Ōtautahi / Christchurch Daily Photo

This was taken early evening from the Port Hills. The sky just looked stunning.

This is an historic Christchurch building called the ‘Sign of the Takahe”. It’s located on the Cashmere Hills with stunning views of Christchurch and the Canterbury Plains. It’s a restaurant and bar, as well as a venue for weddings. “The first stone was laid in 1908 but, following an extraordinary…

This is taken from the Cashmere Hills – looking down to the Christchurch CBD and surrounding suburbs. As you can see, Christchurch is very flat (except for the Port Hills) and has some sprawl going on! It also has rather a lot of trees.

This is Lake Waihola which is located in South Otago in Waihola – about 30 minutes drive south of Dunedin. I rather like what they’ve done for the kids here! What a great way to get some water fun – this is typical ‘kiwi ingenuity” at work!

This giant salmon statue stands 12 metres high and  is located in Rakaia on State Highway 1. Rakaia is well known for its salmon and trout fishing, and is just a short drive from Christchurch (50kms south).

A section of a tree in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens.

Two views of SOL Square taken from Fat Eddies’ balcony (Fat Eddies is a popular bar in Christchurch). SOL Square is on Lichfield Street and SOL stands for “South of Lichfield”. It’s an area of Christchurch’s inner city area that has really taken off in the last few years thanks…