ROUTE FROM VICTORIA TO THE LAKE GOLDFIELDS.
(From tbe Wakatip Mati..) The shortest route Is via Invercargill, which is at lettst one day nearer Victoria Hum Dunedin. The steamers Gothenburg and Edina call regularly at Inrercargill, and the Aldinga and Omeo at the Bluff, which ,s distant from town 20 miles. From Invercargill the North Boad is followed, beginning at Dee-street. About four and a half miles jtom town tke road ftirns to the left, and thence to Winton Bash the dray track shoul d be kept, then the Survey Lhie lo the River Oreti, and jrom thence the drag track should be kept to thejoot ofthe Lake If the Oreti is high the east bank can be kept all the way. There A? a track leadinn back from the accommodation house on Roger's station, which saves fording twice. By this route the distance is only 92 miles from Invercargill, the road perfectly lend, and there are accommodation houses all the way. Fro?n Dunedin via Kingston, (foot ofthe Lake) the distance is 220 miles ; *via the Dtfa*fes4 150 miles. This latter road is mountainous to a degree.
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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 105, 23 October 1863, Page 4
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187ROUTE FROM VICTORIA TO THE LAKE GOLDFIELDS. Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 105, 23 October 1863, Page 4
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