Arrowtown is spectacular in any season, but spring is something special. As winter gently fades, the snow lingers on the mountains as a flush of new green leaves appears on the trees, the fruit trees blossom, and daffodils and tulips poke their heads up to emerge from hibernation.
A wander along the residential streets will reveal that Arrowtown has plenty of passionate gardeners. Each year the Arrowtown Horticultural Society puts on the Spring Flower Show, held on a day late in October. Proceeds from this traditional show go to a community project. Past funds raised helped establish the planter plots on in Arrowtown's main street.
Springtime is also a great time to shed the winter blues with an adventure in the outdoors. With daylight hours getting longer you can ski in the morning, mountainbike after lunch and go for a hike in the early evening – if you’ve got the energy! If you prefer your activities on the sedate side, you’ll find Arrowtown’s outstanding shops, cafés and restaurants, spas and galleries will be quieter than they are in high summer.
What a great time of year to visit!
There has been a fire station on the current site since 1890. The hand drawn hose reel was used until the 1940’s.
The discoverer of gold in the Arrow river was a shepherd named Jack Tewa or Maori Jack. He also won the Royal Humane medal for saving a man from drowning in Lake Wakatipu.
Arrowtown was originally known as Fox’s. named after William Fox an early gold discoverer. Then it was known as The Arrow and later Arrowtown.
There are two theories as to why the town is named Arrowtown. One is that the river behind the town flows swiftly like an arrow.
Arrowtown is one of the fastest growing towns in New Zealand:
1948---------120 people
1989------850 people
2015----2600 people
2021-----3900 people
The first jail in Arrowtown was simply a log. You were chained up to it. The later stone jail still exists and is in Cardigan Street. It is New Zealand’s 4th oldest jail.
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