I came with a friend to Akaroa for the weekend
Akaroa - meaning 'Long Harbour' is a beautiful historical town...
Settled in the heart of an ancient volcano...
On Banks Peninsula in the South Island of New Zealand...
It has a tiny permanent population of only 700... More here.
The French were the first to arrive here in 1838...
They bought land to establish a whaling port, returned to France to bring more people to live here...
But returned in 1840 to discover...
That Banks Peninsula had been claimed by the British... Read about it here.
This is the view from the house where we are staying.
It's a cold Christchurch day...
Raining and ony 5 degrees...
The Akaroa Harbour... No boating activity today...
But it is the home to Hector Dolphins...
Endemic to New Zealand and one of the smallest and rarest
dolphins in the world.
We stopped on the way... To take photos...
Me being silly out in the rain and cold...
I have got gloves on... And no other cars in sight.
My friend who I came with... Indulging my sillyness...
The countryside and wet and mists were beautiful...
Akaroa is about 75km from Christchurch...
Over the hills...
And into the town...
More photos of the village tomorrow...
It's supposed to stop raining so I can go walking.
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