Waiouru to Richmond...end of this trip!

Leaving Raetihi and on through Ohakune, which is much bigger and very touristy.

We call into Waiouru and the National Army Museum.  It's school holidays and heaps of kids are going through. A very well done museum. This display case on old flintlock firearms appealed to my sense of beauty and craftsmanship.

 

War is largely a gruesome event for all concerned.

Looking back now at the waste of life, its costs and effect on society.

It really doesn't make much sense, and I do appreciate these men and women who gave their lives, so we can live today in relatively peaceful times and perhaps their lives have not been all in vain

I hope so!

  

 We parked at the Mangamutu Domain, inland from Pahiatua.

I was doing some whistle practise and 11 lovely black Angus steers came over to listen in!

   

Onward we travelled to cycle around the vineyards in Martinborough

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Featherston has a nice little park up in town. I went on a walk around the town spotting this 1938 fashion statement recently painted...must be a story here!

Featherston School is showing its creative colourful fence...great to see!

For such a small place Featherston punches well above its weight. 

There are three secondhand bookshops and one free book exchange.

We had some doubts that the Bluebridge Ferry would be sailing because of high winds,

 But I think they are very used to high winds in the Wellington region.

Well that's the end of our New Zealand blogs...for a while.

Roll on Australia and a whole new adventure!

Cheers

Be creative and safe where ever you are!

Jimu & Christine.