Out and About

Press, 4 January 1978, Page 18

Out and About

THINGS TO DO Christchurch Cathedral Cathedral Square): Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with climb of 134 steps to Spire for view of city and mountains. Bicycle hire—Cycle Trading Co., corner Manchester and Armagh Streets, S2 per day Sius $5 bond. Phone 63-760, uslness hours only. Canoe hire—Antigua Boat Shed (near Public Hospital). Popular way to see Gardens and Hagley Park. Hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hill walk—Bridle Path Walk. Start at Lyttelton, near Road Tunnel entrance, and over Port Hills to Heathcote Valley. Lyttelton Harbour—Launch leaves Lyttelton regularly each week-day and Saturdays for Diamond Harbour, with harbour cruises at 2.50 p.m. On Sundays, the launch leaves for Diamond Harbour at 11.15 a.m. and 4.30 p.m., with a harbour cruise at 2.50 p.m. The trip from Lyttelton to Diamond Harbour takes 15 minutes. Launches can also be chartered (phone Lyttelton 8368 business hours, and Diamond Harbour 783 after hours).

PLACES TO GO Aquarium and Mini Z 00—155 Beach Road, North Beach. Tropical fish, crocodiles, etc. Open: 10 a.m. to S p.m., 7 days. Cob Cottage—Main Sumner Road, just past Heathcote Bridge. Historic early settiers' hut.

Orana Park—Only drivethrough lion enclosure In New Zealand. Also tigers, camels, water buffalo. Charges: $2 adults, $1 children, $5 family concession (maximum, two adults and three children). Open daily: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feeding times: weekdays, 2 p.m.; week-ends, 11.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. Phone 597-109. Provincial Council Chambers —Corner Durham and Armagh Streets. Stone chamber, open weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., guided tours 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. each Sunday. Queen Elizabeth II Park Com-plex-Venue of 1974 Commonwealth Games. Situated at North New Brighton (No. 19 bus from Cathedral Square). Tours available. Open 10 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. Monday to Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Sundays. Adults 50c, children 20c. Parties of 10 or more: aduijs 40c, children 15c. Phone 886-079.

Sign of the Takahe—Upper Cashmere Hill. Impressive stone building in Gothic style with sweeping view of Canterbury Plains and Alps. Open daily. Town Hall—Kilmore Street; Phone 68-899. Visitors welcome.

•> ro S.3U p.m., weeKoays. Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays, 1 p.m, to 5.30 p.m. Frequent conducted tours.

University of CanterburyVisitors may inspect the modem buildings on the new campus at Crayke Road, Ham. Willowbank Wildlife Reserve —6O Husseys Road. Open daily, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Phone 596-226 for enquiries. ART GALLERIES AND ART CENTRE Robert McDougall Art Gallery —Fine collections of AustralaMan and European paintings, along with special exhibitions. In Botanic Gardens behind Museum. Hours: weekdays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Phone 61-754. Art Centre of ChristchurchOld University, Town Site, Worcester Street. Houses various cultural and social welfare 8 Artists' Quarter—Working demonstrations of various crafts. Shop open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays; 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. MUSEUMS Canterbury Museum—Rolleston Avenue. Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Ferrymead Museum—Technological Museum in process of development. Displays of tramcars, fir* engines, stationary engines, and some horse-drawn vehicles. Visitors welcome daily. Trams operating 1.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. week-ends. Group bookings by arrangement (phone 841-970) 269 Bridle Peth Road, Heathcote. Yaldhurst Transport Museum —Opposite Yaldhurst Hotel. Phone 427-914. Open week-ends and holidays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. LIBRARIES Canterbury Public LibraryMain library, open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday to Friday and 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. Saturday. Children's library also open Saturday morning but to 9 p.m. Friday only. Library open for reading only on long week-ends and public holidays. Phone 796-914. Botanic Gardens—Established 1863; 30 hectares. Entrance RoL leston Avenue, near Museum. Hours: 7 a.m. to sunset.

Hagley Park—l4B.4o hectares. Many lovely river walks. Deans' Bush and Homestead —Beautiful stand of native bush; entrance Kauri Street, Riccarton. Historic first homestead on the plains, built by the Deans brothers in 1843. Millbrook Reserve—Noted for displays of azaleas and rhododendrons (adjoins North Hagley Park).

Mons vaie—Keserve ana reception centre, 800 metres from city centre. Lakelets, fountains, and exotic trees surround Elizabethan mansion. Open daily: 8 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Victoria Park—Cashmere Hills. A half-mile walk from Sign of the Takahe. SWIMMING POOLS Halswell Swimming Centre— Halswell Road, vicinclty Halswell Tavern. Phone Hsl 8198. Hours: Monday to Friday, inclusive, 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 а. to 5.30 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Jellie Park Lido—Ham Road, Burnside. Hours: Monday to Saturday, Inclusive 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 12.30 p.m. to б. p.m. New Centennial—Entrance from Armagh Street, Phone 68-917. Hours: Monday to Thursday, inclusive, 7 a.m. to 5.45 p.m., 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 S.m.; Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; aturday, 12 noon to 6 p.m.,Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4.45 p.m. Queen Elizabeth ll—Travis Road, North New Brighton. Phone 886-079. Hours: Monday to Saturday, inclusive, 7 a.m. to 8.45 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5.45 p.m. Sockburn Park Swimming Centre—Main South Road, Sockburn. Phone 41-344. Hours: Monday to Friday, inclusive, 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., 7 p.m. to a p.m.; Saturday, 1q a.m. to 5.30 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Waltham Park Lido—Corner Wilsons Road and Waltham Road, Waltham. Hours: Monday to Thursday, inclusive, 10 a.m. to 5.45 p.m., 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 12 noon to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4.45 p.m. Wharenul Coronation—Elizabeth Street, Riccarton (open all year). Phone 486-488. Hours: All week, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Woolston Park—Ferry Road, Woolston. Hours: Monday to Friday, Inclusive, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, 1 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Not open New Year's Day. BEACHES Christchurch has a number of easily accessible beaches which are safe for swimming —North Beach, lOkm east (No. 19 bus); South Brighton, 10km east (No. 5S bus); Sumner, 11km south-east (No. 3 bus); Waimairi, 10km north-east (No. 19 bus); New Brighton, Bkm east (No. 5 bus).

Lyttelton Harbour beaches— Corsair Bay, Governor's Bay, Charterls Bay, Diamond Harbour, Purau.