Banks Peninsula Christchurch

Die letzte Nacht in der Wildnis haben wir also unter einem großartigen Sternenhimmel verbracht. Am Morgen war es dann schon bewölkt. Vielleicht haben wir ja Glück und wie immer klart es noch auf. Wir fahren erst mal los, die letzten Kilometer nach Christchurch hinter uns zu bringen. Dabei haben wir einen Abstecher zur Banks Peninsula gemacht, einer …

This morning we started with a small shopping tour in the very small, but pretty town Geraldine. Afterwards we drove up the SH 1 towards Christchurch. Before entering the city we turned right to do a very scenic drive on the Banks Peninsula. After driving again on very narrow and steep roads we stopped in Lyttleton where we wanted to see the …

Akaroa is located on the Banks Peninsula and is themed like a small village in France. Those who found it were French. It is really picturesque with restaurants all the way along the waterfront and palm trees on the beaches. The main thing to do ...

... , Sydenham and Beckenham, with our destination today being a great splat-shaped chunk of land to the south-east called the Banks Peninsula, formed 25,000 years ago after the eruptions of a couple of volcanoes. We began by heading down through flat ...

... today. We drove about 200km stopping off at a lovely town called Oamaru for lunch. We headed out onto The Banks Peninsula just before Christchurch as there are some nice French towns there that we wanted to see. The Peninsula juts out 90km from ...

... -to-be-named' vehicle was to the Christchurch Gondola (PICS). The gondola took us up to the peak overlooking Christchurch and the Banks Peninsula, including fantastic views over Lake Ellesmere and Pegasus Bay (PICS). From the base of the gondola we then ...

... having a very sedate evening as ever! Then decided to drive to Akaroa which is further east on the coast. It is on Banks Peninsula which was a volcanic site and has produced a peninsula with a crater in the middle filled with the sea and mountains ...

... ice hockey). Monday March 22nd About an hour and a half east of Christchurch is the tiny town of Akaroa. Located on the Banks Peninsula, it was first used by the French as a whaling station. Apparently they wanted to colonize the area but when the ...

... I decided we should head to Akaroa for a couple of nights. It's a pretty place about an hour or so away from Christchurch on Banks Peninsula, and was first colonised by the French so there's loads of French things around, like the names of the roads and ...

... booked onto the 8.30am shuttle bus to Akaroa. I was looking forward to spending a couple of nights in this historic town on the Banks Peninsula, as Mum and Stu stayed there when I was in Brisbane...and loved it. They said it was lovely and peaceful, with ...

... . The first of these attractions that we visited was the town of Akaroa (touted as the French Riviera of New Zealand), 1.5 hours from Christchurch. The main reason for visitors to make the journey out to this small coastal town buried deep into the ...

... Mackenzie Country and in to Canterbury, we made our way over to the East Coast and out on to the spectacular scenery of the Banks Peninsula. Once again, we checked in to 'Top 10 Akaroa', a now familiar place where we spent three nights. After the first ...