Today we arrived at Akoroa, harbour use in replacement of the Christchurch Harbour, severely damaged during the last two earthquakes. As the harbour is too small for our ship we had to tender to get ashore and into our tour buses. Tendering was a disaster. Terribly slow.
The bus took us to Christchurch. There is still lots of damage to be seen. They try to repair the old houses (about 300 of them were damaged) as well as the old cathedral but it will be a long time job. About 200 modern buildings were damaged, too, and have already been torn down or wait to be torn down; will still take a long time till the city will be restored to its old beauty.
Then we had tea at a cheep station (yesterday's farm was just a "show" farm where they demonstrate sheep shearing and tell you all about it), but this time it was a "working" station.
After tea we did not only have sheep shearing demonstration but also a sheepdog demonstration. We not only saw Christchurch but as the icing on the cake we also rode through the beautiful countryside.
The bus took us to Christchurch. There is still lots of damage to be seen. They try to repair the old houses (about 300 of them were damaged) as well as the old cathedral but it will be a long time job. About 200 modern buildings were damaged, too, and have already been torn down or wait to be torn down; will still take a long time till the city will be restored to its old beauty.
Then we had tea at a cheep station (yesterday's farm was just a "show" farm where they demonstrate sheep shearing and tell you all about it), but this time it was a "working" station.
After tea we did not only have sheep shearing demonstration but also a sheepdog demonstration. We not only saw Christchurch but as the icing on the cake we also rode through the beautiful countryside.
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