To OAMARU

I slept very well considering that the toilets were outside.  I made myself think that I did not want to go out in the dark which helped.  It was a beautiful but cold morning as the heavens were a majestic blue and there was not a cloud in the sky.  The showers were very clean with no spider’s webs in sight.  My breakfast consisted of banana on toast.

I headed off after dropping off the key. There were a lot of dry rivers that I crossed and the day became warmer.  After 2 hours of driving, I had to have a wee, so stopped at Waikuku.  I was going to potter around but after speaking to the  lady in tourist information centre and a quick look around, I decided to carry on. 

At Christchurch I picked up a polish hitch hiker called Weronika smolinska

We chatted as I drove to Timaru, when we got there I dropped her off near the information centre, a kind lady there showed me what I could see. She recommended an excellent cafe so I went to authur street which sold gluten free food.  After  lunch I then drove to Caroline’s Bay.

At Caroline Bay, there was a lovely sandy beach, a rose garden, willow arch as well a domed parrot cage. 

At 3pm I set off for the last leg of the journey, towards the end of the drive I nearly got lost as Google maps sent me around elephant rocks.  Thankfully I was able to resolve the issue and sorted myself back on the correct road. As I pulled in there was my good friend and her children outside their house. Izaak gave me a guided tour of their home which has had major work done to it.  Tristan arrived later and we all chilled and had Mexican chilli for tea.