our final full day proved to be rainy and cool. the town of Lake Tekapo was famous for a cute little church on the edge of the lake:


next to the church is a statue commemorating the border collie. apparently the area is a big for sheep grazing:


we spent much of the day driving back towards Christchurch. we took a scenic route rather than the main highway (which probably would have been fairly scenic too). we did pass huge numbers of sheep: