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Continue reading →: Knox Church on Victoria StreetThe Knox Church on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street was very badly damaged in our earthquakes and they started rebuilding it last year – it was stripped right back to its frames for a long time. I was really surprised when driving back from my holiday to…
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Continue reading →: St Andrews Hill Road
This road was closed for a few weeks while they worked on the retaining wall – which as you can see looks pretty solid. They’ve also done some planting which I suspect will look rather nice in a few years. I can’t remember now what used to be here! And…
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Continue reading →: A day at the Melbourne Zoo (more from Melbourne)Spent the entire day at Melbourne Zoo today – getting there at 9.30am and leaving about 4pm. You really do need an entire day to do this wonderful zoo justice. I honestly don’t know what was my favorite part, but the butterfly house with butterflies landing on my head, hand…
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Continue reading →: Hello from MelbourneI am currently in Melbourne Australia for a holiday (back next week). So I thought I’d post a few photos from my break so far – with the most iconic one being the Flinders Street Railway Station on Flinders Street A view from the Eureka Skydeck Melbourne (highly recommended). Looking …
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Continue reading →: Magnolia Tree
Magnolia tree in Avonside. This blog comes to you from Melbourne (tricky huh!). I’m away having a wee holiday in Australia, but have prepared a few photos in advance. I thought today was the 7th anniversary of my blog but it was actually yesterday – so seven years ago I…
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Continue reading →: Avon River by Fitzgerald Avenue
A beautiful spring day today, and later in the afternoon it was very pretty by the Avon River.
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Continue reading →: Osteospermum in my Garden
Today is the 4th anniversary of the first big earthquake to strike Christchurch. Rather than focusing on the earthquake and the city that now is, I had a quiet day at home working and took some snaps of my Osteospermum flowers. We have a difficult bit of garden strip that…
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Continue reading →: Soleares Avenue – Mount Pleasant
Soleares Avenue – Mount Pleasant re-opened this week after some major rock stabilisation. Looks quite impressive. I remember walking down here not long after the Feb earthquake and deciding it might be better to actually run past this section!
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Continue reading →: Mystery Machine in WoolstonA mystery machine appeared in Woolston a few weeks back – I’ve been meaning to stop by and photograph it. Not sure what it does, kind of looks like a giant sewing machine to me (I’m sure it’s not). It has Perkins Maker Manchester on the side of it. Also…
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Continue reading →: Spring has Sprung!I went for a walk in the gardens / Hagley Park to take photos of the daffodils and noticed that my favourite blossom tree in the gardens is nearly in full bloom – making for a beautiful combination of blossom tree and daffodils. Spring is certainly here – though there…
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Continue reading →: A walk through the Lyttelton Tunnel
The Lyttelton tunnel opened 50 years ago, so to celebrate, they closed the tunnel to vehicles for several hours this morning and invited people to walk and cycle through the tunnel. A big crowd turned up and it was fascinating watching the different types of bikes, scooters and skate boards…







I have a long time friend in Papanui as it’s on her side of town who would love Kai Co…