Monday, January 28, 2013

Riccarton House and Bush

We visited the Riccarton House and Bush (forest) tonight. We listened
to a story about how a man and his brother moved from Scotland to
claim land that did not work out for them in Northern New Zealand and
they ended up claiming land in the Christchurch area. One brother soon
died and the second brother built his fortune and ten years later
married his sweetheart in Scotland (a 4 month ride) And brought her to
New Zealand. Eventually they had 36 square miles of property and you
can see from the picture that they built a very large home. We ate a
tasty dinner on the property.

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