Scope:
This page of club tramps and hikes in the South Coast via SH1 area groups together trips to the Clarendon area (Milburn) incorporating the Lime Works, Stone Stables, Fort Hill, Whale Fossil Museum / Lookout. (map)
Background Information:
Road distances from Mosgiel carpark.
TRTC Grading Information – trips incorporating these tracks are generally given a TRTC grading of about 2. This is indicative only, as trips can be allocated a higher or lesser grading depending on the route taken. For more detailed analysis refer to Grading Information.
Background History of Stable and Cemetery
Whale Fossil Lookout, Clarendon Cemetery/Lime Springs – General Information
How To Get There:
(1) Proceed south on SH1 past Lake Waihola and turn right onto Phosphate Road. Continue on this road to the intersection of Berwick Road and Driver Road. Turn left and continue to the end for parking.
(2) Proceed south on SH1 past Lake Waihola to Milburn (before Milton) and turn right onto Limeworks Road. Continue over the rail lines and take the first right to the lime works. Can continue to McNeil Road intersection, turn right and proceed to Fort Hill Road (next left) and quarry.
Links to tramps and hikes in this area:
28/01/2026. Whale Fossil Lookout, Clarendon Cemetery/Lime Springs . Grade 3. Hikers. Leaders: Bruce Spittle, Eleanore Ryan.
Clarendon Area, Stone Stables, Lime Works, Whale Museum and Lookout. 2017 – 1991 (16 trips – 3 with reports and photos, 2 with report only, 2 with photos only, 9 with no report or photos)
22 hikers assembled at a car park in Limeworks Road, Milburn on a rather grey morning with a cold head on sou’wester blowing into our faces. After traversing a farm track, we joined the Clutha Gold Trail in Circle Hill Road and began what Jill quite accurately described as a day of quirky bridges and old fossils!