In my madness and desire to research further into a house that i knew existed 10 years ago and you could not find while walking up Anderson's Road - Rawhitiroa Road on Google Maps. I hopped into my car today 10/3/2014 and drove in 23+ degree heat to see what I could find. And pay a visit to the cemetery out that way as well.

After driving past the driveway several times - and just about ready to give up and head for home. Used some kind farmers gateway to do a u-turn and there before my eyes i saw a familiar sight. Easy to miss with the driveway situated right on a corner of a narrow country road. Some 700 meters away from the corner of Rawhitiroa and Anderson's street (heading up Rawhitiroa Road) there is a very long and dusty driveway leading to a cow shed. It is off this driveway that what remains of the homestead is situated.

Thank you family for taking photographs when you did, showing the house in at least a state where it still looked like a home of sorts. I stood with tears streaming down my face (as they are now with writing this) to find that there was not a single piece of the homestead remaining at all. Not even our secret fight of stairs behind the fireplace, for that matter the fireplace has even been totally destroyed, there is the stone pillars that held the porch supports only, they have stood the true test of time! At least there is still some kind of indication to exactly how grand the home was that stood there.