Taieri Gorge Scenic Railway

7 Mar

Went to a pub in Middlemarch last night, met some friendly locals and an English woman hiking the Otago Railway track. Had a very pleasant chat and drank a lot of beer. It rained the whole night and in the morning. I had to ride about 20 km to Pukerangi to catch the scenic train to Dunedin. Pukerangi consists of an old tiny shed in the middle of nowhere and it's the last stop on the train trip except for two days a week when the trains go on to Middlemarch. The train stops there for about 10 minutes during which a crowd of tourists gets off the train takes a few photographs, stretch their legs, get back on the train and go back to Dunedin. The trip through the gorges along the river is very spectacular, though.