Some shopping and then our journey on the Forgotten World Highway began. Highway is a misnomer as we spent the next 4 hours predominantly in third gear and covered less than 150 km with nary a straight section to provide respite from the bends.
The Republic of Whangamomona, which once upon a time was a thriving town boasting the headquarters of the local council. It is somewhat less prosperous today. And one of several almost deserted towns along this road
An abandoned railway line follows the Forgotten World Highway and for a fee you can hire one of these converted golf buggies and take a self drive tour along the old railway line
A tale of two railway bridges
This is where we almost got bogged in the loose gravel when we stopped to have lunch
Zig-Zag New Zealand 