Post #580976 by Club Nouméa on Sun, Mar 20, 2011 5:37 AM

Part 7: Whanganui River Postcards

As a prelude to my as yet unscheduled trip up the Whanganui River Road, here are a few postcards showing what the river looked like in the late 19th century.

A supposedly happy chief standing outside a whare:

How the upper crust lived: Victorian tropical décor at Pipiriki House, described as being on "New Zealand's Rhine":

And just to add a bit of colour:

The caption reads "River below Pipiriki".

CN

Toto, j'ai l'impression que nous ne sommes plus au Kansas !

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