Kelso Stories

My final Kelso post is the stories and photos displayed on the information signs beside the flood monument. The first photo is just a header, the others I’ve saved larger than usual – click on them till you have the full enlargement (usually 2x clicks). Kelso, West Otago, New Zealand – a town abandoned due…

Kelso Flood Monument

Kelso 1865 – 1980. This monument erected on the former site of Wrightson N.M.A. Commemorates the township of Kelso. Finally destroyed by the 1980 flood. [Pomahaka River]. West Otago, New Zealand. Photos taken by Nigel 26 July 2020. Click on any photo to enlarge The highest point of the bars denote the flood levels. Text…

Kelso Dairy Factory

The old dairy factory is the first building that drew my attention to Kelso. It’s further away from the river than the monument and railway goods shed, and close to a route that we’ve sometimes taken when driving. Eye-catching building. This is the third post in my Kelso series. Kelso, West Otago, New Zealand. Photos…

Kelso Railway Goods Shed

Where the town of Kelso was… is now just a long grassy flat with the old railway goods shed still standing in the field. This is my second post about Kelso, a town abandoned due to repeated flooding, with especially big floods occurring in 1978 and 1980.  First post: Kelso – the Town that Was….

Kelso – the Town that Was

I recently posted a photo taken by Nigel of sheep by the Pomahaka River and I received a comment from Steve Schwartzman (Austin, Texas) saying: From Wikipedia I learned the following about the Pomahaka River: “Major flooding of the Pomahaka in 1978 led to the relocation of the town of Kelso and caused damage severe…

Belties

We drove through Kelso this afternoon and in a field by the road was a small herd of one of our favourite bovine breeds – belted galloways or ‘belties’. Being smaller and less likely to scare them, I said to Nigel I’d get out and take photos. Far from me scaring them, they all trooped…