We drove back down the Coromandel peninsular this morning heading south to meet our friends Robert and Stella in Te Aroha. We all arrived within minutes of each other at The Nunnery, our home for the next two nights.
We checked in, then wandered off to find some lunch. The local cafe was having some work done, but still served a pleasant meal.
We sat in the sun with drinks and food catching up with news. Then drove to Wairongamai Valley to see the Piako tramway remanants.
The gold mines in the hill needed a method of getting the ore to the bottom of the hill for processing, so the council decided to build a tramway consisting of three inclined sets of rails, linked by a series of flat sections.
The trail up was quite long and winding on the way up, with occasional views through gaps in the trees. When we got to the inclined plane section of rails we decided to walk down - it turned out to be a lot steeper than we had expected!
We followed the line down till it flattened out, then walked down a much gentler track back to the car.
In the evening we wandered into the town centre, and found an Indian restaurant, and had a delicious meal.
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