lake is closed unfortunately.
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5.0/5
Great place to stay peaceful area stunning walking tracks Excellent for self containment vehicles only stayed 4 days We'll return again one day
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4.5/5
Keep going past the first area as mentioned and you get to a beautiful site next to a lake, so peaceful & we were the only ones there.
No facilities but if you are self contained this shouldn’t matter.
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5.0/5
Beautiful, quiet, peaceful picnic area beside a small lake.
Just two campervans when we were there so plenty of space. Keep going past the car park to the the picnic area. No facilities. Nearby historic Lawrence has toilets.
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4.5/5
Wonderful place to stay a night or two.
We had lots of fun walking the 1 hour trail next to the campground. We didn't have any problems with sandflies (mid May) and enjoyed the ambience of the forests.
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4.5/5
A lovely peaceful place to camp.
The views were lovely next to the lake. Nice spot just out of town. Handy for us on the way between Dunedin and Cromwell.
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5.0/5
This place was lovely for freedom camping!
We were the only ones there and it was so peaceful because it was 3 kms off the main road! The picnic area on the pond was our place of choice and the only person we saw was a lovely local lady who was walking her dog! She amused the kids for half an hour by letting them throw sticks into the pond for the dog to leap in and retrieve! Fantastic!
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3.5/5
There are two areas to park here for selfcontained vehicles.At the end of Lawrence you will see a bridge going to the Goldfields park.A few Km down the road is the reserve.Two parking areas one by the
lake and another at the carpark.Extensive walks and information there.Suggest insect repellant at times.
