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Waihi beach
Why people visit waihi beach:
Surfing,fishing,eating,day trips,activities,walks and cycling
Waihi beach history
Waihi beach means the rising water and the stream flowing through the camp ground.
In waihi there is a big giant mining hole where they get gold from. In 1878 is when they discovered the gold. Then William Nicholl took it over and dig the big hole which is 20,000m2. In 1882 the started to dig. The amount of people that help was 3 times the population of hamilton! They found 1,193,180kg of gold in the hole wow! The hole take 1 hour to walk around.
The Rail Tunnel Loop walk
This is a walk where you go over long long long bridges and a very long old train tunnel that you walk through. But luckily there is no trains going through it now. I would recommend going on a sunny day not a rainy day!
