Melbourne-Christchurch; Wednesday, November 15.

We set out from Colac this morning and drove back to Phil & Lisa's. Brought the blog up to date and sorted out emails, packed, and headed for the airport. On the way we encountered a massive storm with torrential rain and hailstones which brought the freeway almost to a standstill. The last thing we expected for weather in Southern Australia. Our three hour flight plus two hours time change got us into Christchurch at about 11:30. By the time we cleared customs & immigration, got the car and took the 5 minute drive to our hotel it was about 1am.
A long day but here we are in NZ.