The Young Visitor Information Centre has installed a new touch screen iPad for locals and visitors to access the new Gold Trails website, showcasing the region’s history and historic attractions.
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The Information Centre is part of a network of 22 access points installed in visitor centres and other tourist attractions throughout the gold mining regions of central and southern NSW as well as Canberra. The first four trial units were installed at Young, Harden, Temora and Yass in March.
The Gold Trails are a regional tourism initiative to highlight the rich history of the state, based on gold mining as well as the colourful history of bushranging.
In Young you can visit Blackguard Gully a former mining site, rich in the history of the infamous Lambing Flat Riots of 1861. You can also visit the Chinese Tribute Gardens and family picnic area at Chinaman’s Dam and the Lambing Flat Folk Museum for a walk back in time, view the historic “Roll Up Banner”.
The Gold Trails project is managed by a regional forum representing 17 local government areas, and received support from the NSW Government and its tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW, through the 2011/12 Regional Tourism Product Development Program.
Destination NSW CEO Sandra Chipchase said, Destination NSW had supported the initiative through the Product Development Program.
“I am delighted to see the installation of innovative new iPad kiosks which have been designed to help families and visitors exploring the fascinating history of the Gold Trails in NSW,” she said.
Gold Trails president, Brad Thorsby, said the touch screen was easy to use and provided information about what to see and what to do in the Young Shire and 17 other local government areas.
“We expect that with this knowledge of our gold field’s history, visitors will be able to imagine what it was like living in those times, and how the gold fields fundamentally altered the development of the region,” Mr Thorsby said.
The Gold Trails website www.goldtrails.com.au can be accessed on home computers, tablets and mobile phones. It gives information about the history of gold mining, regional attractions, activities and events, as well as links to the region’s tourism websites and maps.
By using the website, visitors can plan an itinerary, check out local events Lambing Flat Festival and the National Cherry Festival and find where to eat and stay.
Contemporary accounts of the gold mining story in central and southwest NSW from 1851 into the 20th century are posted on the website, together with evocative images. The chronology, drawn from newspaper articles and NSW Department of Mines reports, captures an extraordinary history of mining and bushranging.
For further information contact Young Shire Tourism Officer Maree Lamb at @visityoung.com.au
