We had arranged to meet Ali, a friend of mine, at Amberley on the way. That was a lovely little break and catchup.
It was a lovely drive to Kaikoura, through the wine country. The leaves on the grape vines were starting to turn yellow and looked beautiful. Then we hit the coast. It had turned into a brilliant day with a bright blue sky and sea. It looked like the middle of summer but I guess the temperature of the water would tell something different.
We checked in and off went Tarun on his daily walk. When he returned he said it was flat so he made it more interesting and challenging by finding his own way up a few of the hills. By the state of his shoes when he came back this obviously involved crossing water at some point.
I wandered around Kaikoura, being somewhat surprised at just how touristy it had become ... In the town centre there were people everywhere... dressed as if it was the middle of summer. When I wandered down to the beach it was almost deserted though.
We were lucky enough to catch a very beautiful sunset before walking into the township for dinner.
Monday morning we were off to Picton and our final night in the South Island. Our first stop was about 25 km north of Kaikoura where we stopped at the Ohau waterfall to see the seal pups playing.
There would have been more than 50 playing in the water and it somewhat resembled a seal kindergarten. Evidently the pups play here safely while mum goes out fishing for the day. We were able to get very close to them and they were very comfortable with people as they would come up close enough for you to touch them.
On towards Picton and once again there were vineyards stretching for miles.
When we left Picton on 24 March it was raining ... we returned today and it was raining again!! However the rain didn't deter the goat as off he went walking up in the hills again.
On his return it was into the kitchen . Chicken curry thanks to the real Indian chef.
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