The published coordinates are for the parking area inside the entrance off Main South Road. The gates are open as follows:
Winter hours, April to September are 8 am to 5.30 pm. Summer hours, October to March 7.30am to 7.30 pm
You can download and print off a copy of the cemetery plan at plan
A: James Balfour S 45 53.340 E 170 29.621 Block 3p plot 75
James was a marine Engineer and a cousin of Robert Louis Stevenson. He arrived in Otago in 1863 and was later drowned while landing at Timaru where he went to attend the funeral of a colleague who had also been drowned. He died on A8th Dec 1869.
B: Alexander Ranaldson MacDonell S 45 53.359 E 170 29.571 Block 1P Plot 34.
This magnificent monument to this the 1Bth Chief of Glengarry replaces the original stone which had severely deteriorated over the years, fragments of which, are housed in Toitu Otago Settlers Museum. This monument has been donated by the Clan Donald Societies and Foundations in NZ and US.
C: John Cooper S 45 53.343 E 170 29.659 Block 107 plot 54
John was an old Whaler, and he lived to a remarkable age for the times He was a resident of the Benevolent Institution in Caversham at the time of his death on the 24th Feb 1875. He was aged 11C years of age.
D: Duncan Gordon Boyes S 45 53.323 E 170 29.631 Block 6p plot 24
Duncan was born in 184D,(calculation required) he was one of the earliest and youngest holders of the Victoria Cross. He died at the tender age of 22 years and 2 months of age. He was once buried here with a stone at his head and feet, but in 1954 he was disinterred and reburied in the servicemens section of the Andersons Bay Cemetery.
.E: John Jones S 45 53.340 e 170 29.579 Block 2P plot VLT
.Johnny Jones, as he was affectionately known by many was one of the original European settlers in Otago, having acquired land from Maori at Waikouaiti. He died, on the 16th of March 1869, aged 6E years of age.
F: Thomas Logan S 45 53.327 E 170 29.570 Block 12P Plot 114.
A recent memorial plaque has been added to this grave site of a prominent Gold Miner- he was never a Ships Captain, though. He came to Otago and initially worked on a claim at Big Beach in the Shotover before going to Bendigo and setting up the Cromwell Quartz Mining Company with Goodger and others. He was the leading figure in the Company he had established and was also involved in other companies which sprang up. He sold his shares in 1875 for 15.000 pounds, and ‘embarked on a career of opulence’ in Australia. He returned to Dunedin shortly before his death on 1F -8-1897.
Checksum A+B+C+D+E+F=26
The cache may be found at S 45 53.ABC E 170 29.DEF.