Canterbury Museum Christchurch

As per the self appointed Canterbury Prophet who thinks the same as me (no idea who it is, just read a couple of notices around the city): "walk freely among the ruins of our city centre which, although broken and down, is not out".

Christchurch - according to Lonely Planet is "a vibrant city in transition, coping resiliently and …

Je prends mes marques au fur et a mesure, je me suis promenee aujourd'hui dans la ville, qui est petite finalement. On peut en trois quart d'heure a pied aller d'un bout a l'autre du centre ville.

J'ai ete dans le jardin de la ville, j'ai trouve les gens differents compare a la France, les passants me disaient bonjour, ca me faisait …

Please forgive this being a slightly sparse entry. We haven't done an awful lot since arriving here last Sunday, and I'm afraid we're a bit busy what with packing for tomorrow!

Anyway, we arrived at Deborah's, our host Brett's girlfriend, at around 3pm. Her house is in a suburb right next to Christchurch, with a small garden and a big …

Today's weather:
Warm & sunny (though not so the case in the Antarctic Storm Room)

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The main feature of today was our visit to the International Antarctic Centre (opposite Christchurch International Airport). Apart from being a tourist attraction, this centre is the "jumping off point" for the NZ, US and Italian …

After a three hour flight from Cairns to Melbourne, four hours of waiting and another three and half hour flight we arrived already slightly tired in Christchurch at 5 AM. Before entering the beautiful country of New Zealand everybody has to go through the rigid custom and boarder control. Different to most other countries they are more interested …

What's the deal with a city that just under 10 months ago was hit with it’s second decent size quake within 6 months? In fact since the quake last September, Christchurch has been hit with approximately 7000 little tremors and obviously a couple of bigger ones which have had a devastating effect.

What do you expect when you visit a …

After Deb had dropped us off at the airport we checked in our luggage and then went for a bit of a peruse of the duty free stuff before heading over to our gate area. It was here that a little Chinese guy came over from the Australian Tourist Board and asked if he could conduct a short survey about our time in Australia. This short (30 minutes!!) …

After a lesurely morning and a visit to the local Oxford farmers markets we headed to Christchurch. Navigating is easy as the roads are well layed out.

After a drive into the town center which was baracaded off due to the earthquake damage we headed
for the Botanic gardens and the Cantebury Museum.

Both well worth the visit!< …

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I started this morning with some internet research before I headed off to the center, or better what's left from the center. I visited the Canterbury Museum, the only building in Victorian style that survived the Feb. 2011 earthquake and is still open for public. The museum offers a quite broad spectrum from an Egyptian mummy, to the compulsory …

... were already getting a 'nice city' vibe about the place. The route to the town square took us past lovely old buildings like the Canterbury Museum and the Arts Centre, as well as a smart modern one in the shape of the new Art Gallery. And once over the ...

... it was happy hour and it was half price. Each day we found plenty of stuff to do without having to pay much, if any money. The Canterbury Museum was free and much better than I thought it was; it was great and had a lot of stuff for being free. When I ...

... bus heading to Queenstown being almost half the price of the regular bus ticket. Having heard good things I went over to the Canterbury Museum to give it a whirl with the main aim of checking out the Antarctic exhibits stuff with Christchurch being an ...

... Shoppe. They offer tours of how the fudge is made, and lots of free samples to taste. Afterwards, I visited the Canterbury Museum, and then the Christchurch Art Gallery. I think I've seen enough New Zealand art for quite some time. Now that my ...

... ; Daarna besloten om toch nog een nachtje bij te boeken, omdat ik eigenlijk nog wel een paar dingetjes zien wou. Zoals het Canterbury Museum, waar ik de volgende dag naartoe ben geweest. Erg geroemd om zijn mooie collecties, maar hmmm. Het was wel ...

... . And I actually saw my first awake kiwi bird inside, and they certainly are bizarre looking creatures. I then took a short walk onto Canterbury museum which is free to get into (although they ask for a $5 donation). The museum has a really wonderful ...

... , seen the Canterbury countryside from a big cable-car gondola thing, and went walking up in the hills, visited the Canterbury museum (free!) and Art Gallery (free again!), been to two hilarious stand up performances and seen loads of amazing street ...

Flying from Auckland to the South Island for an hour and a half, I came to Christchurch, New Zealand’s second largest city with a population of over *g* 350.000 people. Christchurch is known for its natural disasters called the Christchurch ...

... Fountain. After which, Barbara left to get on with things she needed to do in the afternoon and Steph and I visited the Canterbury Museum, took an red London doubledecker open top bus tour and visited the container mall. The museum was good to look ...

... gute Qualitaet ueber die Antarktis neben Maori, fruehen Siedler Nostalgika und ausgestopften Tieren im Canterbury Museum fuer lau. Die Port Hills suedlichvon Christchurch sind ganz schoen und in Lyttleton gibt's ein geiles Kitschcafe, total versteckt ...