Here at the airport in Christchurch. We had a lovely day in Dunedin or our own. We saw an Edwardian home--- the nearest thing they have to history and then went to a newly constructed Chinese Garden. It had been assembled in China first, then dismantled and reconstructed in the city. Lovely and peaceful place. In the afternoon we went to the Botanic Gardens to visit the aviary where the white parrot has a blether with you.
On the move again and we stopped first at Moeraki Boulders. They are crustaceans on the shore. It was a very brief visit since it was driving rain.
We headed to Sir Edmund Hilary's Alpine display where we were meant to see Mount Cook. But before we got there we dropped off six people --- your Dad included-- for the delayed helicopter flight up to the Tasman Glacier. That was as far as they could go due to the cloud. I saw the statue of Hilary and then we returned to pick up the others.
We spent the night last night at Lake Ohau at a family run ski resort. It was just our kind of place and we would love to have spent more time there but it was lovely weather. You just couldn't believe the contrast between the weather going up to see Sir Edmund and the weather on the way back. The sky was blue and the Lake was just so clear and blue! Our bedroom had big glassdoors looking right up the valley to Mount Cook. Unfortunately it kept itself hidden. We saw the southern skies after the sun went down and I think I saw the Southern Cross.
Today we saw the biggest knitted jersey in the world -- Guiness Book of Records -- in a place called Geraldine.
We then had a look around Christchurch for a couple of hours. It is still quite a mess from last year but I think it would have been a place we would have enjoyed. We saw the hotel we should have stayed in and it is in the Red Zone which needs to be demolished.
Now at the airport. We fly to Aukland tonight in an hour and off to Fiji tomorrow morning.
Hope all well.
LOL M&D