TranzAlpine
The end of the school holidays saw us take a train trip across the Canterbury planes to the West Coast on the Tranz Alpine. It was lovely to have extended family with us, let's just say the tubing that took nearly a whole hour just to get into ones wetsuits, wouldn't have been nearly as much fun without everyone there! No one would know who we were talking about when we drop 'Mr Green' a newly invented term, into converstations from now on either unless you were actually there ;-) The Tranz Alpine is one of the top ten train journeys in the world and I can understand why, although being a fellow kiwi, it just seems 'normal'.
The cloud formations as we left Christchurch were pretty impressive...
Brunner Mining town...
Shantytown...
All Marc wanted to do was pat a weka. Apparently they are really soft!
Forced to try out the bunk beds in the Chinese section...
Hail and rain at the Pancake Rocks
and a penguin... or a seal?
Homeward bound... it even snowed on the return trip.
