Nelson, New Zealand
The third leg of our trip was here as we traded in Wallabies for Kiwis. We arrived in Christchurch following a short flight from Sydney feeling a little tired, having not made it to bed the previous night. It was immediately obvious that this was a place still suffering from the devastation of the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that had struck just 5 weeks prior to our arrival. The earthquake claimed the lives of 181 people, forced over 10,000 homes to be demolished ...