Little River, Christchurch & packing!

We woke to very dark skies and some dampness in the air. The wind had turned and was coming from the south, so it was chilly, however by the time we'd had our breakfast it had warmed up a bit. We drove off the peninsula stopping at Little River. This is a delightful spot for coffee or a meal with two shops selling lovely artwork, crafts and souvenirs. The cafe makes delicious looking quiches, pies etc plus nice cakes. Unfortunately ( or perhaps fortunately ) we did not need to do any food shopping, but if you are travelling this way its worth planning a stop to buy something tasty to take with you.
We then drove to the north side of Christchurch to the Meadow Park Top Ten holiday park, having located the Wilderness depot, filled with diesel and filled the gas bottle on our way. Bite of lunch, then the packing began!!!!! I hate doing this, but after nearly 2 hours we were organised.....we hope! We have arranged to hand the van in at 8.0am to be sure of being at the airport in good time to catch our bus....... Yes, that's right a bus not a plane!!!
We are taking the bus from here to Wanaka, the journey will be about 7 hours, down the Canterbury plain, into McKenzie country, to Tekapo then on through the mountains to Tarras. We change to a local bus there to go to Wanaka as our coach goes on to Queenstown. More of that journey in the next blog .
I am going to finish this blog with a photo of one of my favourite places, Akaroa Harbour