Wow we went on a tour of the central business district of Christchurch today and all I can say is wow about the level of devastation still present today. Lots of buildings condemned and lots of empty lots where buildings once were. All the old heritage buildings gone sure is a great loss. We went to see what was left of the Cathedral and went to see the transitional one built out of mostly cardboard. We also saw an outdoor art exhibit of 185 white chairs on 185 s...

We made it to Christchurch, our flight was delayed about 2 hours so we arrived at 3 am. We are having breakfast at the Addington Coffee Coop. Coffee has been great but I would love to get a large double double right now. Time to go explore Christchurch or what's left of it after the earthquake in 2011.

Here we are sitting in the Brisbane Airport waiting to check in for our 6:30 flight to Christchurch New Zealand

Real tourist stuff today. We took the Croc Express tour bus up to the zoo (That is the best way to go from Brisbane). It was well worth the trip up. Learned a lot while we were there. The word Koala translates to no water in English from the aboriginal dialect it is from. Kangaroo actually translates to I don't understand. Got our picture taken while holding a koala it's on a cd so can't post it yet.

We took the afternoon cruse today and it was a lot of fun lots of cool stuff to see.