Sunday 26th
The Whale Watching and
the Night Sky didn't happen again, so we've given up and left Kaikoura
for the mountains and a place called Hamner Springs. Perhaps will get back on our way up to Picton.
We turned right
just out of town and headed inland. What a treat for the eyes as
we headed through mountain passes to Hanmer Springs – again it took us
twice as long to get there as we kept stopping every five minutes to
either take a photo, or occasionally to let a car pass us as we were
just trundling along.
We booked into a camp
site right in town and wandered up to the village. Hanmer is famous
for it's hot springs, and we intend to spend the day there tomorrow
getting crinkley. It's rained a little today and there has been high
winds, really biiiiiiggg winds, so hope it calms down for tomorrow.
We had a walk around town and decided that Hanmer is very pretty, but reminded us of Stepford, beautiful houses, but no people. Perhaps they come out at night!
The camp site is
quiet, so we are relaxing for the afternoon. The whole place is
surrounded by mountains... Lovely.
If you dawdle too much you could get stopped - my sister did! Just make sure you don't do it when the cops are about!
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