7/3 Taieri Gorge Railway

Today I took the old train of the Taieri Gorge Railway (diesel). We left at 9.30 from the beautiful railwaystation of Dunedin. I had a great view from the left side of the train and a man told us over the intercom a lot about the area, that was quite versatile. A lot of mountains, different kind of trees, sometimes a house in the middle of nowhere, rivers, sheep, alpaca's, red deers, cows, the gorge, bridges over the water and such a beautiful colours.


Map of the Taieri Gorge Railway

I sat next to two Englishmen (70). One of them lived in New Zealand for 34 years and the other one was his childhood friend. It was really nice to talk with them and hear more about why the man, living in New Zealand for 34 years, loves this country so much. And I can certainly understand that, after being here for more than 5 weeks now.

At 12 o' clock we stopped in
Middlemarch, a small village of 250 people, but during this lunch time all the people from the train doubled the amount of people. I had my little picknick, looking over the mountains.

Other link to Middlemarch

7/3 Taieri Gorge Railway

Movie from YouTube. Someone has got a better camera or a steady hand than me to make a movie of the Taieri Gorge Railway.



I've listened a lot to music on my mp3-player and one of my favourite song this journey might be' Oh my God' of the Kaiser Chiefs. Especially the sentence

'Oh my God I can't believe it I've never been this far away from home'

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All the time I am thinking, can I go any further from home. Perhaps Invercargill, yesterday was the furthest from home, being the southernmost city of New Zealand. I see a lot of signs with the directions to many big cities, like Frankfurt and London, so that seems closest to home. Today in Middlemarch I saw one, with the direction to the church, the swimming pool, but also to the Northpole and Southpole. Just a little more to walk.