Southland
Gore Invercargill
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Tussock Country Music Festival For country musicians
in the most unexpected place. Admission is free.
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and fans of every ilk. From Queen’s Birthday weekend for nine days, over 700 global competitors turn up for the New Zealand Country Music Capital of Gore.
Freeze Ya Bits Off Busking A key event in the Tussock Country Music Festival, buskers compete to win a $3000 grand prize. With mulled wine and food, the atmosphere is electric.
Hokonui Moonshine Museum A trip to the Illicit Past... Gore’s colourful history of illicit whisky distilling and bootlegging is brought to life at the Hokonui Moonshine Museum and boutique moonshine distillery. Due to renovations, we advise you to check the museum is open before you visit.
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Trout Fishing Gore is regarded as the world’s Brown Trout Fishing Capital and with almost 150km of accessible water, Mataura River is considered the holy grail for dry fly angling.
Hokonui Pioneer Village and Museum Tap into Gore’s extensive agricultural history by visiting this replica pioneer village. Incorporating a church, old bank, traditional cottage, school and blacksmith as well as vintage tractors and the adjoining Vintage
TUATAPERE
Croydon Aviation Heritage Centre Located just outside of
Car Club Motor Museum.
Gore Public Gardens Roam around these gorgeous gardens, making full use of the picnic tables and park benches before meandering around the rose garden, aviaries and year-round winter garden.
St James Theatre Built in 1936, the theatre is a perfectly preserved piece of art deco. Don’t miss the theatre’s retro 80s-style snack bar, another nostalgic blast from the past.
Balfour Stop on the way between Gore and Lumsden for a snoop around this classic little town with a tavern, historic sites and lovely old churches.
BOTTOM LEFT: Gore sign ABOVE: Eastern Southland Gallery TOP: Fishing in Gore ALL IMAGES: © Southland Tourism
town, this museum is crammed with New Zealand’s earliest aircraft; book a scenic flight aboard a vintage bi-plane.
Dolamore Park A 95ha forest bursting with native New Zealand birdlife. There are multiple walks and a tranquil campground that come nightfall, twinkles with stars and glowworms. Eastern Southland Art Gallery Nicknamed the ‘Goreggenheim’ and housed inside the 1909 library building, the gallery’s exterior is as striking as the exhibits within. A most dazzling collection of contemporary artworks See Map Section - pages 57 to 63
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