Today I visited the Moa Creek Cemetery which unusually is on a mound of earth. That’s because the water table in the area is very high. Miners and locals are buried there, including some Chinese miners whose records could not be located and therefore they couldn’t be repatriated. Their gravestones are there on the lower slope, while the pākehā graves are on the top of the mound. That seems like an indication of how European society viewed the Chinese.

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Here we come! A herd of raucous young cattle approached from far away - to stand and stare at us from the fence - bellowing in unison. The noise was unbelievable. We hastily took our last photos and drove away. #Old #stone #cottage #ruin in a #farm #field, Ida Valley, Central Otago. 07 December.

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#Poolburn Moa Creek Road, and an #old #stone #cottage in a #farm #field, seen from the road. 07 December. #Ida Valley. Central Otago, New Zealand.

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