Thursday 5th March 2009

Lot of driving to do today but before we left Lake Tekapo we looked around the Church of the Good Shepherd – a little chapel on the lakeside. A large window showing the view across the lake is its alter with just a simple cross standing before it. We had to buy a postcard of this view as the lighting was not right for our camera shots.

280kms later, after a boring drive through the Canterbury plains, we arrived back in Christchurch. When we were here at the beginning of our trip we purchased tickets for the Christchurch Gondola but had not used them – so we decided to see what it had to offer. Not a patch on Queenstown (well I would say that wouldn’t I?) The city sat under a thin blanket of mist so the view was hazy – just like us really after the drive.

Arrived back to the So Hotel but this time a room on the 5th floor had a WINDOW!!! And it was larger too – by the width of a door!!

Tomorrow we are off to Kaikoura and the whale watch. There is a threat of rain – hopefully it will hold off for us.