(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!
