19.12.2012 Driving Creek Railway







Today we drove to Coromandel Town to go on the Driving Creek Railway this is a special railway that was built by just one man (Barry Brickell )starting in in 1975 shortly after he established the pottery workshop on a corner of the 22Ha block of land he purchased in 1973. As a railway enthusiast he saw the practical and environmental advantages of having a narrow-gauge railway system through his rugged scrub-covered land to give all weather access to clay and pine wood kiln fuel. I loved looking at the bush and finding out all the exciting things that happened at this place.