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The Glockenspiel clock tower in Stratford, where the journey to Taumarunui via the Forgotten World Highway begins.
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The Strathmore Saddle on the Forgotten World Highway, with Mt Taranaki just peeping in the distance.
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Whangamomona now has only 20 residents but was a thriving service town in the early 1900s when the Taumarunui to Stratford railway was being constructed. It declared itself a republic in 1989 and holds biennial Republic days for fun.
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The Central Plateau mountains of Ruapehu, Ngaruahoe and Tongariro become visible on the distant horizon
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The Moki tunnel is known locally as the "hobbit's hole". It is 180 metres long, has a timber gabled roof and hand carved walls, and is home to fossilized giant crabs.
