We’ve started our way home today. Our flight from Christchurch to Sydney isn’t until later in the day so our hosts at the cottage are letting us store our luggage at their home for a few hours. The morning is pretty much a walk-about – checking out some of the special street art and exhibits…
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It’s our last full day in Christchurch and we head out to the Quake Museum. It is a very thoughtful exhibition that details the events of both the September 2010 and the February 2011 quakes. There is some disconcerting video that captures the moment the 2011 quake hit. Unfortunately, it was at 12:51 pm in…
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After a short Uber ride to Christchurch Station, the city’s rail depot, we boarded the ‘TranzAlpine’ train for a day-long excursion. The trip is a classic, beginning in Christchurch on the South Island’s Pacific Coast, crosses the Southern Alps, and descends into Greymouth on the west coast & Tasman Sea. We did the one-day round…
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About a 40-minute drive from Christchurch is the Waipara wine region. Since we do not have a car we have booked a half day wine tour with lunch through Canterbury Leisure Tours. We are scheduled for a 12:30 pickup from the cottage. The driver (Graham) arrives in a small passenger van and says we just…
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