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__ Arrowtown __ =__DESCRIPTIVE WRITING __= = =

====I vividly remember the smell of the freshly made bread as I strolled past the local bakery and the way the bright coloured leaves blended together in the Autumn wind as I played at the park and I clearly remember the laughs and giggles that came from the newly built playground. ====

 Playing on the bike handle swing, attached to the enormous stable tree.
==== As I am getting closer to the swimming spot where the swing lies, I hear the sounds of laughs and splashes as someone jumps of the swing and flies out into the clear blue waters as if the were slung from a slingshot. ====

__History of Arrowtown__
===Two years after the first European settlers established high country farms in the Wakatipu area, gold was discovered in nearby rivers.The find was concealed for a short time, but news soon spread. ===

In 1862 Jack Tewa, a shearer working for William Rees, had found gold in the Arrow River.
===At the height of the gold rush, Arrowtown population including miners camped beside the river, grew to over 7000. The bustling town soon became the hub of a larger community including the new quartz mining towns of Macetown, Skippers and Bullendale (now ghost towns). ===

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__** THIS IS ARROWTOWN IN AUTUMN!! **__

 **__LAKE HAYES!!__**

** You should Discover and Explore Arrowtown sometime cause it is PURE GOLD!! **
 * As It Says it makes Memories for life!! **