Christchurch

A short trip over the Tasman to Christchurch for the monthly Airport Managers meeting. We thought we'd go and check our our cousin's (Pacific Blue) home base, although I'm not sure who decided it was a good idea to go to NZ in July!! As we had a daytime flight, we also had fabulous views of the snow cappped mountain ranges out of the plane.

We touched down (with a minor technical incident... the ATC tower was evacuated so we had to park on the runway for a while) to a very chilly 2 degrees... and it was only 4pm! After a tour of the Pacific Blue offices we headed to our accomodation at Peppers Clearwater. It is a beautiful resort style complex right on the NZ PGA golf course. We had a lovely dinner together in the restaurant. The following day it was all day Airport Managers Meeting and then Chinese at a restaurant in town. We were much entertained, especially by the story of Lorie and the acquarium! A short, cold, but great trip to Christchurch.