our journey takes us further south to Otago

After a week in Christchurch and Sumner,
we were not getting the right vibes from the area, Christchurch is a very big sprawling city, and we are not used to a 45 to 1 hour plus commute to work, and we were not prepared to settle for that just so we could live out of the city.

So we decided to pack a few things and go exploring....well it was freezing in Sumner, so it didn't really matter if it was colder as they say further South!....this picture of the cliffs out of Sumner looks warm....but the outside temperature was a lot colder!

As we neared Ashburton we could still see the snow on the fields, but the roads were thankfully clear.


We stopped for lunch in Timaru, but I didn't take any pictures...I was too busy whoofing down my KFC Sizzler burger! It looked a big town, there were some houses that were cheaper than in Christchurch, but we pressed onto Dunedin as we decided to visit all the way to the South before making a decision to where we thought we would like to live.

The roads to Dunedin were open too - Phew!












we stopped to stretch our legs and have a sarnie at a beach near a place called......'Shag Point'!
and the resident chooks came to see if we had any scraps....so of course we shared our pita bread with them.....but we didn't tell them that they'd contained.....................CHICKEN salad!
Ooops














Before we got to Dunedin, we saw a sign for the Moeraki Boulders, that Diny had mentioned when we had visited her....as she'd said they wern't as big as you'd expect....but still size isn't everything, and they were unusual......and the beach was nice.














We arrived in Dunedin just before it got dark...thank goodness, as the roads were a bit tricky and I wouldn't have liked to drive on them in the dark.














Our View from the Law Courts Hotel, a few blocks from the Octagon, the rooms are renovated and had the origional bathroom suite from what I am guessing was the art deco period.














The suberbs were a bit hilly! I wouldn't like to drive up one of those drives!