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| Tunnel to Lyttleton |
Today was our last day with the hire car, so we got up reasonably early to get the most out of the car before returning it to Affordable Motorhomes at 4pm.
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| Lyttleton Main Street |
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| Lyttleton |
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| Bay view |
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| Lyttleton |
We decided to visit
Lyttleton, one small satellite village of Christchurch located on a scenic bay. To get there we had to navigate across Christchurch through a
long tunnel under a Mountain, very similar to Brisbane’s new Clem7 tunnels in appearance. This tunnel of course is free to all, no toll at all, a welcome surprise given the current trend of toll taking in Queensland’s south-east.
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| Earthquake Damage in CBD |
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| View from the Pass of the City |
Lyttleton is a quaint seaside village that probably had seen its hey-day about 100 years ago. In fact many of the famous Antarctic explorers had set off from Lyttleton harbor. Most notable explorers are
Captain Scott RN in 1901 and later
Shackleton in 1908. We discovered that the whale watching trip went out way too late for us to get our hire vehicle back by 4pm, so took an 8 minute ferry trip across the bay to Diamond Harbor. The scenery in the bay and
Diamond Harbor was beautiful and scenic. It iss a favorite area for fishing enthusiasts and folks who just want to relax. After a brief explore we headed back to Lyttleton on the ferry, to continue our trip around to Governors Bay and up over the Mountain pass back to Christchurch. The views of Christchurch on the pass were exceptional. The only issue we had was the sheer drops, and having to dodge the mountain bike cyclists coming up from the city and the bay area.
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| Cathedral Square |
Once back in Christchurch, we drove into the CBD area and stopped to have lunch. After a brief explore of the local shops in the immediate area, we headed out to Waterloo Road to return our hire car. The return went well, and the good folks of Affordable Motorhomes drove us back to the Randolph.
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| Typical inner city park |
We then headed out on foot back into the CDB to visit
Cathedral Square and its surrounds. The Randolph is luckily only 25 minutes on foot away from Cathedral Square. Sadly a lot of the grand old historical buildings had been damaged in the CDB, though their architectural beauty is still very much apparent. We saw some vacant lots showing recent demolition debris and were unsure if they were complete demolitions post earthquake or not. Many places had sidewalks fenced off and rows of shops vacant. The girls found a host of souvenir shops
Post Optionsaround Cathedral Square, and took some time checking out gifts for various friends and family back home.
On dusk, we headed back to Randolph to have dinner and start preparing for our flight home on the 5
th October. Re-packing for ease of access is important, as it allows customs to process us effectively without any bother. Last time we gave them an itemized list of souvenirs, and which bag they are located in and we passed through with no problems at all.
On dusk, we headed back to Randolph to have dinner and start preparing for our flight home on the 5th October. Re-packing for ease of access is important, as it allows customs to process us effectively without any bother. Last time we gave them an itemized list of souvenirs, and which bag they are located in and we passed through with no problems at all. 
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