100 things to do In Christchurch

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Wondering what to do in Christchurch? Try a few of these...

(feel free to add to the list)


  1. Take a stroll through the Botanic Gardens
  2. Visit the Antarctic Centre
  3. Mountain bike through Bottle Lake Forest
  4. Go swimming at New Brighton Beach
  5. Appreciate the art at Christchurch Art Gallery CLOSED until early 2012
  6. Appreciate the art at Centre of Contemporary Arts Gallery (COCA) CLOSED until further notice
  7. Visit Canterbury Museum
  8. Stroll around the gardens in Halswell Quarry
  9. Feed the ducks on the Avon River
  10. Walk the Bridle Path over to the port town of Lyttelton
  11. Have a picnic in the gardens of Mona Vale
  12. Learn to ride a surfboard at New Brighton beach
  13. Walk out to the end of New Brighton pier on a stormy day with big waves.
  14. Visit Travis Wetland Heritage Park
  15. Walk the Port Hills-Crater Rim Walkway with great views of Lyttelton Harbour, Christchurch city, Canterbury Plains and Southern Alps.
  16. Watch sand artist Peter Donnelly create an amazing work on the beach below the New Brighton Pier [1], [2].
  17. Take a bus out to Sumner and walk along the Esplanade. Have a coffee in a funky cafe or an ice cream while watching the surfers at Scarborough beach. Sumner off-limits to non-residents until further notice
  18. Go climbing at the YMCA climbing wall at 12 Hereford Street in the central city. CLOSED until further notice
  19. Walk the Scarborough Track/Taylors Mistake Walk from Scarborough beach, Sumner
  20. Walk Mt Vernon Farm Track up the valley past the pylons for a stunning view of Mt Vernon
  21. Talk a relaxing stroll through Riccarton Bush - a quiet oasis of native forest in the city. Picnic in the Kahikatea Grove.
  22. Visit the Riccarton Market on a Sunday morning
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