Springs in Winter

Today we headed north of Christchurch up to Hanmer Springs.

When we got there everyone but me decided to have a swim in the hot thermal pools, it was a bit crowded being NZ school holidays, so mum decided to pay the little bit extra to get a private pool.

It was raining when everyone got out and there wasn't much else in Hamner to do so we headed back in the direction of Christchurch.

We stopped at a cool rocky beach that was made up from 'river' stones and pulled over for the night in a rest area 40kms north of Christchurch.

Oh, and the alpaca (not llama, sorry) bear received the name Geraldine, or Al for short.