A place where crayfish and whale watching are king
After leaving Picton and staying in Blenheim for a night, the cats were packed up and it was back in the car heading south and down along the Kaikōura coast towards Christchurch for another night's stay before the final leg to Oamaru. It came up fast that hard striking view of stark hills before the view of a rugged and earthquake affected coastline appeared on the horizon and the tourists with it. There's nothing about this coastline that's less than striking, brooding and a reminder Mother Nature is never predictable. The waves were crashing hard on the rocks uplifted from the last major earthquake and I was driving on roads that had been completely rebuilt after being thrown into the ocean. This coastline was once a place where my tupuna came and hunted moa and when that food supply ran out they were gather moana kai provided by Tangaroa to keep them well-fed. As the journey continued towards Kaikōura township I spotted a rest area and a lot of interesting plantings of ...