Clouds gather behind the Tussock Creek trail as they cross Redbank Station near Macraes. Photos by Stephen Jaquiery.
The trail drops into a creek on El Dorado Station, inland from Waikouaiti.
Age proves no barrier for 29-year-old mare Penny Royal, from Hororata, who maintains a position up the front of the trail. Rider Sian Lockley-Moore (69), who has owned Penny Royal all her life, said the horse had worked on stations and covered '...
Tsarina Fairhurst and her legally-blind partner Greg Dellow, from Hanmer Springs, are regulars on the trail. Mr Dellow was affected by a hereditary disease called retinitis pigmentosa when he was a teenager. He has about 10% vision in perfect light,...
Les Bayne (Mosgiel) walks alongside the cart as his team pull up a steep hill. Mr Bayne is a veteran of all 22 cavalcades. His wife Chris is trail boss on the Tussock Creek light wagon trail.
Cavalcade regular Luke Swanson, from Gore, gives a wave as he hitches a ride with Doc Wilson.
Hundreds of riders, wagoners and walkers are making their way across the Otago hinterland this week, as part of the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust's cavalcade, which finishes in Ranfurly on Saturday.
Among the nine trails is the Tussock Creek light wagon trail, under long-serving trail boss Chris Bayne, from Mosgiel.
Mrs Bayne has notched up 19 years as trail boss, while her husband Les has taken part in all 22 cavalcades.
This year's light wagon trail, which left the Lawson family's property, Moana, near the top of the Kilmog, on Sunday, has 59 participants, including ''a few newbies'', Mrs Bayne said. Yesterday, the trail headed from El Dorado, inland from Waikouaiti, to Shag Valley Station, on the Pigroot.
