WALKING TO MACETOWN
Nov 11, 2018
3 minutes
Words Justine Typerman
Photos Justine and Chris Tyerman or as credited.
The walk up the Arrow River to the gold-mining ghost town of Macetown was a much-loved summer pilgrimage in my youth when we had a holiday cottage in Arrowtown.
Macetown was first settled in the early 1860s as a result of the discovery of gold in the Arrow River. At first the rush was for alluvial gold, but later the miners turned their attention to the
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