Morning Gwen > Someone (was it you?) was asking about the squiggly tracks at Terrigal. That was an example I used in an example question about the history of the CC > asked Liz Parkison of Terrigal Net Internet Service who has for a long time > been working on a book about that place. Her reply was: > > "For a number of decades in the 1800's, prior to the Davis family being > here, > Terrigal was in the hands of absent mortagees. Wild cattle roamed > everywhere, and > their tracks became the major roads!" Thats one of the theories. Other is the surveyor didnt leave his office and marked the roads on a map without knowing the topography ( urban myth ?? ) > Anyway looks like I have stirred up the pot abit .......... bye Marg Morters NSW Central Coast Mailing List Gosford, NSW Australia [email protected]