Monday, October 1, 2007

Visiting Paeroa

We spent another weekend with Harley & Lilian and the dogs, this time at their own bach in Paeroa. It’s not at a beach but in a typical small NZ town. We visited the farmers market on Saturday morning, and then went on a long walk along the peaceful Karangahake Gorge. Barry is walking Bessie across one of the pedestrian bridges to start the walk.

Coromandel’s first gold rush started in Paeroa in 1875. On Sunday morning we went on another long walk in the Gorge, this time along the former rail line that once served the gold mines. We saw many ruins of the old gold mining buildings.

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