Christchurch to Dunedin

The first part of this journey was through the flat lands of the Canterbury Plains, a landscape not that dissimilar to the Fens. After Timaru , the landscape again became more interesting with stretches along the Pacific and through rolling hills not unlike Perthshire. You can see why the Scots came here over 150 years ago.

On the trip we stopped to see the Moeraki Boulders, which are a strange geological phenomenon causing almost perfectly spherical bolders on the sands as big as 4m in circumference. They were formed on the seabed about 60 million years ago.

Also on this journey, we stopped near a place Shag Point where we got good views of NZ fur seals. Again, we enjoyed this view from about 20m distance on our own.

Here is a picture of the room where we are currently staying in Dunedin. It is an old chapel in what was formerly a Catholic school.