Friday, December 5, 2014

old coach road marker, Taupo


This is in the Taupo Botanical Gardens, about half a mile to the south of the present day road.  It states that in the 19th century stagecoaches used 5 horses and the journey from there to Taupo took two days.  Today it takes about 2 hours by car.

Even for those into historic transport it's the sort of comparison that is hard to appreciate.

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