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Orleans Hotel, where a cold beer and delicious meal can be found despite being delivered by a backpacker with an accent nothing like that of a local New Zealander.
Put aside the tourism traps, the caches of cheap fluffy toys, or a chance to pan for gold in a steel trough, and you’ ll find treasures from the past that tell a story of hardships and lost fortunes.
Beyond the colonial European and American styled constructions lies a history of the Chinese. Arriving in the 1870s, mostly from the central Victorian goldfields of
history amongst Autumnal tones, Arrowtown is a favourite amongst those exploring New Zealand
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