Day 319 (Tue 22 May) - Kaikoura

The wind had died down considerably overnight. Sarb was keen to have a round of golf. Jo agreed to this as long as they spent a few hours in the springs afterwards.

Headed off to Hamner Springs golf course where Sarb hired some gear and set off around the stunning course. The first shot was a bit rusty and we spent a few mintues in the trees searching for the ball.

Soon Sarb got the hang of it and was teeing off like a professional. Fortunately he had enlisted the help of a professional caddy who took her job very seriously. Although when she agreed to accept the position she didn't know she would spend a lot of her time in the bushes and water searching for missing balls.

Anyway, it was a beautiful morning and Sarb managed to master a few
tricky shots.

After 17 holes it was getting tense but Sarb calmly took his last shot.

True to his word, after lunch, Sarb escorted Jo to the nearby springs. Stripped to our cossies in freezing temperatures we dived into the steaming outside springs. Fabulous way to spend the afternoon. We lazed around in the thermal pools chatting and people watching.

After a few hours we dressed and left the relaxing town. We followed the river as we made our way towards Kaikoura.

On our way we stumbled across a herd of naughty cows in the road who weren't too keen on moving.

Kiakoura was further than we thought so we ended up driving through the hairaising roads in the dark, which was fun. To make matters more interesting we also experienced some dense fog.

Eventually arrived in Kiakoura and headed for the Top Ten Holiday Park. Parked up and headed into the town for a well earned drink.

Later stopped off at the Black Rabbit Pizzeria and had a couple of pizza's before heading back.