Day 521 (31.08.08) Leaving Greymouth we were once again on the road south. Mum and Dad had spotted a reconstructed gold rush town and fancied popping in for a poke around. Not thinking we would get anything else out of it than we had previously gained from our previous visit to Sovereign Hill (another very similar spot in Ballarat, Aus) we decided to go for a little jaunt of our own. Looking at the map we spotted a lake not too far away that we would aim for. After a little while the adventure started - the tarmac road ended and the unsealed road began. At first the road was great, nice and firm, not many rocks and very flat - with great scenery flying by life was great. Gradually as we continued on, more and
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