Akaroa

 Yesterday's day out...done then because the cruise ship comes in there today.

There are a few of these...relics of the whaling trade

New houses...with a style nod the the old...they do fit in unlike some

Twisted tree..the rata family can grow as epiphytes, then grow roots down as well as branches up

The post office, still going..

The bank building, for sale

A good café and bakery

We ended up here for lunch. Not sure what this building used to be, but it is rather posh now! Getting gluten free food was a problem, even more so when you want vege as well. It hadn't been a problem anywhere until now.

Wriggly tin roofs everywhere.

We walked up this street...

Church closed, despite the sign saying open

To this

A bit Gaudi influenced...looked interesting, but at 25 bucks each....

To the glorious dead...I am not sure what the population was in the early 1900s....but 116 are recorded as being lost between 1914-1919....and when you think that influenza carried off even more, brought back in the troop ships....

The dark line is the main highway, yellow sealed side roads and grey gravel roads. Green is tramping tracks.

This landed out of sync! ....but most of the place names are French.