Day 6 Christchurch to Kaikoura

An interesting day, with a short enjoyable 2 hour trip north to Kaikoura. New Zealand is a land of surprises with the countryside fluxulating between rolling hills, tall mountains, dense forests, deep gourges with crystal clear creeks, all wrapped in lush greens of highly fertile land. 

The towns are clean, quaint and beautiful to the eye. Truely lovely places to pass through. We stopped briefly at Cheviot, for breakfast and take a look at Knoxs Church. 

Kaikoura is a coast town, with the smell of the ocean strong in it's clean streets. The town is small and like something out of a movie set, almost surreal in its beauty. The girls, got to swim with seals in the ocean while the adults visited a seal colony on the shore. The seals clearly wild let us get very close. The seals are in season with pups, so keen to stay put. 

The holiday park is neat and tidy, but our accomodation (IMHO) is the best so far on our trip. The cabin is large, clean and very modern. A great place to relax. Sadly, like some of the previous stops on this trip, the cost of living is high.

Personally the trip has been grand and I will be sad to leave. Today was special, because it represented the first of new places and experiences.