The Giants Home

The Giants home was built in 1880 for a bank manager. Currently it is owned by an artist and garden fanatic. She started with a few mosaic pieces and it evolved to the Giants garden. All the fantasy images you see below reflect this over the top art form and lovely gardens. Before this we walled the Bush trail above Akaroa. The walk was basically 3 sides of a square, straight up, straight sideways and down. The views were good although the sun bleached out distant waters and headlands. Eventually swe found the original French cemetary. It was used around 1840 but neglected after church groups built their own. In the 1920's they flattened the French cemetary. Recently at monument was created with some of the peoples names who were buried in this area. Two seamen are buried here that died of Vegetable Colic. We now think they were lead poisioned by the lead bands placed around cider barrels.