Coromandel: Day One Hundred and Twenty-Four - Afternoon (21 February)

Miss Robb’s sister had recommended we visit the Driving Creek Railway so after lunch on our motel verandah we headed there. What a fascinating place. The owner originally built the railway to access the clay he needed for his pottery business so we had a look round that first before joining the train.

We were in the last carriage which turned out to be the first carriage on the way back so we couldn’t have had a better seat. The switchback bridge was particularly fun. The whole site is environmentally friendly with the intention of preserving New Zealand's unique ecology.

Barnaby