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Continue reading →: Spire in Latimer Square by Neil Dawson
The Spire is a new sculpture by Neil Dawson (who also did The Chalice in Cathedral Square). The Spire is suspended on wires in Latimer Square, just in front of the Traditional Cathedral. From what I have read online, it will be there for a few years. The spire is…
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Continue reading →: Lyttelton Mosaic and Nautical Flag Alphabet Poles
A very colourful and fun corner of Lyttelton. This site will eventually be the new town square.
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Continue reading →: Tram over the Bridge
A beautiful day in Christchurch today – with lots of tourists about and people having their lunch on the banks of the Avon River. Quite a contrast to the flooded city from just a few days ago!
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Continue reading →: Flooding around Ferrymead
It’s been a couple of wild days here. We’ve had gale force winds constantly and a lot of rain. I’ve not ventured far from home because of it, but today I really need to get some fresh air, so once the wind stopped I went for a walk down the…
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Continue reading →: Knitting Art on Tree
I spotted this bit of colourful knitting on a tree just by the Christ’s College building near the museum.
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Continue reading →: A lovely afternoon in the Botanic GardensI went for a short walk around the gardens this afternoon and timed it quite well, though accidentally. I arrived just as the musicians started playing for the crowd at the Lazy Sunday event. So it was very pleasant walking around and taking photos.
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Continue reading →: Estuary Fest at McCormacks BayThe inaugural Estuary Fest was held today at McCormacks Bay. As part of the festival there was a boat armada that sailed along the estuary.
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Continue reading →: The Chalice with Floral Display
The Festival of Flowers has been on and in the Square there are quite a few floral displays, including this one that surrounds the Chalice sculpture. I rather like it and think it would be kind of neat if it stayed!
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Continue reading →: My Favourites from the Ellerslie Flower ShowI got along to the Ellerslie Flower show today and for the first time actually made it to the Jenny Gillies fashion parade. I would have put more photos up from the parade, but it was quite hard to get good ones when you are at the back! It’s always…
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Continue reading →: Mural on Durham Street
A rather eye-catching mural on Durham Street. I’m not sure what it all means, but I like the birds!
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Continue reading →: A fantail in my gardenMost days I have a fantail flitting about in the trees in front of my office. Today I finally got some decent photos. It’s quite a challenge to capture these amazingly little birds as they are so fast and never stay in one place for too long. This one kept…
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The earthquakes really gave Christchurch the opportunity to fully embrace street art and now we’ve become well know for it.…
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