Take a trip down memory lane with this ramble around the Clyde township. Originally called ‘The Dunstan’, this Central Otago goldfields town was the hub of mining activity in the 1860’s and retains its solid charm from those arduous days of the past. After Hartley and Reilly made their discovery of gold on the river in 1862, thousands of miners rushed to claim the riches of the ground. ‘The Dunstan’ started as a tent village beside the river and evolved into a substantial settlement before the gold ran out.

It officially became ‘Clyde’ in 1865 but the original name is still sometimes used to refer to the area.