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5th September: How am I going to fit all this into a 30 litre rucksack?	I'm not. It's all going in here plus lots more because I can	Yvonne and Steve on their decking, trying homemade cherry brandy	A beer sign in the Station café in Seddon on State Highway 1 on the way to Kaikoura
Yvonne posing by the truck outside the Station café	Beach and main railway line next to Highway 1 on the way to Kaikoura	Beach and main railway line next to Highway 1 on the way to Kaikoura	Me on railway line
Mine! All mine!	It's a great view	It's still a great view	Just in case I didn't get a photo of the view
Steve	New Zealand fur seals along Highway 1	More seals	View from Kaikoura beach. Wretched, isn't it?
Lone seal on the beach at Kaikoura	Lone seal on the beach at Kaikoura	Clock at Kaikoura	Big seal at Kaikoura seal colony
6th Sept: Camper van for hire. Very discreet	Renwick High Street	Vineyard in Renwick	Steve and Yvonne's vehicles and the front of the bungalow
Queen Charlotte Sound at Picton	View of Picton	Steve, Yvonne and Gabrielle (Yvonne's charge) at the shore in Picton	Boats. Lots of boats
Gabby forgot her sunhat so borrowed mine. Not quite the right fit	Looking out from under	Another view of the Sound	7th Sept: A vineyard in the Wairau Valley, near Renwick, which grows grapes for Oyster Bay
A vineyard in the Wairau Valley, near Renwick, which grows grapes for Oyster Bay	Another vineyard in the Wairau Valley	Another vineyard in the Wairau Valley	Rebecca Davies' bicycle
View across one side of Wairau Valley	8th Sept: Lunch in Pollard's Park, Redwood, near Blenheim	Renwick Aviation Museum	I didn't know people flew aeroplanes this small!
The passenger module inside "Argosy", a Bristol Freighter and museum outside Blenheim, where Yvonne and Steve are planning to get married	View from the Captain's seat on the Argosy	The Argosy cockpit	The Argosy
The Argosy	9th Sept: Brunch at the Chantilly Café in Blenheim. Vic and Rebecca. French toast, bacon and maple syrup tastes better than it sounds	Yvonne and Steve at the Chantilly. Small cup of coffee	10th Sept: Foothills leading up to Arthur's Pass
Rob Wilkes' Toyota Surf	Klondyke Corner rest area en route to Arthur's Pass	Klondyke Corner rest area	View of mountains from Klondyke Corner
A well-camouflaged kea - a native parrot with a fondness for picnic food, though feeding them is discouraged	Same kea. It posed for photographs and was then offended when we left without feeding it	Feed me! Look! I'm walking about within feet of you! What do I have to do?	The new (ish) viaduct along Arthur's Pass which cuts out a few steep and dangerous curves, making it more accessible for large vehicles
Rob and Trina, windblown at the lookout point above the viaduct where the old road went	The waterfall was diverted over a section of the road	Devil's Punchbowl Falls at Arthur's Pass	Devil's Punchbowl Falls at Arthur's Pass after a climb up a path and steps
Rob and Vic at Devil's Punchbowl Falls	Rob and Trina at Devil's Punchbowl Falls	Devil's Punchbowl Falls at Arthur's Pass	Warning/Advice sign at Cave Stream at Arthur's Pass - people can walk and crawl, chest deep in water through a cave through which a glacial stream runs. Brrrr.
View from Cave Stream rest area	Exit point of Cave Stream	Limestone landscape at Cave Stream	11th Sept: Rob's cat, Ellie
Ellie	Rob's cat, Jay, on his palatial cat tower	Manchester Street in Christchurch, post-February 22nd earthquake	Damaged building on Manchester Street
Damaged building on Manchester Street	Not much left of MacKenzie and Willis, a home furnishing store on St Asaph	Bits of structural concrete from Mackenzie and Willis	Back of damaged shops, Colombo St
Colombo St	A strange sculpture	Leaning Tower Of Pisa re-named	Remembrance flowers at one of the cordons
Christchurch is still open	The Arts Centre, Christchurch, being supported by old light towers	The Dux De Lux, an iconic Christchurch pub - now closed and within the red zone	Missed by its patrons
The Dux De Lux from the other side	The dome is from the Regent Cinema, in front of the cathedral	Robert Scott's plinth, minus the statue which nose-dived	The Old Provincial Building
The Old Provincial Building: rebuilding unlikely	The scaffolding was there for the rebuilding after September 4th 2010	Is that a Catholic church? Well, it's what's left of the Catholic Cathedral if that counts.Come on Pope, stump up the cash and fix it!	The cleared site of CTV. When it collapsed, it was observed that the metal strengtheners in the concrete (check technical details) were much further apart than those in the earlier photo at the site of Mackenzie and Willis
Duncan, Helen and Cameron at their house	12th Sept: Duncan, Helen and Cameron and Vic	Lyttleton Harbour from Port Hills	Lyttleton Harbour from Port Hills, cows in foreground
Lyttleton Harbour from Port Hills, Governers Bay on the left. Quail Island in middle where Scott kept his ponies before the South Pole fiasco	Lyttleton	Lyttleton Harbour	Lyttleton Harbour
Trina McLachlan's car	A panaromic attempt - 1	A panaromic attempt - 2	A panaromic attempt - 3
And a stitch together. Must teach Vic how to use 'stitch assist' - Pete		Lyttleton Harbour	Lyttleton Harbour
Lyttleton Harbour	Halswell Quarry - now used as a recreation/walking area	Rob Wilkes' house - earthquake proof second floor (he says. I hoped so as I was sleeping in it). View from back garden	A message of hope….and a cynical observation ;-)
Christchurch Art Centre, damaged by earthquake. That cone on the ground belongs on top of the tower just to the left	Christchurch Art Centre	The fountain opposite the Arts Centre which polarises locals' opinions between cheerful and naff	Rob Wilkes' house - view from driveway. Same day as earlier but sun has done a runner