Wilderness Railway

Today we drove The 99 Bends road again, but this time in the other direction and at great speed. It was very important we got to Queenstown 40 minutes before the ticket office opened.

We rode the West Coast Wilderness Train over the mountains and through rainforest from Queenstown to Dubbil Barril, where some cold and wet idiots who had rafted down the river hopped on for the return trip. They looked very cold. We panned for gold on the way and Graham would have happily stayed all day.

Interesting stories about the hardship people endured to build the tracks. Makes us look pretty soft.Read more