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What we didn't see! - Kaikoura

What we didn't see!

A very disappointing day. When the coach driver arrives to pick us up from the hotel in Christchurch, he explains that due to the weather, the whale watching boat will not be going out, hwever, the plane may or may not. We are given the option to cancel completely or to take our chances with the plane. We decide we have nothing better to do today, so we take our chances. Wrong!

We hang around in Kaikoura waiting for the weather to clear up. It doesn't We watch the Audio Visual display and go out into the country for a nice crayfish lunch by a roaring fire. We watch a couple of sparrows outside trying to get to a daddy longleg on the inside of the window. I think that was the highlight of the day!

Last visit to Kaikoura: Nov 1995
Intro Written Sep 21, 2004
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kyoub Sep 25, 2004 at 6:38 AM

I have wanted to go to Kaikoura to do some whalewatching. Nice to know if there are no whales at least there is wine.

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