Okay, as of last post, we were going to try and travel back to Christchurch from Geraldine. Well we tried to get a bus, and found that with it being easter weekend then we couldn't get on with all our stuff, so we pedaled the 35 miles north to Ashburton before trying again to catch the bus on the Tuesday. Luckily, a brief chat to a taxi driver provided the answer - apparently a little extra incentive for the driver would ensure that he found some luggage space. Low and behold, he was right, $20 later we were on the bus riding towards Christchurch, bike, trailer and luggage taking up an entire hold below the coach (out of a total of 4 luggage compartments on a bus for 50 passengers).
The next morning we had an early start and caught the train to Picton (very scenic journey) at the north of the south island, and then the ferry into Wellington.
Since then, we've been living like backpacking tourists in a particularly rubbish hostel, killing time seeing the sights until we can continue our train journey, tomorrow, to take us up to National Park in the middle of the north island.
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