Off to see the Wizard of Oz...

Dear readers, by the time you next take an update from me I will be gone from this incredible stunning country, and into the next part of my journey, across the Tasman Sea to Australia.
Before that, I had one last day in Christchurch. After a sweet cooked breakfast of fruit (for regularity), toast (for fibre), tea (for the tannins), and bacon, sausage, scrambled egg and beans (cos that's what I fancied), and a sort out of the washing I have accumulated it was off into Christchurch city centre for a day of relaxed fun. Right outside the hotel is a tram stop which once you have bought a ticket lasts for 2 days. I made the most of it today, travelling round in circles jumping off at various places along the way. There is a park one block up from us called Hagley Park, named after Hagley Hall, which I thought was interesting, then the tram driver said it was named by a Governor of this area called Lyttleton. Obviously our areas notoriety spreads far and wide!
I had a wander round the cathedral this afternoon. Its about the size of St Lukes yet serves as a major ecclesiastical centre for the South Island. After this I watched another little bit of a street show which was blokes messing around on huge unicycles and ladders. It was quite good, but not as much fun as the fire eating, chainsaw juggling bloke from yesterday.
Admission to the art gallery here is free, and I believe that its the only way that they're going to get people in. On the 1st floor there are some really beautiful paintings dating back 400 years, and from all round the world, right up to the present day. However, the ground floor was full of the kind of stuff you read about winning the Turner Prize eg a lamp turning on and off, and a DVD of a shot of someones face playing Gran Turismo. As I like to call it, pretentious crap! It was a case of shaking my head and walking away.
Anyway, off for a farewell drink tonight, although it will be an early one. Gotta pack up in the morning. I'm going to the same places as last night I think. A restaurant called Blue Note which has live Jazz music (tres cool), and a pub called the Bard (as we are on the River Avon), which gets a nice crowd in.
I bid you all farewell from New Zealand, and I look west over shimmering seas to the mighty Australia.
All the best
Matt