The South Island NZ
View from the Ferry ride. Queen Charlotte Sound. Coming into quaint little Picton.
We docked in Picton, a small village along the Sound on the north side of the South Island. It was very picturesque. The whole ferry ride was so beautiful! We didn't explore this place as we had a schedule to get on. We'd have more time here on return.
Our travels took us to Kaikoura along the west coast of the South Island where we spent the first night on the S Island. I have no pictures of Kaikoura. Not sure why?
We were in Christschurch just before the quake and took no pictures there either, I wish we had! Because it is now not the same after all the shaking, and we where right there where the worst of the damage happened. We went to a bear gathering downtown at a Brewery that night and met all these great guys, one of which had a B and B walking distance from the gathering, he offered us to spend the night at his place. It was very nice of him. We did and sat with his guests drinking wine til the wee hours. While we were there we had heard of the Quake that they had in September of 2010. We saw some damage from that quake around town and said that it would be fun if we had a small tremor while there because we are originally from San Francisco and had lot of experience with the Earth moving. I felt sorry for our words after hearing about the quake.
Just outside of Chch we drove to the Banks Peninsula which is a volcano crater. The lowest part of the crater is at sea level and that water comes in from the ocean. Click on the picture above to see it better.
These are some sheep that were right there where we sipped coffee over the crater. They could care less about our picture taking, they seemed to just enjoy the hillside and views, as were we.
Leaving Banks Peninsula, I saw this sign of a valley named after me, kidding. hehe We took this picture while driving on our way south to the Moeraki Boulders. Next NZ post.
We docked in Picton, a small village along the Sound on the north side of the South Island. It was very picturesque. The whole ferry ride was so beautiful! We didn't explore this place as we had a schedule to get on. We'd have more time here on return.
Our travels took us to Kaikoura along the west coast of the South Island where we spent the first night on the S Island. I have no pictures of Kaikoura. Not sure why?
We were in Christschurch just before the quake and took no pictures there either, I wish we had! Because it is now not the same after all the shaking, and we where right there where the worst of the damage happened. We went to a bear gathering downtown at a Brewery that night and met all these great guys, one of which had a B and B walking distance from the gathering, he offered us to spend the night at his place. It was very nice of him. We did and sat with his guests drinking wine til the wee hours. While we were there we had heard of the Quake that they had in September of 2010. We saw some damage from that quake around town and said that it would be fun if we had a small tremor while there because we are originally from San Francisco and had lot of experience with the Earth moving. I felt sorry for our words after hearing about the quake.
Just outside of Chch we drove to the Banks Peninsula which is a volcano crater. The lowest part of the crater is at sea level and that water comes in from the ocean. Click on the picture above to see it better.
These are some sheep that were right there where we sipped coffee over the crater. They could care less about our picture taking, they seemed to just enjoy the hillside and views, as were we.
Leaving Banks Peninsula, I saw this sign of a valley named after me, kidding. hehe We took this picture while driving on our way south to the Moeraki Boulders. Next NZ post.
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