Whangamomona to Stratford

The Whangamomona Pub was great. Excellent meals, and a comfortable room. The Publican joined us at breakfast so more stories about Whangamomona before we set (sail ??) off for Stratford.

The morning was a little damp, with lowish cloud. But cleared as the morning rumbled under our tracks. Morning tea of course, and then lunch, and a stop at Avonstour Island. (this link is well worth following)
John, the owner met us and talked about his passion for rare breeds of animals. For me particularly interesting in that he was involved with the Auckland Island pigs and others from the sub-Antarctic islands.

Then on to Stratford, through mainly farm land, and a landscape progressively more agricultural and much flatter than the steep (to me incredibly steep) hills of the day before.

The “terminus” at Stratford, or rather just before Stratford was simply a stretch of track just past a road crossing and in farmland. There we transferred into a van, and down to our motel for overnight in Whanganui