Your guide to What's On this holiday.

Press, 30 December 1982, Page 12

Your guide to What's On this holiday.

THINGS TO DO. Christchurch Cathedral in Cathedral Square — open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Boating on the Avon — Antigua Boatsheds, Cambridge Terrace. Canoes and boats to hire 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $1.50 per hour per person for canoes. Christchurch Polytechnic, Moorhouse Avenue, offers a summer school of foreign languages, January 5 to 21. Classes in Maori. Samoan, Japanese, Spanish, French and German, 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Beginners, intermediate and advanced classes. $2O. Phone 798-150. Hill walks — from the sign of the Takahe, Upper Cashmere Hill, to Scott Reserve. Slightly uphill but not too strenuous. Cashmere hills (2T) bus. Bridle Path Walk starts at Lyttelton near the Road Tunnel entrance, and goes over the Port Hills to Heathcote Valley. Includes a steep climb. Lyttelton (28) bus. Walkways in the Christchurch area include Godley Head, from

Kaiapoi to Pegasus Bay, and from Methven. In Timaru there is a walkway in Centennial Park, and further south there are walks from Waimate and Pareora. Information on guided walks and places to visit on Banks Peninsula is available from the Akaroa Courthouse. Arthurs Pass National Park has a summer programme of guided walks and activities throughout the holiday period. December 30: 10 a.m. Orchid Walk — a short walk north of the village to Daisy Flat and return. Five species of native orchids grow in this area. 1.30 p.m. Barrack Creek Waterfall — a one-hour scramble up the dry Barrack Creek to the large waterfall. Bring your togs and have a cool refreshing dip. December 31: 9 a.m. Bills Basin (full day) — up to the Temple Basin skifield then up again to Bills Basin. Tarns scenery and alpine flowers. A climb of B limit for the more energetic. Evening activities at 8 p.m. For further information phone Department of Lands and Survey, phone 799-760. Forest Service guided walks — December 30: Kaikoura at 10 a.m. Hamuri Bluff — mostly beach walking, featuring beautiful scenery and some notable historical features. Starts from Oaro School site, 14kms south of Kaikoura. Ideal swimming spots. Omarama — South Temple, an easy ramble up the South Temple Valley, approximate time two to three hours. Start from Omarama Community Hall. December 31: Omarama — North temple — An easier family walk to the head of a small mountain valley. Approximate time four hours. North Brighton Zoo - 155 Beach Road, North Beach, North Beach (19) bus. Features fish, crocodile, black panther, lion, tiger and monkeys. Open daily 10 am; to 5 p.m. Admission, adults ?1, children 50c. Willowbank Wildlife Reserve — 60 Hussey Road, off Gardiners Road, 15 minutes drive from the Square. Puma, highland cattle, Arapawa goats, otters, Maori village. Free wagon rides at 2 p.m. each day, and donkey rides at all times. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission $2 adults, $1 children; animal food bags 20c and 50c. Orana Park — Willows Road, off Harewood Road. Only drivethrough lion enclosure/ in New Zealand. Also giraffe, tigers, water buffalo. Feeding times: 11 a.m. baby animals, 11.30 lions, 1.30. p.m. farmyard. 2.00 baby animals, 2.30 lions, 3.00 tigers, 3.30 emu, 3.45 patas monkey, 4.00 spider monkey, wolves, 4.15 otters. Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (last admissions 4.30 p.m.) Admission 3.30 adults, $1 children. Queen Elizabeth II park - venue of the 1974 Commonwealth Games, situated at North New Brighton. North Beach (19) bus. Swimming pools, squash courts, synthetic all-weather track and permanent seating, for 20,000 spectators. Hydroslide 10 a.m. to 8.45 p.m. daily, last tickets sold 7.55 p.m. $2.50 for half an hour, plus normal admission ($1 adults, 40c children). Phone 886-079 for hours of public use. Provincial Council Chambers — Comer Durham and Armagh Streets, inner city. Guided tours 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Sundays. Stone chamber open weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sign of the Takahe — Upper Cashmere Hill, gothic style stone

building with sweeping view of Canterbury Plains and southern Alps. Open daily. Devonshire teas. Rehua Maori Marae — only Maori reserve in city, at 79 Springfield Road, bus (18). Embodies each tribal district of New Zealand. Town Hall - Kilmore Street. Phone 68-899. Visitors welcome 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. week-days. Tours every half hour from 11 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., tours every ha’lf hour. Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament — Southern end of Barbadoes St, 10 minutes walk from Square, or take (3) bus. Has colonnades, galleries, Italian Mosiac floor, tapestries and bronzes. Open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. University of Canterbury — between Ham and Clyde Roads. Riccarton (8) or Airport bus. Tours for groups by arrangement, phone the information officer, 488-489.

