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Mafeking - Brownings Circuit Walk |
| We made this visit to see the gold monument. My grandfather had donated 1 pound to its building fund. I suppose this was because my grandmother lived there through many of the gold rush years. It was when we were here that we saw the walk and thought we must do it. It is an easy enough walk but there are loads of old mine shafts and high erosion cliffs due to the mining. No problems if you keep to the track. It's a nice place for a picnic. |
| Walk/Location Map |
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| General notice board | Information board on Mafeking gold rush | Gold cairn monument |
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| Gold cairn monument | ||
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| Start of walk just beyond the cairn. | ||
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| Seems there are loads of hazards on this walk | ||
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| An old shaft | Fairly deep, not a good way to finish a walk | |
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| Regeneratred, eroded creek bed | Another danger sign | |
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| Lots of bracken along the track; quite overgrown in places | Old and secured mine shafts everywhere | |
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| Bush recovered from recent fires | ||
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| In winter this bridge is very slippery, it was safer to go around | ||
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| Easy track to follow | Loads of erosion gullies that are now revegetated | |
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| Mine shaft and nearby erosion gully. | ||
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| You always want to look to see how deep they are | ||
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| Epacris, Pink Heath | ||
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| We have gone only 800 m - seemed longer. | Too many holes to look into? | Necessary warnings, quite a drop off. |
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| More dense bracken | ||
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| Down into a erosion area | ||
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| All seems quite natural now | Up the other side. | |
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| Another slippery bridge. Inched our way across this one | ||
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| The car, almost back | ||
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| Gold cairn monument | Car park | |
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| Nice, modern loo! | Good picnic area | Goodbye |