The Ride
All aboard! From the moment you hear the stationmaster's whistle and see the green flag go up, you're off on the Keirunga Park Adventure Ride. As you leave the station, you head off past the turntable and yard buildings out on to the first sweeping wooden trestle viaduct. Wow! Look how high we are!
Around the bend you go and toot, toot, watch out, you'd better duck as you plunge into darkness in the first of three tunnels on the Keirunga track.
Through the cutting and out onto the straight past the station you go. Wave to everyone on your left up on the hill!
Around the bend you go towards Lone Pine, then over the second viaduct known as Fletcher's Crossing. Swing left around to the second tunnel, and then look out, here's the longest tunnel. Out the other side along the picturesque summit you travel, - look down to see a wonderful colourful rock garden tended to by Cynthia Herbison, and back along Hillcrest.
Wave to everyone again as you head downhill under the huge gum tree, and around onto the station bank. Past the walkway, and over the third viaduct you go.
Oooh, see all the onlookers watching as you travel around Agapanthus Bank, over the final viaduct and back towards the station.
Watch the semaphore signals change as you slowly clickety-clack back into the station, under the pedestrian overbridge with a final wave.
Whew! We're back! Wow, what a ride! Let's do it again!