Dimensions
280 x 210 x 19mm
Sit back and enjoy the ride while Graham Hutchins takes you on a journey of discovery around New Zealand. In the style of Michael Palin, Hutchins describes a dozen unique train journeys, accompanied by many superb photographs of New Zealand's incomparable scenery. For tourists the book will be a personal travelogue in which the main features of the landscape, as seen from the train, are described as the journey unfolds.
The railway lines profiled in the book (from south to north) are:
• The Kingston Flyer
• The Taieri Gorge Railway
• The Seasider (Dunedin – Palmerston)
• The TranzAlpine Express (Christchurch – Greymouth)
• The Weka Pass Railway (Waipara – Hanmer area)
• The TranzCoastal (Christchurch – Picton)
• The Capital Connection (Wellington – Palmerston North)
• Wellington – Johnsonville
• Wellington – Wairarapa (Masterton)
• The Art Deco Express (Paekakariki – Napier)
• The Overlander (Wellington – Auckland)
• Auckland – Waitakere