Kaikoura

Stable view with Seaward Kaikouras behind

The right hand white blob is our bus at the trotting club

Looking back down the coast

 

The start of the Kaikoura Peninsula walkway

 

Me not looking too comfortable about being close to the edge

 

Sitting in the late afternoon sun watching some people swim with seals

 

People swimming, seals mainly lying on the rocks!

Out for dinner- posh place!  See Rae we do still eat out, haha!

We spent yesterday in Oxford, which is northwest of Christchurch.  We went to the farmers market and wandered around the village in the morning (after coming down through Porters Pass from the lake).

Today we drove from Oxford to Kaikora with a cloudless sky the whole day.  It was only 5 degrees overnight in Oxford but the day soon warmed up.  The coast south of Kaikora was stunning - the sea was sparkling in the sun, with seals sunbathing on the rocks.  We are camped at the trotting club at South Bay at Kaikoura - it is for NZMCA members, you just put a donation in the box.  So for a change we are not alone, there are a couple of camper vans and another bus.  We went for a walk up the hillside behind us and then drove to the end of the road and walked around the Kaikoura Peninsula headland for quite a long way.  We didn't see any whales but we did see some people snorkelling with the seals.  On the walk back we both got a craving for fish and chips so we drove around into Kaikoura township and got blue cod n chips.  Some of the best f&c I've ever had.