DAY 2 Wednesday 1 April Christchurch to Dunedin

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RNZAF Museum Wigram

An ejector seat.

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As part of the behind-the-scenes tour, we saw what had to be restored.  Good luck with that one!  Often they have to hand machine all new items.

Our tour guide's father, Johnny Checketts, flew spitfires in World War Two. His dad is featured in this display.  In 1943, Johnny was shot down in France.  He bailed out of his burning aircraft.  French locals hid him and looked after him.  The French Resistance helped him escape to England on a fishing boat.

We stopped in the afternoon at Oamaru, a very attractive seaside town.  It had been a very rich town in the past, with many beautiful stone buildings.  Most have since been repurposed.

Original town hall.

War memorial and church.

What had been the ANZ Bank...very impressive and not just for the blue skies.

The Steampunk Museum is a Victorian industrial fantasy world. We did not have time to go inside. 

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