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Town in Waikato, New Zealand
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Coromandel is a small town on the western side of Coromandel Peninsula, within the Hauraki Gulf, in the North Island of New Zealand.
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A tourist attraction close to Coromandel town which began life as a back yard project for sculptor Barry Brickell, who initially created his narrow gauge railway to help extract sculpting clay from deposits on his land. Over the years it has grown into an elaborate mountain railway with spirals, tunnels, viaducts, reversing points, and a summit station called the "Eyefull Tower" with views above the forest canopy across the Coromandel.
A theme park of water-powered inventions.
All-day brunch and dinner.
Drive 54 km (1 hour) north from Thames, or 28 km (half an hour) west from Kuaotunu.
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