We took the Tranzscenic Alpine Express across from the West coast to the East coast, Greymouth to Christchurch, about 4 hours train journey which was quite scenic in parts but the train itself was not very comfortable and was 1 1/2 hours late.
Had 2 nights in Christchurch visiting the lovely Botanic Gardens and Museum where we saw a display of Ivan Mauger the famous speedway rider from my younger days including the actual world championship trophy, Julia thought this was very boring. We took the tram ride around the loop that passes by all the interesting bits including the River Avon where you can go punting, oh really.It is a very attractive city with some interesting buildings.
The hotel we stayed in was superb with a great restaurant where we had a superb valentines dinner. The morning we left for the airport it poured all day, so we were glad to be going on the flight to Perth via Sydney to meet up with Carol Leith from the golf club.
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