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Continue reading →: A city of Road ConesThe infrastructure of Christchurch was badly damaged due to our earthquakes and three years on roads are still being dug up. This is the top end of Ferry Road by Ferrymead. It demonstrates just how you need to keep your wits about you when driving around Christchurch. Lanes change overnight,…
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Continue reading →: Chess Set at the Watershed Restaurant & Bar, FerrymeadThis chess set caught my eye today as I walked past the Watershed Restaurant & Bar in Ferrymead.
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Continue reading →: The re-opened Causeway and the Start of the Coastal PathwayThe causeway is the short straight stretch of road that runs beside the estuary just past the Ferrymead Bridge. It is the main route to Redcliffs and Sumner. It’s been closed for months as the road needed repaired due to earthquake damage. During this time, traffic has been re-routed around…
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Continue reading →: A day at The Culverden Christmas Country FeteToday was a beautiful sunny and very warm Canterbury day – perfect weather for the annual Culverden Christmas Country Fete. The Fete has become somewhat of a tradition for many Cantabrians – a great day out of shopping, food and entertainment. Culverden is a lovely little country town in the…
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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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I have a long time friend in Papanui as it’s on her side of town who would love Kai Co…
The earthquakes really gave Christchurch the opportunity to fully embrace street art and now we’ve become well know for it.…
It seems LED street lamps are everywhere now. I can’t even begin to imagine the size of the factories that…
Consider yourself to be very fortunate to have artists in your area allowed to create such outstanding murals of this…
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The bridge looks great, and that sky is fantastic. Oh, I hope to visit Christchurch again some day 😀