Denniston Mining area

January 2 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

A town of extremes, workers mined the highest quality coal, but families suffered the lowest living conditions.
Sitting at 518 meters above the Tasman Sea, Denniston originally had one access: an incredibly steep 1670 meter long incline railway that was once described as the eighth wonder of the world.Read more