Christchurch

Christchurch & the Botanical Gardens

Also known as the 'Gateway to the Antarctic'... the city hosts a memorial to Captain Scott...

 

 

 

  

 

TranzAlpine rail route to Greymouth via Arthur's Pass

Leaving Christchurch and crossing the green, fertile Canterbury plain...

Becoming more rugged as we climbed into the mountains...

About halfway at Arthurs Pass...

 

 

 

Change in vegetation as we approached Greymouth...

 

Miche tackling a cream tea on the train, she managed this with more aplomb than I did, mine resembled the scouts eating their packed lunch on the Corkscrew at Alton Towers...

Next stop Mt Cook