What to See & Do

 To Do
Walking Hiking & Biking
Fishing
Golf
Bird watching
Hunting
Jet Boating

To See

Gabriels Gully
Tuapeka Goldfields Museum
Lawrence Waitahuna Heritage Trails
Cemetery
Chinese Camp
Weatherstons Brewery & Daffodils (in Spring)
A Number of Attractive Gardens
Tuapeka Vintage Club (Open Sundays)

Attractions

Information Centre
Open daily. Enquire about what you can do, where you can go and walks you can do when you visit Lawrence. Genealogy assistance.
General information.

Tuapeka Goldfields Museum
Take time to visit the Museum via the Information Centre. Enjoy the displays depicting the life of the early settlers.

Beaumont Jets
15 minutes from Lawrence on State Highway 8, the main route from Dunedin to Central Otago.
Phone: 03 485 9455 E-mail: beaumontjet@ispnz.co.nz

Gabriels Gully
Site of the first major goldrush in NZ
4.5km from Lawrence

Anthem House, 17 Lancaster Street
The house where JJ Wood lived, who composed the New Zealand National Anthem.

Cemetery
Dating from 1864, is notable for its elaborate Victorian ironwork, beautiful Celtic crosses and the Chinese section. Buried here too, along with many illustrious pioneers, is John J. Woods, the composer of the New Zealand National Anthem. Records available at the Information Centre.

Chinese Camp
Situated on SH8, 2km from the township. A protected archaeological site with plans for extensive development.

Domain
The Cairn was erected to commemorate the discovery of gold in Gabriels Gully in 1862 by Gabriel Read.

Tuapeka Vintage Club
Display in building just over the bridge going into Gabriels Gully. If locked please contact:
Rodger Anderson 03 485 9652

Harts Daffodils @ Weatherstons
25 acres of daffodils 
Kim "Dusty" Murtagh
Ph: 03 485 9968  Email: blackhorsebrewery@xtra.co.nz



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Gardens

Lawrence Domain
Lawrence's leafy backdrop! Planted by schoolchildren at the beginning of last century, with hundreds of saplings shipped from Wellington. Hike the Domaine Trail, visit the Gabriel's Gully Jubilee monument. Contact the Information Centre, in Ross Pl. for advice on other hiking trails nearby.


The Peace Garden Corner of Peel St.and State Highway 8
Tranquil reminder of World War I, featuring trees and shrubs planted in memory of fallen soldiers. The elegant colonnaded cenotaph is flood lit at night. Park benches and children's play equipment invite you to linger awhile.


The Ark State Highway 8, Lawrence telephone 034859328
Florists own garden, with carefully selected plants displayed in a charming cottage setting. Perennials propagated from those featured in the garden, also on sale. Open year-round, gold coin admission.


Bellview Gardens Gabriel's Gully Road, Lawrence 034859149
Lush native plantings surround a series of trout ponds in this large garden enhanced by dry stone walls and goldrush era artifacts. Bellevue attracts a wide variety of bird life. The graceful snowy Kotuku is a regular visitor, as are many species of waterfowl.Bellbirds and Tuis vie for the nectar from flax flowers. Set on the edge of the garden, a tiny heritage cottage, charmingly furnished as it may have been in the 1880s, completes the attractions.


Weatherstons Harts Daffodils "Dusty" Kim Murtagh Ph: 03 485 9968
Planted in 1895 by the Hart family of the nearby Black Horse Brewery, daffodils carpet the 10 acre site with a profusion of creams and golds each spring.


Lawrence Health Centre Garden.
Created by Lawrence Community in conjunction with television personality Maggie Barry, the delightful hospital garden was completed in only 24 hours!