Category: Out of Christchurch
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A trip to Mt Cook Village
I was lucky to spend a weekend in the beautiful location of the Mt Cook Village – staying at The Hermitage hotel. We had a wonderful view from our room.
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The beautiful Ashburton Gardens
It’s been years since I’ve stopped for a look at the Ashburton Gardens and Domain, but today I really need a break from a long drive so I took a stroll through these lovely gardens. My visit this time was a bit later in Spring, so I got to see some of the beautiful cherry…
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A moody Lake Waihola in South Otago
Lake Waihola is about 40km South of Dunedin. It’s a small settlement with a lake that is surrounded by green rolling hills. I was there very briefly today as I drove back to Christchurch from further south. The reflections by the road were looking great, so I pulled into the lakeside near the camping…
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Beautiful Arrowtown
Arrowtown is beautiful any season, but Autumn is by far an outstanding time of the year to be there. Today, I eagerly awaited some sunshine to beam down onto the hills and finally got some mid-afternoon – after a morning on wandering around the shops and looking at the hill and lamenting the ‘poor light’.…
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Butchers Damn Near Alexandra
Just before you get to Alexandra, there’s Butchers damn. Today there was some lovely reflections with the beautiful Autumn colours.
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Oamaru Public Gardens
Another quick stop in Oamaru to break up the long drive back to Christchurch. This time I had a short walk around Oamaru’s wonderful public gardens. If you’ve never visited them before, they are quite delightful and a nice spot to have a bite to eat and stretch of the legs before the homeward journey.
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Cathedral Cliffs at Gore Bay
I took a day trip to Gore Bay today and stopped to have a look at the Cathedral Cliffs that are best viewed from the road into Gore Bay (from the Dommet end). “The Cathedrals” are eroded siltstone pillars.
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Oamaru Public Gardens
The beautiful Oamaru Public Gardens are particularly stunning right now with the amazing blossom trees by the pond. So it’s always a stop I make when driving back to Christchurch.
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Maple Glen Garden, Wyndham, Southland
I’m currently out of Christchurch (down south), and today I took the opportunity to visit Maple Glen – a wonderful private garden that is open to the public. It’s located near the small town of Wyndham – not far from Mataura. It’s an amazing garden, and I’m so pleased that anyone can visit, as it’s a…
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Weekend in Winter Wonderland of Tekapo
These photos are from this past weekend in Tekapo. We timed our visit there perfectly – the roads had been well graded and just a little bit of ice in places. When we started seeing the snow at around Burkes Pass area I started getting excited. I really don’t know what it is about snow…
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Butterflies at the Discovery World Tropical Forest at Dunedin Museum
On my way back to Christchurch today, I decided to finally stop at the Dunedin Museum and check out their butterfly exhibit. It was wonderful seeing so many butterflies in such a lovely tropical setting – though it was very hot and my camera lens kept misting up which made getting decent photos something of…
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