Not a great picture, but trying to show the "interesting" uniforms the boys at the school had to wear.	The crosswalks are marked with the black and white pole, with orange circle at top, to be clear that this is a crosswalk where pedestrians have right of way.	Back in the botanical gardens, everything is open this morning. Fun curly thingie coming out of the flower.	More curly ones with funner colors (did that push the button?)	sign says it's a "Anthurium andraeanum hybrid". We just think it's weird.

	Bob commented the flowers look like candy corn	Huge flowers hanging from the ceiling, a "Aristolochia gigantea"	Little one		Big one flowering. Not that I know what it is, but it's pretty :-)

	Hymenocallis speciosa "Winter Spice", from West Indies	Begonia Conservatory - wow.	"Fairy Light"	"Mardi-Gras"	"Gardens Hybrid" - I think they ran out of names

	Just amazing how many different colors there are!	Little Venus Flytraps	Pitcher Plant - each of the little dangling pitchers will catch insects		The little fern conservatory was VERY wet and humid

		The McLay Bonsai Collection		Huge flowers on these trees	The Visitor Centre was open too, with tons of interesting info for plant-flower-ignorant people like me (Sue) :-) I could identiy a rose and not much more. I have no memory for plants and flower identification :-(

	Interesting!				More ducks!

	This is one of the few I could identify - the Colorado Blue Spruce	Pretty water gardens there too.			lily pond with a duck in the middle

	pretty	massive leaves on whatever this is	Cute little bird, a little bigger than a sparrow	Interesting knot on the tree trunk	Cool twisty trunk

	flutter-by on the chives	This lily pond has folks working in it :-)	For George	Both punters and kayakers.	A tourist tries his hand at punting. It was harder than it looked. The guide is sitting in the boat joking.

	Interesting fountain in the park.	One word descriptions from each of us: garish, gaudy, ostentatious, wow.	The monkey puzzle tree again - notice the interesting bark.	Beautiful flower beds everywhere.	Across the street. This used to be a large school and had been converted into shops and galleries.

	Tram car	Pretty stained glass	We stopped to chat for a while with Suzanne - very friendly, handing out samples of fudge from a local store.	Lots of folks hang out next to the river for lunch, just relaxing.	Portable food carts.

	We'd seen this one before, going down the road.	Sculpture in the middle of the square, next to the cathredral.	Welcome to the cathedral.	Inside the church, beautiful stained glass.	But there was a service going on, so we went on to the tower first.

	You can climb to the top of the tower for a $4 donation... so we did!	Looking down the steps - a very close, winding stair for much of the climb.	The room with the bell-ringing ropes		Partway up, looking down on the bells - they hang upside down

	The last about third was ladders. From the bottom of the final ladder, looking straight up. Pretty steep pitch!	Woo-hoo we made it to the top!	From the top of the cathedral, looking down at the sculpture in the square.

	Heading back down	Going up and down, they recommend facing in.	Back down, in the church, service is over so we can wander to take pictures of the stained glass windows.	The pulpit.	Tomb of a bishop.

	Interesting info	Wall mosaic	Outside, looking up at the tower we climbed.		Jugglers, unicycle rider, etc entertain crowds.

	Mural	Another cool sign.	From the side of the art museum looking at its front.	Nice sculptures	:-)

	Beautiful sculpture.	Local bagpipe player, with his hat out for donations.			"Animates" - great name for a pet store!

	We stopped for lunch here. Had our first fish & chips for lunch - pretty good!	Fun sign inside	The south island. Look closely at the top right shoreline, where the dark blue water comes so incredibly close in to shore. That is Kaikoura, with the close in deep water for whale-watching.