On Nov 15, 2011, at 6:50 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > It's an organised tour with Mainline Steam > (http://www.mainlinesteam.co.nz/) using mainly their own locomotives and > carriages.
Didn't even know they existed! :) I assumed he was just booking on regular passenger services. > The tour started in Auckland, headed across to Napier and Gisborne, then > down to Wellington and Picton. Then across Cook Strait to Christchurch > and through Arthur's Pass to Greymouth before heading back to Auckland. > At the moment he's probably on the ferry heading back to the North > Island. Sounds like a great tour. It must be fun taking the steam locomotive through the tunnels. One day I'd like to get around to seeing Napier. Cook Strait is an expensive bit of water if you want to have transport on the other side. > They had some time in Christchurch - Chris had been there before and > loved the place. He's been shocked by the damage. It must be a pain coming all the way here and not being able to see half of what he enjoyed last time. At least it's different and interesting I suppose :) Was he here to see the container mall open? Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
