It was another beautiful mild day when we left Christchurch, we couldn't get over how lovely the weather had become. It was very easy to pick up the car and get out of the city. We arrived at Hanmer Springs by midday and were able to check into our accommodation early.
Hanmer Springs is just like a little alpine village, lovely tall pine trees and beautiful mountains surrounding it on all sides. So picturesque.
We headed off to the thermal pools after lunch, something enjoyable but a little over-rated, and definitely smelly. The full thermal one was very hot and very stinky, also not recommended to wear silver jewellry in it.
We found a beautiful park across the road from our motel and wandered along a stream, it reminded me of parks in England so much. The village had some great cafes to choose from for dinner, we found one selling Monteith's beer, John's favourite NZ drop!
Setting off on Wednesday early we chose the mountainous scenic route to Kaikoura, and couldn't help but marvel at the valleys, mountains, beautiful grazing lands and the wide river streams which were fairly empty but I'm sure don't stay that way. We even followed some cows that were being moved for a while. We got to Kaikoura early and started on the 3 hour headland walk. What a magnificent day it was and the views rivalled any we have seen elsewhere. Kaikoura is cliffs and coastline, and it is renowned for the sealife. We walked back along the beach/rocks and spent quite a bit of time up close to a colony of fur seals, careful not to get too close! The rest of the afternoon has been spent exploring this pretty spot and we are looking forward to a fresh seafood dinner tonight. It's still shorts and T-shirt weather.... I only have one pair of shorts!
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