We camped at a surf town near Kendra's house in Pegasus (north of Christchurch) called Waikuku. It was a fairly basic campground, but near the ocean. (Not that we could tell in the dark, but we could hear it) It turned out that the beach was a short walk and we spent some time there in the morning, It was a beautiful expanse of pale sand and big crashing waves.
After a bit of grocery shopping, and another beach (this one wilder and rocky), we headed in search of the famous crayfish of Kaikoura. Kaikoura is a fairly large town along the east coast of the south island and is home to seafood, surfing and whale watching. We traveled from one end to the other inquiring at a fish shop and a hotel about lunch. We arrive after 2pm, so everything was shutting down for lunch, to re-open at 5pm. We did find the "Original World Famous Kaihoura Seafood BBQ" at the south end of town. The BBQ was a roadside stand with some tables and umbrellas and lots of parking. We bought several things to sample including the last half crayfish the manager/cook had. Everything was quite good and the plates were stunningly presented. Crayfish looks like small lobster and tastes sweeter perhaps, not quite like lobster or crab.
Two hours of twisty roads later we arrived in Picton. Our first campsite choice was closed for renovations and the second... well it was OK. We camped near a train viaduct that was running freight trains to and from the ferry terminal most of the night.
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