Driving Creek Railway

Had another great day today. Took the car back to Thames and returned it with no problems, then took a little bus back up here to Coromandel, timing was serendipitously perfect, and had lunch in town then rode our bikes up to the "Driving Creek Railway." We weren't sure what this would be, and it turned out to be the most charming and wonderful thing. A man whose name escapes me right now, built this narrow gauge train track straight up the mountain of a piece of land he purchased 30 years ago--he pretty much built it by hand. He is a potter and a glass blower as well...suffice it to say...the whole place was a work of art, the railway, the pottery everywhere, the designs in the cement he poured, the glass work, the tile art work on the hillsides, the glass bottle walls he built along the railway...we had no idea this would be so cool! Gotta run