 | 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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