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= = = = = Places of the Heartland = = Cromwell =

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And that's why Cromwell is my favorite place

My favorite place poem
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Map of New Zealand
Cromwell is located in the lower center of the South Island near Queenstown and Wanaka.

A bit of history on Cromwell
The Cromwell township is situated in Central Otago, just over 30 kilometres from Alexandra. Like many other centres in the region, Cromwell's establishment was brought about by the discovery of gold in 1862, This led to the influx of thousands of gold miners to the area. Twenty kilometres from Cromwell are the Bendigo Goldfields, consisting of 3 deserted mining towns at the site of an alluvial gold mine. Mining in this area began with gold panning in the creeks and moved onto hard-rock mining down deep mine shaft's. Large batteries were constructed to crush the rock and release the gold from within. From the town of Bendigo, a narrow unsealed road winds up into the hills to the deserted gold towns of Logantown and Welshtown.

Cromwell now relies on the pastoral and stone fruit industries for its economic livelihood. At the northern end of the town, the iconic fruit sculpture is a popular stopping point for vistors, who capture photographs of the oversized fruit. During the summer months, there are numerous stalls selling fresh cherries, peaches, apricots, apples and nectarines.

Natural features of Cromwell The hills are one of the natural features of Cromwell. In winter they can be covered in snow, but in summer they will be all dryed brown grass. Some of the hills around Cromwell are called Pisa Mountains and that is all I know of.

Cultural Features of Cromwell Cromwells man made dam is a cultural feature because... Dunstan Dam is the largest concrete gravity dam in New Zealand consisting of one million cubic metres of concrete. Controversy surrounded the building of the dam, which saw a number of orchards and house's removed from the Cromwell Gorge to allow the flooding of the river valley. Dunstan is now used for water sports such as biscuiting, skiing, fishing and just going for rides in boats.