Today we travelled for 2 hours on a special outing of the Bay Of Islands Vintage Railway:

pass through beautiful countryside, past rivers, native wetlands and over the longest curved wooden bridge in the Southern Hemisphere.

… the first railway to be opened in the North Island of New Zealand and the only one that runs down the middle of a State Highway.

It was fun and we enjoyed canapés and live jazz as part of the Awa ki te moana – River to the ocean - Savour Northland festival.

Vintage red train at the station.
Two women open large gates so the train can pass through to the curved wooden bridge.
A long, curving, wooden rail bridge.