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Continue reading →: Heathcote River near Cashmere RoadThe Heathcote River by Cashmere Road is quite fast moving and also very narrow. It gets much wider as it winds its way out to Ferrymead and finally meets the estuary. This is a pleasant spot to go for a stroll.
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Continue reading →: Christchurch Trolleybus No 210 at Ferrymead Heritage ParkThis long weekend, the Ferrymead Heritage Park had lots of transport events – you could ride on a steam train, a trolley bus, a tram and even a steam tram. I had a lot of fun jumping on and off all of the different rides that were available. While there,…
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Continue reading →: Canterbury Tales Procession at FestaFesta is the Festival of Transitional Architecture. Tonight they had the Canterbury Tales carnival and parade. It featured very large puppets. It was a fun night out.
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Continue reading →: The Tannery – Stage Two Now OpenThe Tannery in Woolston is a boutique shopping arcade. In the last few days the second part opened up and it is now a considerably longer space. I went along today to check things out.
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Continue reading →: Trees on Bridle Path RoadI love this tree-lined section of Bridle Path Road. It’s pretty and on a warm day like today, the trees offer some very welcome shade.
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Continue reading →: Flowering Cabbage TreeA cabbage tree (Cordyline australis) in flower is a wonderful sight. Cabbage trees are endemic to New Zealand and can apparently grow up to 20 metres.
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Continue reading →: Heritage Hotel BuildingI took these photos of inside the Heritage Hotel during a tour of the hotel as part of the heritage reconnect weekend. The hotel was built very solidly and had some substantial earthquake restrengthening done to it before our major earthquakes, so it came through the last few years very…
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Continue reading →: Big School at Christ’s College, A Heritage BuildingAs part of the Reconnect Heritage event that was on this weekend, I went along to Christ’s College to view what is called the Big School. This building used to be the entire school and all of the lessons were taught here, but today it is the school’s library. Christ’s…
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Continue reading →: March Hare at TEDx ChristchurchI was lucky enough to get along to TEDx Christchurch today to hear some wonderful talks on quite wide ranging topics – plus I got to see one of my favourite comedians Dai Henwood perform twice (opening and closing the event). If you get the chance to go to a…
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Continue reading →: Faux Arcadia by Michaela CoxThese artworks are by Michaela Cox and can be seen around the city. This one is on a building in High Street just opposite the C4 Coffee building. This is a Gap Filler and Life in Vacant Spaces project with support by the Christchurch City Council.
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Continue reading →: Pink Sky in the MorningWe had a lovely pink sky this morning after sunrise. You had to be up early to see this and it didn’t last long either. But it was very pretty.
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