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October 23, 2020
Fun Photo Friday — Circumnavigating New Zealand; Taieri Gorge 2
Trestle
Starting next week we move on to our next destination —Akaroa and the best fish ‘n’ chips we’ve ever tasted. Until then, here’s Part 2 of Taieri Gorge Fun Photo Friday favorites:
Stopped at Pukerangi
Maniototo Plain at Pukerangi
Train in a Field of Green
Over the Gorge
October 21, 2020
Circumnavigating New Zealand — Heading Back Through Taieri Gorge
A road along the way
By now you’re familiar with Taieri Gorge, Taieri River, and Dunedin Railways, so today I’ll let the photographs do the talking. Click on any image below to enlarge and to bring up today’s gallery slide show:
October 19, 2020
Circumnavigating New Zealand — Leaving Pukerangi Railway Station
Pukerangi
We alighted from the train at the quaint stop of Pukerangi. Here the locals set up tables from which to sell their various crafts and wares as we waited for the train crew to reposition the locomotive for the return trip to Dunedin. After perhaps 45 minutes or so of using the outhouse and looking around, our Dunedin Railways train was ready for reboarding. So, I snapped a few shots more, and Ursula and I then climbed back onto the train.
Pukerangi Homestead
This time I was determined t...
October 16, 2020
Fun Photo Friday — Circumnavigating New Zealand; Taieri Gorge 1
A Layer of Clouds Beneath the Mountains
We’ll continue next week our traversal of Taieri Gorge. Until then, I’ll leave you with these Fun Photo Friday favorites:
Maniototo Grassland
River, Rock, and Railway Trestle
Taieri Gorge Railway
All Aboard!
October 14, 2020
Circumnavigating New Zealand — Traversing Taieri Gorge
Maniototo at Puderangi
Time to head back from the Maniototo plateau and plain, through the Taieri Gorge, for return to Dunedin. And on this return trip you’ll see much more of Taieri Gorge than on Monday’s article.
Taieri Gorge
The Taieri Gorge was formed by the Taieri River, a little of which you can see here:
Taieri River
Our ride was of course aboard the Taieri Gorge Limited, which is a line run by Dunedin Railways:
Dunedin Railways’ Taieri Gorge Limited
Along the way we had some fun crossing...
October 12, 2020
Circumnavigating New Zealand — Taieri Gorge to Pukerangi
Pukerangi Station panorama
In 2020 we returned to Dunedin, New Zealand aboard the Radiance of the Seas, the Royal Caribbean ship upon which we circumnavigated Australia. But since we’d already toured Dunedin’s city centre the previous year, this time we headed over the the railway station for a trip through Taieri Gorge aboard Dunedin Railways, formerly known as Taieri Gorge Railway. Today’s trip was on the Taieri Gorge Limited.
Taieri Gorge Limited
The full-length run to Middlemarch occurs once...
October 9, 2020
Fun Photo Friday — Circumnavigating New Zealand; Dunedin 2
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Today’s Fun Photo Friday favorites struck a nostalgic chord with me, so I went Black & White with the selection. I hope you approve:
Corridor
Platform
Lady Justice
Waiting in Black & White
October 7, 2020
Circumnavigating New Zealand — Inside the Dunedin Railway Station
Tickets
On Monday we viewed the exterior of the beautiful Dunedin Railway Station completed in 1906. Today let’s head on inside and enjoy the magnificent tilework and other interior details:
Platform entrance into the station
NZR RM Class Silver Fern railcar
NZR — New Zealand Railways
Benched
Floor tile mosaic
October 5, 2020
Circumnavigating New Zealand — Dunedin Railway Station Architecture
Dunedin Railway Station — south side
Lower Stuart Street in Dunedin ends at ANZAC Square. And across from ANZAC Square you’ll find an exquisite example of Neo-Renaissance architecture. This is the George Trope designed Dunedin Railway Station. George Trope became so associated with this work that he earned the nickname “Gingerbread George”, and for obvious reasons.
Dunedin Railway Station
This is one impressive work of architecture, and the façade provides many details for the photographer, begi...
October 2, 2020
Fun Photo Friday — Circumnavigating New Zealand; Dunedin 1
Beware of Motors, Cash Buyers, and Rabbitskins
Some fun photos taken around Dunedin:
Robert Burns
St. Paul’s Cathedral
That famous strake speaks for itself
Railway Platform in Black & White
