Monday-New Years Eve. We woke up to wonderful harbour views. We had been a little concerned that we might be moved on from our overnight parking spot - as there was some confusion about whether we were permitted to camp there over night, but we were undisturbed. So we toddled off to the I-site to see about booking a site for New Year's Eve, but as we expected everywhere was fully booked. We then went for a drive around the penisular, the weather was great and thi...

Sunday. We woke up to rain! Very disappointing! And we needed to think carefully about where to head next and where we wanted to be for new year - as we only have three nights left. With this in mind we drove 300km to the Banks penisula adjacent to Christchurch - and what a good decision this has turned out to be! The sun is out, we are camped for free next to the harbour in Akaroa and it is gorgeous. This town has lots of old colonial buildings and lots of Frenc...