Just in case we want to check out the scenery - there are some videos posted on the Internet.
This one in YouTube shows 2 and a half minutes of footage taken in a car driving southbound between Foxton and Levin on State Highway One on Monday, April 2nd, 2007 around 15:45. The Tararua Range of hills to the East, cloaked in autumn clouds foreshadowing the Southern winter and cooler days ahead - - - click here to go to YouTube to see the video. Read the interesting comments people have posted about this clip.