After an indifferent night's sleep we showered, breakfasted, and set off to have a look at Whanganui. First stop was the Durie Elevator - a Victorian device set inside a hill. It was built in the early 1900s to encourage the development of the suburbs above the main town. The tunnel leading to the main shaft had a great echo.
The lift arrived after a short time. It had a female attendant. The ascent was fairly rapid. The doors opened and we were at the top of the hill. The lift mechanism was contained in a tower, so we had to climb that as well. The views were very good. The Whanganui river is big.
We descended and I climbed an even taller war memorial - the view from there was pretty much the same.
We walked down the hill and went into town for a coffee and snack, then drove the coastal road around Mount Taranaki, whose summit was shrouded in cloud, to New Plymouth. It was fairly late and we found the Egmont Lodge Motel, which furnished us with a very nice one bedroom apartment. We ate and then watched some rubbish on tv whilst I caught up with the entries in my logbook.
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