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Wondering what to do in Christchurch? Try a few of these...

(feel free to add to the list)

1. Take a stroll through the Botanic Gardens

2. Browse the Arts Centre Markets on a Saturday or Sunday. Enjoy the free musical performances and buskers.

3. Visit Christchurch Cathedral in the Square. Walk up inside the spire to the viewing balcony.

4. Browse the lunchtime markets in Cathedral Square on Thursdays and Fridays.

5. Visit the Antarctic Centre

6. Mountain bike through Bottle Lake Forest

7. Go swimming at New Brighton Beach

8. Appreciate the art at Christchurch Art Gallery

9. Appreciate the art at Centre of Contemporary Arts Gallery (COCA)

10. Visit Canterbury Museum

11. Stroll around the gardens in Halswell Quarry

12. Feed the ducks on the Avon River

13. Walk the Bridle Path over to the port town of Lyttelton

14. Visit Southern Encounter Aquarium and Kiwi House in Cathedral Square

15. Have a picnic in the gardens of Mona Vale

16. Learn to ride a surfboard at New Brighton beach

17. Visit Toko Mata gallery and studio. Rua Pick's painting telling the stories of the First People of this land.

18. Walk out to the end of New Brighton pier on a stormy day with big waves.

19. Visit Travis Wetland Heritage Park

20. Walk the Port Hills-Crater Rim Walkway with great views of Lyttelton Harbour, Christchurch city, Canterbury Plains and Southern Alps.

21. Watch sand artist Peter Donnelly create an amazing work on the beach below the New Brighton Pier [1], [2].

22. Take a bus out to Sumner and walk along the Esplanade. Have a coffee in a funky cafe or an ice cream while watching the surfers at Scarborough beach.

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