One question before I buy this said Mrs Fogg to the shop owner, what type of stone is this, “Green Stone” came the reply, alrighty then!
And Now we have arrived at what I can only describe as Stallag Pauanui! Oh boy.
Stallag Pauanui is here.
So we decided to join the throngs on a train journey from Driving Creek, on this hand built narrow gauge railway some several miles up the hillside to the owners “eye full tower”. It really was a feat of engineering by the old boy who maintains the trains and tracks adding tunnels, switchbacks and mountainsides made of wine bottles (ideas with what to do with your empty bottles).
The journey is very impressive and the views from the top simply spectacular, am I a convert, hell no, I’ll stick with a life thank you. Duanne Dibbley out.
Tomorrow we head South East to Pauanui (pronounced POW an OO EE) where we will stop at the Pauanui Pines Lodge. Unfortunately due to late tides and the fact it’s Bank Holiday weekend (personally I’d have thought my Tour Geek would have researched this however given she took us to Venice on the main Bank Holiday for Italians sat in a traffic queue for 5 hours, why am I surprised, you get the service you pay for) we won’t get to use the hot water beach (booo).
Hats orf to ya Mrs Fogg, blinding job as always.
Wonderful Sunset After a Day of Rain from here.
Up to the Driving Creek railway which is a narrow gauge built by some old boy in the 70s that zigzags back and forth over 30 mins to the top of the mountain with spectacular views.
And now we are sat having a coffee in a hippee cafe before heading to the hotel for this evening.
Dangerous driving from here.