Day 8 Saturday 25.01.13
Set out for Christchurch at 9.10 am. Went by way of Moeraki and the famous round boulders on the beach. Very interesting. The beaches along this part of the coast were fabulous long sandy empty beaches.
At Moeraki there was a cafe , shop and walkway to beach (you had to pay to go down ). It was worth it though and took some photos there.
We stopped a few times on the journey to break it up and arrived at about 3.30 pm. The motel was very swish but near to a busy road. Christchurch is quite big (the biggest city in South Island) the biggest we have been in so far.
Day 9 Sunday 26.01.14
We went to discover Christchurch today. The centre is full of building work as it is still recovering from the earthquakes . We went to Quake City in the centre where they have pictures, films and artefacts from the quakes.
Outside this were pop-up shops. These are container type units sometimes 2 storeys that are used as shops whilst they rebuild the centre. They are also rebuilding the cathedral in cardboard but we didn't manage to find it. I think it is a bit stronger than just cardboard - there is a good feature on the internet on it though. There were street entertainer about as it was the World Buskers Festival there.
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