Christchurch-Canterbury Bed and Breakfasts Reviews and Rates

Go directly via the ferry and the train to jail

Another crack of dawn start saw us getting the $3 shuttle from the hostel to the ferry. Although it *technically* cost us only $1.50 each as apparently we were due a refund of $3 for some reason when we booked the tickets at the YHA reception?! I dunno, whatever.

Shuttle bus pretty packed, which I was again surprised at (the Overlander …

Arrived in Christchurch!

Another quick update to let you know we managed to get away ok. The weather was so bad yesterday, we toyed with the idea of going to the airport yesterday, but the traffic was so snarled up we decided to give that a miss! The river rose quite a bit yesterday, all the shops and CBD closed early and by late afternoon was like a ghost town! We got a …

Sydney day off and then to Christchurch NZ

January 01 2011. The New Year dawned bright, hot and sunny and a pool swim before breakfast was a perfect start to the day! We spent the morning organising our holiday to New Zealand – flights, car hire, first night's accommodation etc. (thank goodness for the internet!).

Following this we took the stopping ferry from Mosman to …

End of the New Zealand leg

From Tekapo we slowly made our way back north to return the camper van. We stopped at some nice places along the way making sure we took time to relax. We also managed to spend a nice day at the beach before making it back to Christchurch where we returned to my (Chris) auntie and uncle's house.

After giving the camper van a once over, we …

Let's get ready to rumble!

So today is the day we head to Christchurch, feeling quite nervous especially since yesterday's huge aftershock. We set off and the two hour drive to the city and arrived at about lunchtime. The first thing that hit us was how huge Christchurch is, after weeks of being in tiny one-horse towns Christchurch looked like the biggest sprawling …

Ok, so only a stopover but really just an excuse..

... To vent about how much I love Air New Zealand's inflight movie selection.
A. You can start watching before and during the plane take-off
B. You can create you're own "to watch" or "to listen" playlist
C. Maybe it's just Summer blockbuster season but I was transported back to being 5 years old and unable to sleep at all during a 10 …

Hungover Willy

It's a Sunday morning. I'm very hungover. I can't remember why. I'm sure there was beer involved. Possibly wine too. It was probably someone else's fault. I have no time to figure whose, though, as the 10am check out time is fast approaching. With pounding skull and whirling belly I manage to detach my mouth from the pillow, both of which share the …

Christchurch Cathedral, but not the one in Dublin

Almost in Qtown... this was our last stop along the way, just another one nighter. We walked around the city, visited the Cathedral & had the best baked potato I think I have ever tasted. Other than that, we got ourselves ready for the ten hour journey to Queenstown, and looking forward to having a home for a little while …

Not much to say . . .but we got PICS!!!!!

Hey! Well we really haven't done much yet today. It's only around noon or so. Last night after we wrote we went and checked out "Blood Diamond". It was really good, very realistic, pretty graphic so Jess winced a couple times but she did pretty well. Then we headed back to the cabin and chilled out for the rest of the night. Today we got up, …

What a difference a day makes...

There is nothing like giving people enough time to let them know you are coming to visit, so a phone call from the airport had my friends ample time to get things ready for us and what a great bed and breakfast. After being used to youth hostels and enforced check out times it was nice to kick back, relax and catch up with each other. As for …