NZ Land Logs 23, Year 2: South Island–Christchurch to Kaikoura
Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Weather Today: Temperature Dropping and Rain
Location: Kaikoura, New Zealand
Yesterday was beautiful and sunny, but we are getting our share of cool and rainy weather once again. I’m not a lover of rain, but actually I prefer the rain to the cooler weather. For the most part, the rain is light, it’s supposed to be in the 50’s for the next couple of days, so I guess I have to put the sandals away and get out real shoes and jeans.
We only made one stop on our way here to Kaikora and that was at the Cathedral Cliffs in a place called Gore. The cliffs were soil, not rock, and looked like they might give way at any moment. That gave us pause as we neared the edge to view. We stopped only long enough for pictures and then it was on to Kaikora. This little seaside town is tucked between the ocean and the coastal mountain range, the Seaward Kaikouras, which provides beautiful views. This is the place to come if you want to do whale watching or swim with the dolphins or seals, but in weather like this it doesn’t sound very inviting. We did take a walk along the rocky beach at lowtide and saw a few fur seals. With the rain and cool weather, we are also getting a lot of wind, so our walk was a wee bit chilly. At least the rain stopped for our walk and we enjoyed watching the huge waves crashing on the rocks just offshore.
Tomorrow we leave here and get on the Interisland Ferry at 1:15 pm. We will cross Cook’s Strait and find ourselves back on the North Island. The fifteen days here on the South Island have been magical. And we still have more of the North Island to explore. So on we go.
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