I had also heard about 'The Devils Boots' so of course had to
go there and have a look.
The signpost is on a corner with this old house on the other
corner. Out of curosity I went to have a look. It's another
bit of old history but unlike Langfords Store has not been
maintained. There is a young family living there and trying to
restore and recreats history around them... It's full of yet
more old memorabilia and certainly an
ambitious work in progress...
The only remains of presumably another old house, sitting in
lonely splendour in another paddock.
While we were outside, just enjoying the sun and considering
what life might have been like in the earlier days in this area...
A helicopter with monsoon bucket attached and full of...
Well we don't know what, flew over extremely low and
watered or fertilised this paddock of sweet corn...
A very good pilot, although I think he was showing off a bit,
as he skimmed over the paddock and close by lamp posts...
Then on we went, up yet another dusty gravel road...
And sure enough... The Devils Boots. Takes a bit of imagination
as they are upside down... Old Limestone outcrops...
we wanted to go on to the Aorere Caves but a big notice said they
were closed... Not sure about that as I think it is a DoC maintained area
but I will do that next time...
You made it at last! You did better than I at photographing both boots in the one frame. I seem to remember there were a lot of big old trees around in 1999 and the road was narrow, making it impossible to get both in one shot.
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