The golden Central Otago landscape, like that depicted in artist Sir Grahame Sydney’s work 'Summer, Falls Dam village', needs protecting so all may enjoy it. In particular, the ramifications of inevitable pollution will contribute indirectly and cumulatively to our future appreciation of the uniqueness of the present Central Otago landscape. In the introduction to Grahame Sydney’s Central Otago, 2011, he writes that the natural landscape of Central Otago "is so recognisably different ... Many of his images are not only of natural landscapes but of lonely relics of pioneering days, situated in iconic, remote natural landscapes. How then can both conservative and progressive appreciations of this region dialogue about the future of Central Otago’s natural landscape?

Source: Otago Daily Times February 01, 2026 16:15 UTC