After an early start 07.30 would you believe, we left
the site at 0830 and arrived at Dunedin Station in time to connect with the six
hour ride up the gorge to Middlemarch
Unfortunately today the weather is rather overcast
which always good pho
tos rather difficult but the train was not full. The
journey took about 2.5 hours, we did a brief stop en route for some photos,
then on to the old town past a variety of gorges, houses cut off from the world
till we arrived in the main town of the area where the arrival of the train twice
a week does cause some excitement. There is a lady who has a horse and trap and
gives rides around town, perhaps ten minutes would do it, and the a few locals
who set up a BBQ and sell sausage sandwiches for the local school charity,
which we tried and they were very good.
On the way back we stopped at ‘Arthurs Knob’ not sure
why it called that but there was a guy on the train who was called Arthur who
stood in fron of the sign and took photos, its takes all types I guess.
We arrived back in Dunedin at 3.30 pm and did some
shopping at New World again and this time we fancied fish which we did with
stir fried vegetables. By this time it had started raining, great, and so
rather than sit in the tent we drove down to the sea side and listen to our
IPods for a couple of hours before returning to bed.
