Feb 13, 2026 On to Picton
We had a beautiful sunrise as we started our trip from the rural farmstay on Banks Peninsula through Christchurch and further north.
We stopped for lunch in Kaikoura, ‘the Coast with the Most’, and known as the whale watching capital of NZ! We will have to return again to see more of the area!
The moody, broody sky over the pebbly steep beach at Kaikoura did not invoke swimming!
We continued on the highway along the coast, following the Coastal Pacific train route we took on Jan. 11, 2024! See the blog HERE! We stopped at the iconic crayfish shop with the giant Lobster we saw from the train 2 years ago!
We had already eaten lunch, so we weren’t hungry enough to try the ‘cray’! Next time for sure!!
We reached Picton by early evening and enjoyed a nice walk around town and took a pizza to our B&B for dinner. We have an early morning tomorrow to catch the ferry to the North Island.