MT COOK

On Saturday morning as we were leaving Christchuch we were taken on a tour of parts of the city, where we stayed was one of areas which had been severely devestated. The bus driver wasn't sure which streets he would be able to travel as road closures and signs changed overnight.
Many business have set up out of Christchurch and also new suburbs have been created.
We travelled south through dairy country towards the Southern Alps until we got to the hilly country which looked very desolate. We stopped to have a look at the little Church of the Good Shepherd on the edge of Lake Tepako and were to have gone inside but were unable to as there was a Japanese marriage ceremony about to take place followed by another later in the afternoon, apparently quite popular for weddings because of the view. We travelled on to Mt Cook where we had a welcome dinner.
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Countryside
Lake Tepako
Church of the Good Shepard
Lake Pukaki - Storage lake for hydro power stations
Near Mt Cook
Mt Cook from our roomRead more