Kia Ora and hullo ... from the South Island, as far down as Arrowtown, in Central Otago, nestled in the hills near picturesque Lake Hayes, which in turn is a bit north of the freezing cold deep-bottomed Lake Whakatipu. Yes, the Cooper’s Terrace Project has begun in earnest. I am here in Arrowtown, staying on a lovely property curtesy of one of the generous locals who believes in this cause I have started. - to save and hopefully restore to their former glory, the ruins of a forgotten early European gold-mining settlement beside the Arrow river, on a terrace of land named after Samuel Cooper, one of its founders. I have been here 2 weeks now and have lots to report. And I will tomorrow. This is just to warm my feet, to get familiar with the blogging thing, to check that I can add photos without mucking it up. (a real possibility). So I can then start sharing my progress from this beautiful part of the world, giving anyone interested enough to read this out there a little taste of what it is like to go on a true adventure, be an explorer, battle nature and uncover history and its stories at the same time. Hang on for a fun ride . . . . . . . . edit.
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Jan MorrisonProject Manager of an archeological dig of a 1800s European mining settlement near Arrowtown, Central Otago. Archives
April 2021
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