26th December 2009 After last night’s feast it was a late breakfast this morning. Then we headed out to Akaroa where with it being Saturday all the shops were open for business. We took a drive down to north head, where the entrance to Akaroa is flanked by sheer cliffs, including a rock with a hole into it. We sat for a while at the top of the hill watching the dolphin cruise boats down below. ...
25th December 2009 Hope you all have a wonderful time, wherever you are. We’ve spent a lazy day in the sunshine today, not doing very much. We did take a ride out along the Summit Road which takes you right round the top of the mountains surrounding Akaroa, offering some wonderful views back down the Bay, the peninusla we walked out to yesterday, and the hostel where we are staying. ...
23rd December 2009 On to the very last leg of our New Zealand adventure today, a week-long stay at a small place about an hour and a half from Christchurch called Akaroa. This is where we’ll be enjoying the festive period doing not much apart from reading, a bit of walking and generally relaxing before the madness of Sydney over New Year. We stopped off to do our ‘Christmas shop’ in Christchurch, which although busier than normal was in no way as bad as the insanity of Tescos a few days before Christmas. ...