Roadside oddity
Driving Creek Railway
Coromandel Town, Waikato
A narrow-gauge railway zigzagging up a hillside to a viewing tower and a pottery.
- Price
- Paid, book via the railway
- Booking
- Best to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
Built by potter Barry Brickell to carry clay and firewood, the railway is a 1 hour 15 minute ride through replanted native forest to the Eyefull Tower, with views over Coromandel harbour. Brickell's pottery and gallery are at the start. Trains run on a timetable so it is worth booking.
Good to know
- Book ahead in summer
- Trains run on a timetable, pick one that suits
- The tower is a short climb at the top
- Best time
- Mid-morning
- Getting there
- Sealed, signposted from Coromandel Town (about 3 km north)
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
Facilities
- Toilets
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