Akaroa is about 65 km south of Christchurch, and since the earthquake in 2011 it's where the cruise ships have mostly had to dock instead of Christchurch. If you want to, you can still do shore excursions to Christchurch from Akaroa, but it's quite a long day. We decided - like many others - to just look around Akaroa. It's obviously a tourist town, with or without cruise ships. We had a nice time just wandering around, then we had lunch at one of the local restaurants - fish and chips and salad - $18.90 NZ each and worth every cent of it.
One big disappointment - my 'Citywalksz' MP3 player has died - so my plans to get a guided tour of the town didn't come to anything.
Above is the WWI memorial. They were planning to do repair and renovation work when the earthquake hit and caused more damage. It's now fenced off until they can raise funds to do all the necessary repairs.
This lighthouse was originally at the opening of the harbour but has now been renovated and moved to a spot nearer to Akaroa.
The seagulls are completely unafraid as in any tourist town. This bloke came over to say hello but left as soon as he realised we weren't going to feed him!
View of the Carnival Spirit from the jetty at Akaroa.
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