I was a little bit underwhelmed by Christchurch to be honest – lots of shopping and restaurants but not much else – I think we have been spoiled with Nelson a bit. However, the Gondola ride just outside town was really enjoyable. From the top you could see across the plain to the Southern Alps, out to the sea and also over to Lyttleton and its harbour. We had a good walk around at the top of the mountain, coffee and cake (as per usual) then descended down. Having seen Lyttleton from the top we decided to take the 5min drive there and found some lovely little bays to muck around in, the worlds longest slide for Buster and some beautiful scenery. Click here for all the pics.

 


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Copley

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:36:09

So is Christchurch not bigger than Nelson? I thought it was a bit of a metropolis...

 

PJ

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:23:19

Yeah - its much bigger - but the actual town center doesn't seem too much bigger. There is just lots of sprawl like American towns - it probably took us 30 mins to get out of the city through the suburbs. I don't think we gave it that much of a chance really but it wasn't on the sea (which we like about Nelson) and it wasn't particularly near the mountains (they were about 40mins away). Probably good for shopping though and night life - unfortunately the two things Buster doesn't allow.

 



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