• …one side the harbour…on the other side, the vast plains…

    A mural celebrating and acknowledging our history. “I was quite determined to see the plains if possible and we found a very good, though steep path to the top. The view was very fine, on one side the harbour, as smooth as a lake and quite encircled with high hills and down below, on the …

  • The Rhodes Spring

    Harry Ell – a Cantab lad, visionary and lover of the Port Hills – had visions of walkers and travellers enjoying a network of scenic reserves along the Port Hills connected by a road with rest-houses along the way – right through to Akaroa.He planned just under 20 rest-houses along what would start off as …

  • Christchurch Writers Trail

    I came across this by accident but was delighted! I so enjoyed researching and writing my post about this author – Samuel Butler. He spent a few years of his life living in Canterbury and always had fond memories of the region and the many friends he had here. The Canterbury Branch of the New …

  • The Junction

    Known as The Junction, here’s the intersection of Papanui Road, Salisbury, Montreal and Victoria Streets in 1899. If you are still feeling a little lost, if that old fella was standing there (Victoria Street) today, he would have the Victoria Clock Tower behind him. What’s amazing is that the Victoria Clock Tower had another home …

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