The roads are usually straight, two way and single lane, but has many stretches of road track two passing other cars and trucks. A few more curves are added after Timaru before driving over the Kilmog Hill in Dunedin.
As you leave Christchurch you arrive the Dunsandel, you could stop his famous NZ pie in the Tavern, Dunsandel. You then drive through the Rakaia River, famous for salmon ("salmon capital of New Zealand"). Ashburton is his next big town; is a town for the agricultural community in the area, about 1 hour from Christchurch.
Just another drive hours is Timaru a larger town with a large foreshore Caroline Bay, which is very popular among the visitors of the Christmas holiday.
Oamaru is your next destination about 1 hour away, but before you reach this historic agreement a must stop for food, drink or just to let the children play in a fantastic game in the kitchen Riverstone just before you reach the Oamaru, on the right track to the South.
When you arrive in Oamaru on the left is the factory of Rainbow factory with a shop that sells "seconds". If you are doing a tour of Cadbury in Dunedin just expect a normal souvenirs with no bargins to purchase your cheap chocolates and folhados in Oamaru. If you are a lover of cheese shop Whitestone cheese factory is another place to buy some cheeses. Then take a look around the historical part of the city before leaving in the last hour and a bit of Dunedin.
Next you drive through Hampton, where all the streets were named after places in England. Then to the famous Moeraki Boulders that were once a mystery of the world because nobody used to wonder why they are so round. Just below the main road South is that the turn off for the settlement of Moeraki and Fleurs place is a good place to stop for good food, if you decided not to eat in the kitchen Riverstone.
After his stops in Moeraki area you face the final drive through Palmeston, then you could stop in the old Cherry Farm Psychiatric Hospital for another big cheese repair in the Evansdale cheese factory, they still have factory tours. Thereafter the Kilmog and Dunedin. All travel must be between 4. 30-5 hours without stops.
