Victoria Battery Ore Kiln Walk
Waihi · Waikato
Route and dog-access details for this walk come from the Department of Conservation, licensed CC BY 4.0.
Good to know
On the lead here. Keep it to two metres or less and watch for ground-nesting birds, as on most NZ tracks.
About Victoria Battery Ore Kiln Walk
Victoria Battery Ore Kiln Walk is a track of 0.2 km, near Waihi in Waikato.
A short self-guided walk around the Victoria Battery historic site at Waikino in the Karangahake Gorge, once New Zealand's largest gold-ore crushing battery (1898-1952). You pass the concrete ore-roasting kilns, cyanide-tank foundations and a site museum in the former powerhouse, with a heritage tramway also on site.
Graded easy, it stays flat overall, and takes about 2m to walk.
Dogs are welcome here on the lead. DOC’s own wording: “No dog-access statement on the DOC page (it is a historic-site page without a standard track facts panel); DOC's GIS classifies it 'Dogs on a leash only'.”.