ABOUT TOWN MILLERS FLAT
From the summit of the hill behind my grandparents’ property — a day’s hike for a child — the winding Clutha River looks as pristinely still as a photograph, chilly and fresh amid the midday swelter. It’s a view so beautiful that it remains indelible in my mind’s eye after most else has faded into abstraction.
My grandparents lived in Millers Flat, along the stretch of Highway 8 which takes you from Roxburgh to Cromwell. Spanning the heart of the scenic Teviot Valley and the shores of the Clutha River, it’s an area layered with history stretching back to the gold rush of the 1860s, when the provisional towns of Cromwell, Clyde
