| Day 26 Akaroa to Kaikoura |
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Downtown Akaroa - quaint but very swish
| Rainbow over the campsite |
| Just off to find that pot of gold |
| View over the inlet from Duvauchelle campsite |
| Caravans stored for winter - Autumn began today |
| Akaroa Harbour extends for about six miles |
| Quay at Akaroa |
| Boats moored at Akaroa |
| Bustling harbour side at Akaroa |
| Akaroa Court House - built 1878 |
| Downtown Akaroa - quaint but swish |
| Our home alongside Akaroa prom |
| Akaroans know how to live |
| St Patricks church, Akaroa |
| The French Connection - Akaroa |
| Run down but still inhabited |
| About to set sail on a dolphin & seal watch |
| Akorao Harbour - a peaceful scene on Monday morn |
| From the heights above Duvauchelle |
| More French colonial influence in Akaroa |
| Winding narrow roads to get up here |
| Over 3,000 ft up on Banks Peninsula |
| Some new found friends on Summit Road |
| A bit of a poseur ! |
| Argentinian beef is 8,000 miles across the Pacific |
| View down into Akaroa inlet |
| Devauchelle campsite is to the left |
| The ocean can just be seen |
| A better view over the Devauchelle site |
| Black swans near Little River |
| Just what we need for Betsy, Clarry & Dolly |
| He crows too ! |
| Not enough to wake this one up though ! |
| Best mates |
| Black Swan speak for "Go Away" |
| A legless Swan |
| Proud parents swanning around |
| A disturbed heron flies off |
| Herons make a lot of noise too ! |
| A visitor comes for lunch |
| Just the right size for me |
| Very shy, avocet like birds |
| Glenmark station on the Weka Pass railway |
| The yard at Glenmark Stn |
| Just some troublesome trucks |
| The Office - a restored carriage |
| A Directors coach apparently |
| Preserved motive power |
| The locos sit adjacent the main line |
| The branch off to Weka Pass |
| Weka Pass preserved railway established in 1982 |
| Turnout to access from the main line passing loop |
| Seeing this crane really gave me a lift. |
| Coal heaps so there should be Steam around |
| The station at Waikari |
| The end of the line at Waikari |
| Waikari station from Scargill Road |
| Just an oil tank wagon in the siding |
| The beach at Peketa campsite |
| Kaikoura Peninsula - Whale be there tomorrow ! |
| Peketa ablutions are handy |
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