I’m looking for a guide to help two of us for a couple of days. Panning in a river would be good, not the commercial tour type thing. Doesn’t matter what island (in NZ) you are in, we’ll fly to you
Totally brand new and it is a once off thing
It’s not for a little while but want to test the waters now
Every chance they will get a bit of fine gold there too, which stands to reason with the past hard rock mining that was done there. There is a creek there called Gold Creek. Guess it got its name for a reason. There are/were? Horchester frogs in that creek, & so most likely in the area. As small as your thumb nail. I have seen them.
I don’t know how he would have got permission from DOC or Environment Waikato for that kind of activity. Especially if it is a commercial type “Gold Panning Tours” operation. It is as far as I know a forbidden activity in their eyes. Something one needs to do with stealth & cunning & flying under the radar. Not advertising on Facebook I would have thought. Be interesting to see what happens . How long has this been going on for? I don’t do Facebook.