The first week of May, we spent a Sunday afternoon with friends, exploring the Moonlight Track in the Paparoa Range. This track is almost directly across the Grey River from our house, but a 30-minute drive because of the location of the bridges. It was a gorgeous, quiet spot to spend a few hours. I quickly found myself alone at the end of the line. I had forgotten to bring my walking shoes, so had to make do with my dress shoes. I enjoyed taking my time and soaking in the quiet of the forest after everyone else ran on ahead.
The views along the Moonlight River were amazing!
After awhile, I caught up with Gayle, Esther and Miss Joy who were sitting on rocks along the river and enjoying the water and the scenery.
We think of Grandma every time we see fungi!
I’m not sure what this was, but it was intriguing.
A couple of us took photos of a friendly bush robin. It actually got as close as about three inches from my feet, but moved so fast that I didn’t get a picture of it there.
I took a few side tracks that looked interesting. One of them came out on this clearing, with a sign that says, ” Moonlight Township 1860.” There was a bustling town here at that time, full of gold miners.
This enormous hole in the ground is at the far side of the town site.
The main track next goes between these piles of rocks. It looks as though the rocks which were dug out in the process of searching for gold were stacked very carefully in various places.
Up a hill on another side track, overlooking the river, I found this roofing iron–all that’s left of a house?
Beside it, Joe and I found this fireplace.
This bit of stone wall was just off to the side.
This pile of stones goes out over the river.
There were a number of caves, where gold was dug out long ago.
Another picture for Grandma–Elijah thinks this may have been slime mold.
I didn’t go as far as the swing bridge. Apparently, it wasn’t too scary!
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