Bishops Manor
14 Bishop Street, Christchurch
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Bishops Manor Christchurch

14 Bishop Street Christchurch, Christchurch-Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

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Chitchakoura

A travel blog entry by gappieee

9

... beds. Most of all, we were just happy to be away from the usual battles of fighting for the use of the kitchen and showers.

Cindy, Steph’s mum, came home from work and took us on a guided tour around Christchurch. Unfortunately, the earthquakes in recent years have had a monumental effect on the people of Christchurch, with many buildings and lives destroyed. Even for the Snelson home, which has moved around 2 inches from its original position! We drove in the 4x4 ...

One Museum Survived - Red Zone Impressions

A travel blog entry by stie_downunder

13

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 Maori section, the story of European settlement, a modern art collection, an All ...

Quaky Christchurch

A travel blog entry by goontack

42

... house with decent force. Luckily nothing was damaged. Later we were watching a movie in the lounge and the third quake of the day at magnitude 6 was enough to make me grab Anna and run outside and enough to cause dust to rise from the CBD (Central Business District).
Not a nice feeling and definitely not a good time just two days from Christmas.

The following day was low key, my parents had a neighbor gathering in the evening and ...

Christchurch (part 2)

A travel blog entry by jason.machaela

1

... for my birthday so I played in that. My goalscoring record was similar to AFC last season, I didn't score loads but when I did they were good goals and always different, I even scored one from inside my own half, so there were plenty of similarities! (although this one was a thunderbolt in the top right corner!). Crate day - ok, crate day needs to come to england. I don't know why we don't have it already. It was created by a kiwi radio station called the rock. It's to ...

Penguins, Boulders and an Earthquake

A travel blog entry by wheresktandmatt

11

... friendly place, because we went to the fish and chip shop for dinner and when we tried to pay on credit card they didn’t accept it, so they just gave it us for free! We felt very guilty about the whole thing, but they wouldn’t take no for an answer, saying we would struggle in town with no cash.

The next morning we finished the drive off to Christchurch and planned a walk round town. Little did we know what a disaster zone Christchurch centre still is. ...