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We left Akaroa early heading towards Fairlie. The direct journey from ChristChurch to Mt. Cook would have taken us 4.5hrs non-stop journey... which would be a bit too long and boring for the kids... so we instead planned to break our Journey halfway in Fairle with an overnight stay in a Farmstay.

We bypassed ChristChurch via Lincoln... and stopped by Rakaia, supposedly the Salmon Capitol of New Zealand for some snacks which were lovely salmon sandwiches and salmon quiche! There was also a huge salmon model in the entrance of the town... heh!


We took a detour to Mt. Somers, hoping to catch some Lord of The Rings views... alas... the town was not the film site... it would take a 4WD journey further in to see anything... so after a fruitless detour we went back on route to Fairle via Geraldine.

We stopped to get some fruits at an orchard on the way... Alas it wasn't really fruit season yet... as the peach trees were not ripe for picking yet... We only got some apples and (duh!) imported bananas... the kiddos were hungry for bananas...



We did stop by for lunch at a park somewhere packing some Subway sandwiches... Hannah went wild by rolling in the grass... must have either read or watched it somewhere, to actually do it...


The drive was very pleasant even with only a single lane most of the way... with a speed limit of 100kmh and beautiful sights... ahh... a breeze to drive.


We arrived at The Farmstay at about 3.30pm just in time for the Farmtour!