We left Rakaia at 8.30am perhaps feeling a tad tired and emotional as the previous night's libations were on the liberal side. We checked the van back in at Pacific Horizon and resumed our journey northward in Rick's truck.
and then there were three...
In 48 hours we have driven almost the entire East coast of South Island. We arrived here in Picton at about 5pm and we are staying at an excellent waterside apartment near the Waikawa marina. We have a great view up the sound...
...but as you can see the weather is closing in and we've just heard that all sailings to Wellington are cancelled for tomorrow with predicted 7 metre swells. It is supposed to be better on Sunday but we will have to wait and see. So we are going to be stuck here at least two nights. More news when we have it.
We learned on the news today that Christchurch cathedral is now damaged beyond effective repair following the most recent earthquakes in December. While it is obviously a tragedy it does seem to me that they don't have much choice other than to demolish it. As much as possible will be recovered from the building to be incorporated into a replacement cathedral. However, there were a lot of people on the news complaining about the decision.
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