Geraldine is a lovely little town. It is an ideal base to look around the area and has some unusual shops. I think it does pretty well from tourists as a lot of the tour buses stop off here. Good choice I'd say.
Its worth taking an inland route from Timaru to Christchurch as you get to see the mountains on your left and you go through lovely farming country with high hedges.
We opted to stay in Methven which serves the Mt. Hutt ski resort in Winter. We thought it would be empty but there was a Rhododendron conference on in town - amazing! So thats what goes on behind the hedges. Anyway we found a place to stay and went up in the mountains for a bit of bush-walking at the Awa Awa Rata Reserve. Really quiet tracks, apart from the birdies of course. |
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