Ever since the site was vandalised, and my gloves stolen, I’ve been concerned that the lowlifes would come back. So I’ve been returning to the site each evening to do a quick patrol. Last night...? Too late. The big steel toolbox, lent me by a local volunteer, was stolen. It was full of tools bought with donations, mostly from my friends. Including my own tools, some of which are irreplaceable. All gone. Distressing. The police are now onto it. Heritage NZ too.
But I’ve found 3 more huts! I now know the layout of the settlement. So let’s move on and savour that for a day.... or a week.... or, I dunno...... forever...?
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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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