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# Mountain bike through Bottle Lake Forest | # Mountain bike through Bottle Lake Forest | ||
# Go swimming at New Brighton Beach | # Go swimming at New Brighton Beach | ||
# Appreciate the art at [http://www.christchurchartgallery.org.nz/ Christchurch Art Gallery] '''CLOSED until mid- | # Appreciate the art at [http://www.christchurchartgallery.org.nz/ Christchurch Art Gallery] '''CLOSED until mid-2015''' | ||
# Appreciate the art at [http://www.coca.org.nz/ Centre of Contemporary Arts Gallery] (COCA) '''CLOSED until further notice''' | # Appreciate the art at [http://www.coca.org.nz/ Centre of Contemporary Arts Gallery] (COCA) '''CLOSED until further notice''' | ||
# Visit [http://www.canterburymuseum.com/ Canterbury Museum] | # Visit [http://www.canterburymuseum.com/ Canterbury Museum] | ||
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# Visit the [http://www.riccartonmarket.co.nz/ Riccarton Market] on a Sunday morning | # Visit the [http://www.riccartonmarket.co.nz/ Riccarton Market] on a Sunday morning | ||
# Hire a canoe from Antigua Boat Shed and paddle the Avon River through the Botanic Gardens | # Hire a canoe from Antigua Boat Shed and paddle the Avon River through the Botanic Gardens | ||
# | # Check out the Re:Start mall built from shipping containers | ||
# .. | # Dance at the [http://www.gapfiller.org.nz/dance-o-mat/ Dance-0-Mat] | ||
# Volunteer at [https://www.facebook.com/AgropolisUrbanFarm Agropolis Urban Farm] in the CBD | |||
# Get your bike fixed at [http://www.radbikes.co.nz/ RAD bikes] | |||
# Visit [http://www.gapfiller.org.nz/the-commons/ The Commons] community space | |||
# Create music at [http://www.gapfiller.org.nz/sound-garden/ The Sound Garden] | |||
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Revision as of 09:51, 8 November 2014
Wondering what to do in Christchurch? Try a few of these...
(feel free to add to the list)
- Take a stroll through the Botanic Gardens
- Visit the Antarctic Centre
- Mountain bike through Bottle Lake Forest
- Go swimming at New Brighton Beach
- Appreciate the art at Christchurch Art Gallery CLOSED until mid-2015
- Appreciate the art at Centre of Contemporary Arts Gallery (COCA) CLOSED until further notice
- Visit Canterbury Museum
- Stroll around the gardens in Halswell Quarry
- Feed the ducks on the Avon River
- Walk the Bridle Path over to the port town of Lyttelton
- Have a picnic in the gardens of Mona Vale
- Learn to ride a surfboard at New Brighton beach
- Walk out to the end of New Brighton pier on a stormy day with big waves.
- Visit Travis Wetland Heritage Park
- Walk the Port Hills-Crater Rim Walkway with great views of Lyttelton Harbour, Christchurch city, Canterbury Plains and Southern Alps.
- Watch sand artist Peter Donnelly create an amazing work on the beach below the New Brighton Pier [1], [2].
- 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.
- Go climbing at the YMCA climbing wall at 12 Hereford Street in the central city.
- Walk the Scarborough Track/Taylors Mistake Walk from Scarborough beach, Sumner
- Walk Mt Vernon Farm Track up the valley past the pylons for a stunning view of Mt Vernon
- Talk a relaxing stroll through Riccarton Bush - a quiet oasis of native forest in the city. Picnic in the Kahikatea Grove.
- Visit the Riccarton Market on a Sunday morning
- Hire a canoe from Antigua Boat Shed and paddle the Avon River through the Botanic Gardens
- Check out the Re:Start mall built from shipping containers
- Dance at the Dance-0-Mat
- Volunteer at Agropolis Urban Farm in the CBD
- Get your bike fixed at RAD bikes
- Visit The Commons community space
- Create music at The Sound Garden