Conquering Mt. Herbert

We hiked up Mt. Herbert December 27. The grass was quite thick at times and our legs got scratched up, but it was worth it.The views vastly changed whichever direction you looked.Here is a view from about half way through the hike. It took us around 4.5 hours to reach the top and only around 2 hours to come back down.
On one side you could see Lyttleton Harbor and the Beach over the hills from the harbor(as seen above). The other side was a lake(don't remember the name) and more rolling hills.