Christchurch

We had a slow morning with the kids watching Netflix while we packed up ready for the flight. It was about 9:30am when we left, and when we discovered that our sim cards stopped working, leaving us without data.

We headed to the botanical gardens for a place to park the car. Then we walked into town and looked at the murals and buildings. We headed to the Margaret Mahy family playground the kids had spotted the day before. It was a fabulous place, and the kids had fun.

At 11am, it was time for some sugar, so we went to the Rollickin dessert cafe. I had a warm chic chip cookie topped with salted caramel gelato, it was good! From here, it was a stroll back towards the car to head to the airport. We stopped back outside the motel to use the wi-fi for airport directions.

We returned the hire car and were at the airport just after 1pm. We checked in and cleared security by 2 pm, then relaxed while we waited for our flight.
Another flight from Air NZ was cancelled, so our jetstar flight was full.
Once back at the Gold Coast, we had a quick cleaning of our boots after declaring soil on them. Dinner was a quick stop at HJ's, and then we had our drive home. The end.Read more