Pre-numbered label used for registration. I wrapped this up in a couple of ziploc bags and launched it into the harbour...

we were on our boat in akaroa haurbour and i saw the book floating inside a plastic bag in the water. I picked it up and bout it home.

CAUGHT IN CHRISTCHURCH AKAROA NEW ZEALAND

Ooops, it took me too long to get back to an Internet connection to make release notes! Here we see the book under scrutiny...

...leading to a closer inspection...

...joined by another observer. I looked back later on as we moved away, and the big gull was pecking at it like a packet of sangers. My heart sank, like I thought the book soon would. So glad that it was rescued.

It has been a fantastic Bookcrossing Convention. http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~jenandh/bcnz05/bcnz.htm

The last event is Monday morning at the Piranha cafe at 9:30 before we all fly off. Me back to Canberra, thebiblioholic to New York, Rarsberry to Dunedin, littlemave and mavette to Sydney...

Here's another shot, courtesy non-fiction, from whom I also sourced the first image. A minute or so after this the pecking started, but we were so far away by then that my humble little camera couldn't zoom in that far.

It was a glorious day on the harbour. We'd been promised rain and cloud, but it cleared up for a beautiful Easter Sunday.

Looking away from the sun (and this is actually the photograph immediately preceding the one above), the light gives the circle of hills surrounding Akaroa a tremendous presence, like a backdrop to a theatre stage. It really is a delightful spot, and agai I thank the convention organisers for bringing us here.