Route map showing Christchurch (A) to Diamond Harbour (C) around the volcanic crater, with a stopover at the transmission tower on top of Port Hills (B)
View from Top of Port Hills, Christchurch city against the mighty Southern Alps
No, those are not clouds!
Some sheep (hey it's a Kiwi road trip!). Overheard today at Port Hills, "you can never be more than 50m away from sheep!" (not true!)
A nice little rest point at Allandale, somewhere midway between Christchurch and Diamond Harbour
Someone's burning something and spoiling the scenery :-(
Further down the road at Teddington... damn, who's burning what?!
The lonesome scoot... actually, not. When I was taking this photo three Mod Vespas (mirrors and all) went zooming past and beeping in agreement and giving me the thumbs up.
A rare stretch of straight road!
Charteris Bay... Spring has clearly arrived. There are flowers everywhere but I decided not to stop and shoot them... otherwise I'll never finish the trip!
Another view from the same spot as above. Beautiful isn't it!
Finally, arrival at Diamond Harbour's wharf. I met the three Vespas again, they were coming back up while I was going down towards the wharf. Excessive nodding followed.
Taken along Dyers' Pass, on the way back to Christchurch. It's a beautiful road but the tight and steep terrain makes it difficult to stop and take photos.
I certainly want to take it slow and not lose my footing and fall off...
Back home. My MR2 is in Grigio Avio, too :-)
