I had heard of an old saw mill that was built up on a stream sometime back in the 30’s or 40’s, not far from my house. I decided to take the camera and the dog and check it out.
I followed a trail for about 1.5km where it ends at a hot spring. From the hot springs I was told to just follow the stream and I can’t miss it. Well after about another 1.5km I almost missed it. There was not much left of it. I guess it should not surprise me. Time and the jungle are very cruel and have no mercy on man made machines.
The day was beautiful and the scenery was lovely. No one around, just me, the dog and a lot of birds and a babbling stream.
I find it very difficult to photograph the jungle. It is very dense and a lot of green, not to mention the spots of bright sunlight amongst the deep shadows. I took a few shots of the creek just to add a little of the journey to the images of what was left of the mill.
From what I could tell the main structure was a water driven paddle wheel with a fly wheel on the other side. The fly wheel would have had a belt on it that turned another wheel with the saw blade attached. This is a guess of course as nobody around really knows for sure and there was not much else there but a few rusted pieces of metal.
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