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This stunning plant is located right by the Rose Garden where you will find the regular sized Dahlias. It is a Dahlia but it can get to 3 metres in height.

This striking sculpture is quite the talking point at the gallery. It’s a lot smaller than it looks in photos.

I’m not sure when the cafe opened as I only noticed it today. It’s a great spot for a cafe though and I’ve been keen to see how it would look.

Starting in Ferrymead Park near the entrance to the golf course, this track follows the Heathcote river to Tunnel Road. That’s where it used to stop but I discovered today that you can duck under the bridge that goes over tunnel road and keep going along the river to Woolston.…

Sumner Road links Lyttelton and Sumner. It has been closed since our the February 22nd 2011 earthquake left it unusable due to rock fall damage. While in Sumner today, I looked at the video they had playing in the library about the rebuild of the road. My reaction when I…

Christchurch people once again came together in large numbers to pay their respects by attending the service in Hagley Park to remember the victims of the mosque attacks. It was a moving service with some powerful speeches and moving music.

It is estimated that twenty thousand people came to Hagley Park today to support the Muslim community as they prayed together. Two minutes of silence was observed, followed by speeches. A week on from the attacks on Christchurch’s Mosques, it still feels surreal that this happened here. The people of…

I’m having a clear out at the moment and have left a bunch of web design and business books in the non fiction fridge of the book exchange. It’s crammed full of lots of other interesting books as well. These community mini libraries are such a great resource.