Waterfall Duxfield Reserve

Cool waterfall known to locals
Orākau Battlesite

Site of a battle 1864
More info here https://tearawai.nz/tour#/tour/location-orakau.…
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Lunch in Otorohanga

O Cafe does a nice lunch menu. Interesting town history inside.
Forgotten Highway Motel

Base camp for our rail journey the next couple of days. A night here then off at daybreak by rail...
Bradley's Garden and Miniputt

A fun visit to a unique miniputt. No concrete channels or pipes instead mini Greens with various obstacles. Richard fluked a hole in one on #7 which won us a free garden tour. What a hidden gem thisWeiterlesen
Forgotten World Rail trip day 1

First half of our rail trip - Taumaranui to Whangamomona. Sure see the world through a different lens doing this. A lot of history through the King Country ... a jail, towns, brick factory, coalWeiterlesen
Forgotten World rest of Day 1 trip

A few sights along the way ...
Whangamomona

A welcome overnight at the old Post Office, now converted into accommodation. The pub is one of the oldest on NZ. Eerie fog in the morning added to the mystique
Sights along the way

Many interesting, often old, things and places to see as we tootle by ...