Saturday 19th March
LAND AHOY! - TALL SHIP IN THE HARBOUR
Step back in time and watch as 'new settlers' sail up the harbour aboard the tall ship Steadfast. View them disembarking into dry land at Birch Street wharf - these '1861 immigrants' will make their way on footstep on cart and on horseback to the centre of the their newly adopted city, Dunedin - gateway to the goldfields, via Thomas Burns and St Andrew Streets, then George Street to the Octagon.
Time: Approximate arrival time 10.00am
Venue: Birch Street Wharf
SHANTYTOWN
Walk through Shantytown in the Upper Octagon and actors from the Globe Theatre will convince you you’ve just travelled in a time machine back to the 1860’s. This makeshift camp of miner’s tents will be jostling with characters of the day; the Minister, the Salvationist, the Doctor, the destitute, the pick-pocket and the ladies of the night. A Chinese dragon will make an entrance while children scamper about.
The hungry huddle around camp fires waiting for billies to boil and damper to cook. Boxing, betting and debauchery will greet the new arrivals from the Steadfast . The constabulary will be there maintaining law and order; merchants will be peddling their wares and at the Assaying Office the scales will be weighing miners’ recent good fortunes.
Approximate Start: 11.00am - 3.00pm
SAIL THE TALL SHIP ‘STEADFAST’
"I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky. All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by".
John Masefield, Poet Laureate
Take a harbour cruise on the tall ship Steadfast. This traditionally built sailing ship has sailed from the French Pass in the Marlborough Sounds for its cameo appearance at ‘Layers of Gold’. The Steadfast is similar to the vessels that worked New Zealand’s coastal waters during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The 22.5 metre sailing cutter has a 5 metre bowsprit and draws 3 metres.
Sailing at 2.00pm and 5.00pm
Duration 90 minutes.
Birch St Wharf
Adult $30/Child under 12 $15
Tickets available from the 9th of February from the Dunedin iSITE Centre, Princes Street, Dunedin. Enquiries phone 03 474 3300.
THE GOLD FEVER TREASURE HUNT TRAIL
Hunt the Otago Museum high and low for glittery gold themed objects to solve clues and correctly reveal the secret, lucrative location of our hardy prospector to receive your reward! Collect your trail at the Search Centre Desk, Otago Museum.
10.00am -5.00pm
Otago Museum
419 Great King St
Enquiries: 03 474 7474
Visit www.otagomuseum.govt.nz
JEWELLER’S WORKSHOP TOUR
Join Dunedin jeweller, Tony Williams, on a tour of his traditional jeweller’s workshop and learn about the art of jewellery making with practices and equipment that date back to the 16th Century.
Tour starts at 2.00pm
Tour Duration: 30mins (Maximum 12)
Bookings essential: 03 474 9256
Carnegie Centre
110 Moray Place
Visit www.twgold.co.nz
AT THE GOLD FACE – MASK MAKING WORKSHOP
Bring the glitz and glamour of gold to your face with a gold mask workshop. Create your own shimmering faces around the theme of gold in Otago and parade at the Big Get Together!
1.00pm-3.00pm
Otago Museum - Atrium Level 1
419 Great King St
Basic Masks – Free!
Deluxe Kit - $3
Enquiries: 03 474 7474
Visit www.otagomuseum.govt.nz
THE FOUNDERS OF WELL KNOWN DUNEDIN INDUSTRIES- NORTHERN CEMETERY TOUR
Many of the founders of Dunedin’s early industries are buried in the Northern Cemetery. Join the Southern Heritage Trust’s guided tour of their graves and hear the stories they tell.
3.00pm-4.15pm
Adult $10 / Child $8
Meet at Sexton’s Cottage, inside the gate of the Dunedin Northern Cemetery, Lovelock Road.
R A LAWSON LECTURE 2011: SCOTTISH COLONIAL VICTORIAN ARCHITECTS AT LARGE
Professor Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Director Elam School of Fine Arts , explores the work of Victorian architects: David Ross, Frederick Burwell and their fellow contemporaries during the golden era of early Otago.
Professor Mane-Wheoki gave the inaugural RA Lawson Lecture and this has been kindly organised by Otago Branch Committee of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
Starts at 5.00pm
FirstChurch
(please note this previously replaces the Burns Hall)
415 Moray Place
SHIN’DIG’ AT THE HAUNTED EMPIRE HOTEL
Dunedin’s oldest public house, the Empire Hotel began life as the Queen’s Arms in 1858. Come and wake up the resident ghost with the help of an Irish band and Irish beat dancers. Sense the spirit of gold diggers who could have alternatively planned, toasted, or lost their fortunes under this roof. Get down to this Irish Shin’dig’ for a high energy night of Irish craic.
7.30pm -11.30pm
Empire Tavern, 396 Princes Street
Adult $25
Tickets available from the 9th of February from the Dunedin iSITE Centre, Princes Street, Dunedin. Enquiries phone 03 474 3300.
GOLD RUSH MINI GOLF
Head to LaserForce for Indoor mini golf with an Otago Gold Rush theme. The 12-hole golf course is fun for all ages and skill levels.
Daily
LaserForce Dunedin
Cnr ANZAC Avenue and Frederick St
Enquiries: 4749179
Adult $5.50 /Concession $5 /Child $4.50/ Family (2 adults & 2 children)$16
