Kelso -Otago

Today we visited Kelso an old abandoned settlement in Otago half an hour north of Gore. The small township was flooded several times and was eventually abandoned in 1980. There is a monument showing the height of the floods and information about the settlement. We visited the local museum in Tapanui where we were able to find more information about the floods, but also found photographs of Kelso Scotland from the 1940's with some pictures of Lindsay's family.