NZ : Day 4 - Christchurch to Dunedin

Day 4. We should be making another long drive today. From Christchurch to Dunedin.

Awal pagi the drivers keluar untuk ambil campervan. Gi terus ke Maui. Walaupun Maui tu buka awal dan kami sampai awal jugak lah. Rupanya dah ramai kat situ tunggu kenderaan. So agak lama lah menunggu. Kitaorg bajet the process will take 2 jam so blh la bertolak dlm pkl 10. Tp proses nya tersangat lama. Bila dah dapat kereta, baby seat pulak takde... Tunggu lebih dari 1 jam for that. Akhirnya pukul 12 baru settle.

Balik ke hotel dah kena bergegas nak angkat barang. Apparently check out time memang pkl 12 dan org motel dah bising2 kami tak keluar lagi. So cepat2 angkat barang dan kitaorg keluar. Disebabkan satu lagi family x beli brg dapur lagi, kami gi ke pak n save first. 

While they go to paknsave, aku pulak kena drive to this house ni utk ambik back pack bawak baby utk hiking. Aku sewa back pack ni online. And kena ambil kat rumah dia. Nasib baik Christchurch ni kecik. Lepas ambik back pack kitaorg jumpa balik geng kat paknsave. We spent quite long kat paknsave. Salah timing. Too distracted utk beli2 barang. Pkl 230pm baru nak gerak... Which was very very late. 4 jam delayed from earlier schedule. 

Jadinya... Sebab dah lambat. Agak bergegas la untuk drive ke Dunedin. Group agak terpisah. But it was ok sebab kami lalu hiway je. Dan dah set point mana nak berhenti next - Moreaki Boulders. Tapi sebab kan view yang cantik2 dan driver pun penat jugak. We made a couple of stops. One of it at this beautiful tepian sungai. Giler cantik la negara ni. Dok tepi jalan pun cantik macam ni.

We arrived at the Boulders pretty late. Although belum lagi sunset tp dah agak lewat jugak. Boleh lah bergambar. Jalan nak ke pantai tu pun kami cuba-cuba je. It was not too far, my parents boleh je jalan although ada turun tangga sikit utk ke pantai. But not strolley friendly. Dia siap taruh signboard notify facility utk wheelchair.

This is the Boulders

Moreiki Boulders ni dah dekat sangat dengan Dunedin. Dalam jadual asal nya patut boleh tengok penguin plus sebelah camping site tu ada small glowworm cave... Nampaknya kami terpaksa skip all that. Makan malam pun beli kebab kat tepi jalan je. We finally arrived at around 8pm kat campsite - Leith Valley Touring Park. Admin campsite pun dah balik, dia tinggal kunci kat dlm comkon room je. It was quite an experience utk set up campervan tu malam2 dalam hujan. Sebab campervan tu kena di pasang electric socket dia dan sambung air. For first timer, agak confuse jugak awal2.

Another thing, campervan satu lagi tiba jauh lagi lewat. Dah pukul 10pm baru diaorg sampai. They were not really ready for a long drive. Selalu tukar driver sebab ngantuk. Tak sempat langsung depa nak singgah the Boulders. Pastu salah jalan pulak masa nak cari site, sebab the GPS bagi jalan short cut lalu hutan n ikut pintu belakang. Dah lah hujan, gelap, masuk hutan, bawak pulak campervan besar mcm lori tu... Memang kesian. Phobia plak diaorg. But due to kitaorg dah set up our campervan, agak mudah nak tolong diaorg setup theirs.

Uniknya campsite... This one dia built up mcm loghouse. The facilities were very good. Tapi kecil je. Sebelah hutan. Kalau sampai awal, ada small glowworm cave kat sebelah campervan park. Tapi kami x gi lah. Disebabkan kami ada sebuah kereta, family abg aku with my parents slept in one of the motel. Nasib la ada automatic heater kat dlm campervan, disebabkan hujan renyai, cuaca agak sejuk tido malam tu. Tapi sebab penat... Letak kepala terus tido.