Cycling and Drinking...

On a perfect summer's day, we hired a couple of bicycles and cycled around the Malborough wine region. We had got some tips from the barman at the Hotel D'Urville the night before as well as a few from the bike hire guy. We found some great wineries in some amazing locations, and of course tried a few.

Lunch break at Wairau River

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Dinner at the Hotel D'Urville, Blenheim

This is a fabulous hotel where you can stay as well as eat at their magnificent restaurant, which we of course did...

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Hamner Springs

We hired a car and began our trip around the South Island. The first stop was Hamner Springs where we went on a walk in the hills for the afternoon.

On the way... Bushwalking (or tramping as they prefer to call it in NZ).

What a view...

Hamner Springs Township

Now I did omit to mention that Hamner Springs is known for its hot springs and we did sit around in their spa complex for a few hours, but we wisely didn't take the camer in! However after all the hiking and spa-ing, we did of course go to the pub and had some of the best fish and chips ever...

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Christchurch

So after leaving Libya and spending a crazy week running around Perth, the Desert Rat and I headed off to the Land of the Long White Cloud. We flew into Christchurch and spent a couple of days looking around the city. It reminded us quite a bit of Adelaide - though a lot greener! -crossed with a quaint English village.

Robert Falcon Scott, Antartic Explorer greets us...

The Avon River

Mmmm, beer

The Super Choice Bro Full Cooked Breakfast

Christ Church Cathedral

Cathedral Square

We just happened to jag the annual World Buskers Festival

Christchurch has made great efforts in preserving old trams and have a tourist tram line which we of course had to ride on

The Botanic Gardens

Punting on the Avon River

More of the Botanic Gardens....

Downtown Christchurch

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