On Tuesday, November 15, 2011 10:22 PM, "David Mann" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?
I don't know. Probably not, but if he was you can be sure he photographed it... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- 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.
