Ramblings of a much published New Zealand author

08 February 2011

New Zealand Odyssey: Disused Katikati Railway Station, Bay of Plenty.

'New Zealand Odyssey', published in 1989 by Heinemann, was authored by me, Don Donovan (who did the text and illustrations) and Euan Sarginson, who did the photography and design. In this series of blog posts, I will publish some of my drawings.



Lord knows how long it had been since a train had stopped at Katikati Station when I stumbled across its remains in 1987. It once served an area of the western Bay of Plenty, an area blessed by a climate so inducive to fruit cropping that it is almost synonymous with kiwifruit. The station was of a standard New Zealand Railways design, built to last but at last succumbing to wind and weather.

I've no idea what happened to it. Did it die? Did it get a makeover?

© DON DONOVAN
donovan@ihug.co.nz



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