Mozzeenet

Really enjoyed a recent trip to NZ. What a spectacular country. In this instalment I’ll cover Christchurch to Queenstown which was my favourite part scenery wise. The snow-topped mountains juxtaposed with the coast, rainforest, rocky rivers and harsh, wild landscape was just amazing. We travelled over Arthurs Pass to the West Coast then travelled down the coast via the glaciers, Haast Pass, Lake Wanaka and then to Queenstown.

Arriving in Christchurch, we caught up with my aunt, uncle and cousins as well as my great-aunt and second cousins - a lot of fun. It was cold and grey as well as a public holiday so the city area of Christchurch wasn’t shown at its best. We just picked up our rental car and a couple of accessories - a new tripod for Andrew (the other one decided it didn’t want to leave Australia!) and beanie and gloves - ready to head off on our adventure.

The Arthur’s Pass national park landscape is desolate and rocky with a winding road taking us from the East to the West coast - it was snowing as we drove through which made for an interesting landscape and quite a novelty.

Apparently it is quite common for it to be sunny and warm on the West coast when it is wet and cold in Christchurch and that was our experience. After reaching the coast, we stopped off at Hokatika for a ‘whitebait sammie’ - it’s a bit like a fish omelette in a sandwich. Doesn’t sound great but was quite yummy. Maybe it was just the excitement of trying a local delicacy. My cousins recommeded me to try some whitebait over there.
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