Some years ago, the print record says 1993, I went for an early winter morning walk to take some pictures from the Anatoki track. Our dog Snip was coming along. At the bottom of the saddle was Amber. This was a back lit scene also. Snip was eyeing Amber and Amber was eyeing me. Snip is behaving herself. After all, a horse is bigger then a cow and this one was free as well, not behind a fence or tied up. Therefore not to be barked or snapped at.

South-west quadrant from our gate showing saddle and track.

 These tracks were put in for gold miners about 150 years ago. The Anatoki track is benched and graded to enable supply trains of mules to penetrate deep into the interior of the forest. A mini gold rush developed with a camp at Forks hut about 5 to 7 hours walk from us. Our place too, was a gold mining camp. In the walnut paddock was a hotel for them. Nothing remains of their presence, except the walnut trees, drifts of daffodils and tailings. The latter are heaps of rocks shifted by hand to divert the river. The sand between the stones can then be riffled and the gold panned out.

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