After crossing the Cook Strait from Wellington on the North Island to Picton
on the South Island, we headed immediately to ChristChurch a few hours south on
the east coast. Highlights were the Festival of Flowers, the Botanical
Gardens, and the Willowbank Wildlife Reserve.
|
|
|
|
The 'Interislander' ferried us from Wellington to Picton across the Cook Strait.
|
|
|
|
New Zealand is big into the Rugby World Cup with their 'All Blacks'.
|
|
|
|
ChristChurch Cathedral in town square.
|
|
|
|
The Flower Festival was centered in the Cathedral.
|
|
|
|
Cute festival roving flowers.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Rose Garden was George's favorite.
|
|
|
|
How many colors do bagonias come in?
|
|
|
|
Sue loved the wallabies
|
|
|
|
The colored pheasants were magnificent.
|
|
|
|
A Kea - mountain parrot - tears at anything rubber.
|
|
|
