What's worth getting up early for?

Well not early by some standards but it was a Saturday. Anyway... a Steam Train!! It brought a load of people up from Wellington for the weekend to visit the gardens during Rhodofest and left from outside Puke Ariki at 8.30 to take them round the mountain for the day.

And just in case you were wondering, no there isn't a station just level pedestrian crossings so it was all a bit rustic for those getting on. It's actually a freight line so the trains don't usually stop which added to the novelty.