Canterbury Attractions

Lincoln University (10 minutes away), Research Institutes, local golf courses and ranges, restaurants and wineries, garden tours and fishing for trout or salmon.

Visit the Antarctic Centre or the Airforce World.  Travel to the Christchurch City Centre where you will find the Town Hall, Arts Centre, Museum, Art Gallery, City Tours, Christchurch Cathedral, Botanical Gardens (one of the finest in the Southern Hemisphere), punting on the Avon River and travel on the Worcester Boulevard Tram.  Go up, up, up in the Gondola and dine at the top (as you look down on Christchurch and across the Canterbury Plains to the Southern Alps).  Hagley Park and the Court Theatre also await you.

Ferrymead Historic Park, Sumner and Brighton beaches, Yaldhurst Transport Museum, Diamond Harbour Ferry, arts and crafts shops, cafes and the French History Museum in the historic township of Akaroa are all within easy reach.  Visit the Barrys Bay Cheese Factory on the way to Akaroa - Barry's Bay, where cheese is created - not just made.  Walk along the pier in Akaroa and see the blue pearls at Akaroa Blue Pearls Ltd.

Visiting during the winter months?  We are only one to two hour's drive to four ski fields in Canterbury - Mt Hutt, Craigieburn, Porter Heights and Temple Basin.  The Tranz Alpine Scenic Train day trip from Christchurch to Greymouth return (in winter or summer) is a wonderful experience - in fact, you can catch the train in Rolleston and be dropped off before 6:00 pm in the evening. 

What have we missed?  Mona Vale, QEII Swimming Pool and Sports Centre, Dean's Bush, Lyttelton Harbour, Orana Park, the Airborne Honey Factory at Leeston, Hanmer Springs Thermal Alpine Village, Clydesdale wagon trips, 4WD tours and shopping are but a few - and there's more. 

You won't want to go home!

	Arthurs Pass National Park:
	Alpine Gardens Short walks in beech forest and plant communities above the bush line in the main mountain divide.
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	Banks Peninsula:
	Akaroa Harbour cruise "Nature on the rebound" at Hinewai Reserve (trekking and bird watching).
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	Ecology of a Garden City:
	A botanical garden tour. Restoration projects eg, New Brighton sand dunes, Wetland projects, Port Hills restoration planting.
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	Peel Forest:
	Ancient forests and farming landscapes form a mosaic. Forest walks Each tour will also describe the-transformation of the landscapes for alternative land uses.
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	Punting on the Avon River.
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	Traversing the South Island
	from the Eastern coast to the main divide: An opportunity to learn about the marked changes in landscapes and flora. Remnants of the Iceage Karst (limestone) landscapes.
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