Wednesday, July 16, 2008

The To-Do list

Here's a To Do list to give you some ideas on what there is to do with your friends and family in Christchurch.

(Click on the highlighted activities for my review).

Updated March 2014


Free Things to Do

  • Canterbury Museum
  • Barnett Park Cave Walk  - currently closed due to the earthquakes
  • The Groynes
  • Botanic Gardens Playground
  • The public libraries
  • The Art Gallery - currently closed due to earthquake repairs, hoped to reopen 2015
  • The beach in winter
  • Seeing the Christmas lights -in the two weeks leading up to Christmas
  • Sumner Beach
  • Scarborough Playground
  • Taylor's Mistake Beach
  • Godley Head
  • Bexley Wetlands
  • Travis Wetlands
  • New Brighton Pier and beach
  • South Brighton Park
  • Spencer Park
  • Riccarton Bush and House - house currently closed due to the earthquakes, but the bush still open
  • Halswell Quarry
  • Victoria Park
  • Sign of the Kiwi - closed due to the earthquakes
  • Lyttelton day trip
  • Riccarton Market
  • Arts Centre Market - closed due to the earthquakes
  • Fishing
  • Mona Vale
  • Mountain biking on the hills
  • Westburn Bike Park
  • Hettie's Rock Shop
  • Kendal School Bike Track
  • Rapaki Track
  • Little River Cycle Trail
  • Birdlings Flat Gemstone Museum
  • Spencer Park
  • Mountain biking in the forests - Bottle Lake Forest is a favourite
  • Washington Way Skate Park
  • Be part of the studio audience for What Now
  • Air Force World
  • Checking out the street art murals around town
  • Finding all the Gap Filler installations (lots of them are for kids)
  • Art Galleries - including the Art Box
  • Playing tennis on the free courts around town
  • Enter a sandcastle competition in summer (New Brighton or Waikuku)
  • Drive/ferry to Diamond Harbour



Things to do that cost


  • Swimming pools - Pioneer, Jellie Park, Graham Condon
  • Children's theatre
  • Santa's Grotto at the Spreydon Baptist Church - in the two weeks leading up to Christmas
  • Antigua Boatsheds - hire a boat
  • Quail Island trip
  • Fudge Cottage tour
  • Rock climbing at Clip n Climb
  • Making jewellery at the Bead Shop
  • Arion Farm Park
  • Gap Filler Dance-o-Mat
  • Steam Scene
  • Halswell Miniature Trains - each Sunday at Halswell Domain
  • Hire boats at the Pegasus Lake
  • Hire boats at the Groynes
  • The Discovery Centre at the Museum
  • The Southern Centre at Pioneer
  • The Tram ($10 for adults, free for kids)
  • Tour of Christ's College (Tues and Thurs, in summer)
  • Antarctic Centre
  • Willowbank
  • The Maize Maze
  • Playing golf
  • Orana Park
  • Ghost Walk at the Arts Centre - closed indefinitely due to the earthquakes
  • Ferrymead Heritage Park
  • Go Karting
  • The movies
  • Ten pin bowling
  • Ice skating
  • Mini golf
  • Adrenalin Forest
  • Hot Air Ballooning
  • Punting on the Avon
  • Boat trips on Lyttelton Harbour
  • Day trip to Akaroa
  • Day trip to Hanmer Springs
  • The Gondola 
  • Skiing
  • Skydiving
  • The Casino
  • Wine tasting
  • Science Alive - closed due to the earthquakes
  • Laser Strike 
  • Urban Paintball
  • Flight Simulator
  • Ko Tane at Willowbank
  • Jet boating on the Waimakariri
  • Horse trekking
  • Archery
  • Tranz Scenic train trip
  • Waipara Valley wine/train
  • Tothill's Maze
  • West Melton Observatory
  • Sail on the MV Tuhoe at Kaiapoi (occasional sailings)
  • Learn to surf at Sumner


Phew! That's all I can think of for now.... I hope you've had some inspiration, and remember, if you want to write your own review of what you've done, please send it in!

1 comment:

Lesley Huntley said...

Great list, very comprehensive. I will try to think of some others. Keep up the fantastic work with your blog! You ever thought of adding adsense? You should!