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A small town with a big sense of community

Gore’s identity rests on the close‑knit relationships that define its streets, cafés and sporting clubs. Visitors quickly notice that locals greet each other by name at the farmers’ market, and the town’s calendar revolves around seasonal events such as the Wool Expo and the annual street art festival. This social fabric means that a spontaneous invitation to a family barbecue or a game of lawn bowls is not unusual – a welcome contrast to the anonymity of larger urban centres. Engaging with these everyday rituals offers a clearer picture of the rhythms that sustain regional life.

Getting around without a car

Although Gore’s layout is modest, the town’s public transport network is surprisingly functional for a settlement of its size. The local bus service links the main street to the surrounding farms and nearby villages on a tidy schedule, and a shared electric scooter scheme operates during the summer months, providing a low‑impact way to explore the riverside promenade. For day trips, a bike‑rental outlet near the railway station offers sturdy mountain bikes suited to the gently undulating terrain, allowing travellers to discover the hidden fern‑lined trails that wind beyond the town limits.

Beyond the centre: subtle landscapes

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A short walk north of the town centre leads to the striking confluence of the Mataura and Ōpihi rivers, where the water‑coloured pools create a natural gallery of reflections. Photographers appreciate the way the light changes across the basalt outcrops at sunrise, while birdwatchers can spot the occasional whio navigating the swift currents. These quiet natural settings contrast with the town’s agricultural backdrop and provide an unhurried perspective on the region’s geological history, often omitted from standard guidebooks.

Places

[edit] Australia[edit] Gore, Queensland Gore Creek (New South Wales) Gore Island (Queensland) Canada[edit] Gore, Nova Scotia, a rural community Gore, Quebec, a township municipality Gore Bay, Ontario, a township on Manitoulin Island United Kingdom[edit] Gore Hundred, a historic subdivision of Middlesex Kensington Gore, a street in Kensington, West London Gore House, on Kensington Gore Gore Water, a tributary of the River Esk, Lothian, which gives its name to Gorebridge United States[edit] Gore, Georgia, an unincorporated community Gore, Missouri, an unincorporated community Gore, Ohio, an unincorporated community Gore, Oklahoma, a town Gore, Virginia, an unincorporated community Gore Canyon, Colorado Gore Creek (Colorado) Gore Mountain (New York) Gore Mountain (Vermont) Gore Range, Colorado Goretown, South Carolina, an unincorporated community Junction City, Kentucky, formerly known as Gore "The Gore", southeast Indiana, a nickname for part of the former Northwest Territory ceded from Ohio to Indiana in 1803, originally Dearborn County Gore Township, Michigan Elsewhere[edit] Gorë, a former municipality in Korçë County, Albania Goré, Chad, a town Roman Catholic Diocese of Goré, Chad Gore District, Upper Canada, an historical district of Upper Canada, now the province of Ontario, Canada Gore District, New Zealand, a district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand Gore, New Zealand, a town Gore, Ethiopia, a town Gore Island (Baja California), Mexico

People

[edit] Gore (given name), including a list of notable people with the given name Gore (surname), including a list of notable people with the surname Al Gore (born 1948), American politician and environmentalist Gore, family name of the Earls of Arran in the Peerage of Ireland Gore baronets, in the Baronetage of Ireland Gregor Gore Verbinski (born 1964), American film director, screenwriter, producer and musician Gore Vidal (1925–2012), American writer Lesley Gore (1946–2015), American singer

Arts, entertainment, and media

[edit] Music[edit] Gore (band), a Dutch rock band formed in 1985 Gore (Deftones album), 2016, or the title track Gore (Lous and the Yakuza album), 2020 "Gore", a song by Trippie Redd from his 2018 album Life's a Trip Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media[edit] General Gore (character), fictional character in the film Friend of the World by Brian Patrick Butler Gore (film), a cancelled biographical film about Gore Vidal Gore: Ultimate Soldier, a 2002 first-person shooter video game The Unseen (novel), a horror-mystery novel by Joseph Citro, also known as The Gore Gore film, a horror genre also known as splatter film Gore, colloquial term for recordings and photographs of graphic violence

Other uses

[edit] Gore (heraldry), a roughly triangular charge upon a shield in a coat of arms Gore (road), a narrow, triangular area of land often found at road merges and diverges Gore (segment), an (often triangular) sector of a curved surface as used to make globes and balloons Gore (surveying), a narrow usually triangular strip of land HMS Gore, a British frigate which served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1946 Striking spear, or The Gore, a wrestling attack move used by Rhyno