Day Forty Kurow to Akaroa

Travel day. Decided to do the bulk of the driving back to Christchurch today so that we could have a relaxing last day with 'the beast' tomorrow.  Wanted to go to the peninsula to the east of Christchurch which looks like a nice area. A French settlement originally. 

We tried to avoid most of the drive on State Highway 1 to make the journey a bit more interesting. Stopped off for a bite but otherwise just hammered on. The wind has died down so we weren't lurching about too much. Boiling hot, 32 degrees. The last third of e trip was back to the mountain roads. 7km of winding up then back down, two or three times. Anyway after about 5 hours travelling we came to the end do the road. 

We're camped at the bottom of this mountain!   

One photo taken today - both got van and camera fatigue! Dinner chez 'the beast' tonight but I did spot an Indian restaurant on the road back so am having hallucinations about curry tomorrow.  

Happy Saturday, folks!