Yes, that's it!! Thank you Rosemary, I knew someone would recall it.
On 29/03/2012 19:35, Rosemary Blemings wrote:
HI Ian,
In the days when we rode over where Dunlop now is and in
relation to the structures for entry to The Pinnacle Nature
Reserve we call them cavaletti.
Cheers,
Rosemary
On 29/03/2012, at 7:19 PM, Ian Fraser wrote:
Funny you should ask
that Geoffrey. Many years ago I was in a meeting where
this very structure was mentioned and it did indeed have a
name. Sadly my brain isn't what it was (if it ever was)
but it was something close to 'cavallier' or perhaps
caballier (which woud be from Spanish). I imagine someone
more erudite than I will know it, otherwise I'll try and
track it down. (And as the name and Geoffrey suggest, it
is indeed a horse crossing point.)
cheers
Ian
On 29/03/2012 19:10, Geoffrey Dabb wrote:
An
interesting snap, Robin, but I am interested in
the _expression_ “cattle grid”. This, I take it,
refers to the structure beside the gate consisting
of parallel timber beams 30cm or so above the
ground beside the normal gate. This has been
known in the past as “the horse crossing”, which I
had assumed was for the purpose of allowing the
horse and rider to pass through the fence without
dismounting. I believe, although at this stage I
am not absolutely confident of my memory, I have
seen riders picking their way across this, in the
course of traversing the advertised horse-riding
route. Your raising of this matter brings two
questions to my mind. The first is the proper
name for the structure. It seems “horse crossing”
is not a term that enjoys wide currency. (In a
vain search I have come across “Horsegate”, being
a current label in the British media for the
involvement of their Prime Minister in a curious
affair involving an ex-police horse.) My second
question concerns the purpose of the structure in
a strategic or overall management sense. Why not
just a gap in the fence, or, logic immediately
compelling the further question, why any fence at
all? In any event I am unaware of any relevant
cattle, seeking egress from either side, that
might justify such a barrier, if that is what is
intended to be.
On a short walk in Campbell Park
just before 6pm, when a gaggle of magpies and
currawongs pursued a Wedge-tailed Eagle through the
trees and it perched briefly on a tree just in front
of me (just 200 m in from the cattle grid). After it
flew off, I looked for prey on the ground but
could'nt find anything.
Robin Hide
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