Feb 12, 2026 Moving On
Today we started the drive north to Picton to catch the ferry back to the North Island. Being an over 9 hour drive we decided to break it up and headed to near Christchurch, about half way. We found a little B&B in the rural setting of Port Levy, at the end of Port Levy bay on Banks Peninsula, the bulge of land just south of Christchurch. The ‘Shearers Quarters’ is a tiny remodeled sheep shearers hut on a farm at the end of a winding gravel road over the hilly terrain of the peninsula.
Shortly after our arrival a herd of sheep were mustered up the road past the gate to the Shearer’s Quarters! After the dust settled we took a walk down the country lane to the shores of the bay.
The tide was out, revealing a mud flat where ducks, gulls and a few heron were feeding. The wind, or maybe the tide made concentric waves on the bay’s surface.
The evening lighting was dramatic on the clouds sitting on the hilltops, with patches of bright blue sky occasionally appearing.