15th January 2009
Just south of Swansea, we came across two strange bridges, the first named the Three-arched Bridge at Mayfield Bay. This was a tiny one built to allow a track to pass over the Old Man Creek to the sea.
The second was the Spiky Bridge, built for the “free” settlers to enjoy a more comfortable journey along the coach road, which was very bumpy and crossed several large gullies. Agreement to built it was only given after the governor was given a lift home by one of the inhabitants, who deliberately drove over the worst of the gullies in the coach at great speed and shook the governor up something shocking!
The link? They were both built by convicts.
Jean
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