Temp NZ 09 pics: 2

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You may recall, dear reader, that when we left our last unexciting episode, due to mechanical challenges, our hero was not looking forward to spending a carless day in the chic cafes of downtown Greymouth. To make matters worse, despite forecasts to the contrary, Wednesday the first of July dawns crystal clear. The best weather of the trip, no car, and the train radar revealing the telltale blips of blue bandits massing across the far side of the Alps. What to do. KiwiBiggles.com scrambles to save the day. Bandits at 11 o'clock!  Action on the western front: DFT 7199 and DC 4761 on the Passenger cross Mike Kilsby on 832 at Rotomanu

The Tranz just west of Rotomanu

Following one of the Crooked River tributaries between Rotomanu and Moana

Native beauty beside Lake Brunner. So why do we concrete over all this to build malls and crappy instant houses again?

Moana vista

Arnold river swingbridge

Arnold River without swingbridge

The dark waters of the Arnold near Kotuku - another familiar location from an unfamiliar angle

The bridge at the bottom of the Kaimata bank

Back on the Arnold

Rivertufts

Tranz Scenic: The only way to see  the real New Zealand

Approaching the Kaimata tunnel

Out of the shadows and into the light

Approaching Stillwater

Skirting the Grey river

Literally the end of the Brunner/Kiwi tunnel

Eastside. Westside. Greyside

Passing the Brunner bridge

Later, back on terra firma, the train returns east near Aratika or somewhere.

Lake Brunner from the ground

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