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Continue reading →: New Regent Theatre Dome, LinwoodSpotted down a Linwood street today. Such a peculiar site!
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Continue reading →: Hagley Park at DuskHagley Park during dusk – taken on Saturday night as we were walking to the Lantern Festival. The light was quite amazing and I kept stopping every 30 metres or so to snap another view I was seeing. It really is such a stunning place to be late evening when…
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Continue reading →: Chinese Lantern FestivalI got along to the Chinese Lantern Festival tonight which has been relocated to Hagley Park. They’ve really made the most of the new venue with the lanterns spaced out further and lots of lights along the Avon River. It was a great night out and very well attended by…
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Continue reading →: Herbaceous Border, Botanic GardensThe border is looking wonderful right now – there’s been a lot of growth there since I last photographed it. Everything is so bright and colourful. I think it is probably one of my favourite places to go in the gardens.
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Continue reading →: Upshot Coffee, Container Cafe on Bridle Path RoadUpshot Coffee had a cafe and coffee bean business on Station Road in Heathcote. Unfortunately their building had to be demolished due to the earthquakes, but they are now located just at the entrance to the Heathcote Riding School on Bridle Path Road. Love the colourful chairs! We walked down…
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Continue reading →: Trees on the Port Levy Saddle, Banks PeninsulaThe Port Levy Saddle is a stunning spot on the road to Port Levy on the Banks Peninsula. The trees are so windswept some of them are very much on a lean. On one side of the saddle there was sunshine and blue sky and the other side was all…
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Continue reading →: Shabby Chic Market DayEvery 1st Sunday of the month there is the Shabby Chic Market on Connal Street in Woolston. It’s full of lots of eclectic things and I find it quite hard to resist! Every month I come home with a few new bits and bobs to add to my collection. Usually…
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Continue reading →: Lunch at the The Valley Inn, HeathcoteToday we treated ourselves to lunch at the Valley Inn in Heathcote. We had the seafood platter and it was very very good – and reasonably priced too. We were suitably impressed, and enjoyed every last bite – especially the scallop and prawns on a kebab. We’d been meaning to…
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Continue reading →: Marooned DucklingsSpotted these ducklings on the water sculpture in the Botanic Gardens. The concrete around the sculpture that contains the pond is quite high so I am not sure if they can get out. Someone had put some branches into the water as a way for them to climb out. One…











The bridge looks great, and that sky is fantastic. Oh, I hope to visit Christchurch again some day 😀