i Timeball Station, Lyttelton — : A stone fortress-like building . dating from 1876, sited at the ! east side of Lyttelton township. 1 It has a timeball mechanism to I signal one o’clock for mariners i to set their chronometers. Open : daily 18 a.m. to noon, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Admission, $1 adults, 50c children. MUSEUMS Canterbury Museum — Rolleston Avenue at entrance to Botanic Gardens and adjacent to Robert McDougall Art Gallery. Features New Zealand birds, Christchurch street of last century, Hall of Antarctic Dis-co-very, Hall of Oriental Art, Moahunter era of Maori culture. Planetarium open for public screenings at 3 p.m. on Sunday afternoons. Hours: Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Phone 68-379. Ferrymead Historic Park — transport and technological museum. Features include tram, train and railcar rides to the “Early Township”. Open daily 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Admission $2 adults, $1.20 children, family ticket $6. Situated at 269 Bridle Path Road, and first turn after Ferrymead Bridge, (3) bus. Yaldhurst Transport Museum — Outside Yaldhurst Hotel, Main West Road, 12km from Christchurch. Displays of rare old vehicles and machinery including fire-engines, steam engines. Merry-go-round, fire engine 1 rides, wagon rides right through 1 the holidays. Tearooms. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, admission $2 , adults, 75c children. Lyttelton Historical Museum — Gladstone Quay. Displays include a maritime gallery, Antarctic gallery and colonial Lyttelton. Open Saturday and Sun--1 day, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Special hours arranged for organised [ parties, phone Lyttelton 8972. ART GALLERIES Robert McDougall Art Gallery — behind the Canterbury Museum in the Botanic Gardens. Open Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 12.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Exhibitions: Robin Morrison photography, Maori portraiture, Margaret Finnerty weaving, 20/ 20 Vision prints, Colin McCahon, Bea Maddock prints. Seven painters of the 80s. Canterbury Society of Arts — 66 Gloucester Street. Closed until January 5, then open daily from 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Admission 30c. Exhibitions:. Graham Collins screen prints; Leigh O’Connor photos behind the curtain; Tricker and other printmakers; Local painters; rugs and wallhangings; Vera Burnett seascapes. Arts Centre — Old university site, Worcester Street. The nineteenth century neo-gothic buildings house community and cultural organisations, including ,the Court Theatre, the Southern Ballet Theatre, Free Theatre, Academy Cinema, Gingko print workshop and gallery, a specialist bookshop, two restaurants and a coffee shop, a pottery workshop and a craft workshop. Arts, Crafts and Antiques Market every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tours available, phone 60989, PARKS, GARDENS Botanic Gardens — Established 1863, 30 hectares. Entrance Rolleston Avenue, near Canterbury Museum. Hours: 7 a.m. to sunset. Hagley Park — 148 hectares. Many lovely river walks. .

Deans Bush and Homestead — only big area of native bush in the city. Entrance Kauri Street. Riccarton. Historic early homestead built by the Deans Brothers in 1843. Riccarton (8) bus to Rimu Street. Millbrook Reserve — azaleas and rhododendrons, adjoins Hagley Park, off Helmores Lane. Mona Vale — Reserve and reception centre. Fendalton Road. Open daily 8 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Fendalton (9) bus. Victoria Park — Cashmere Hills. A half-mile walk from the Sign of the Takahe. Cashmere hills (2T) bus. CITY LIBRARY Main Library — corner Gloucester Street and Oxford Terrace, phone 796-914. Hours: Lending and reading: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 12 noon; reading only: Saturday and Sunday 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Newspaper room: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 12 noon; Sunday 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Children's library: Monday to Thursday 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 12 noon except holiday weekends. BEACHES Christchurch has a number of easily accessible beaches which are safe for swimming — North Beach, 10 km east (19) bus; South Brighton 10 km east (SS) bus; Sumner, 11km south-east (3) bus; Waimairi 10km north-east (19) bus; New Brighton, 8 km (5) bus. SWIMMING POOLS Centennial — entrance from Armagh Street. Phone 68-917. Hours: Monday to Thursday, 7 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.; Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5.45 p.m.; Public holidays, 1 p.m. to 4.45 p.m.

Queen Elizabeth II Park — Travis Road, North New Brighton. Phone 886-079 to check hours of various pools. Hours: Monday to Saturday, 7 a.m. to 8.45 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5.45 p.m.

Jellie Park Lido, Ilam Road, Burnside. Fendalton Withells Road (9W) bus. Phone 518-774.

Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday and public holidays, 12.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Wharenui Pool — Elizabeth Street, Riccarton. Wharenui (25) bus. Phone 486-488. Hours: Monday to Friday, noon to 1.30 p.m. (adults only), 3.15 to 5 p.m.; Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. (adults only); Saturday 10.30 a.m. to 12 noon, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday and public holidays, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sockburn Park — Main South Road, Sockburn. Hornby (8H) bus. Pool lias grassed areas, barbecue facilities, play equipment and trampolines. Phone 41-344. Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday and public holidays, noon to 5.30 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Halswell Swimming Centre — Halswell Road, vicinity of Halswell Tavern. Pool has grassed areas, barbecue facilities, play equipment and trampolines. Phone 228-198. Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturdays and public holidays, noon to 5.30 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Waltham Park Lido - corner of Wilsons Road and Waltham Road. St Martins (12) bus. Phone 60-725. Hours: Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5.45 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday and public holidays, 1 p.m. to 4.45 p.m, Woolston Park — Ferry Road, Woolston. Sumner (3), Woolston (3W) or Mount Pleasant (23) buses. Phone 893-720. Hours: Monday to Friday 1 p.m. to 4.45 p.m.; closed weekends. Papanui Swimming Pool — Winters Road. Phone 527-624 for hours. Templeton Pool — Kirk Road, Templeton. Pool has grassed areas, barbecue facilities, play equipment and trampolines. Hours: Monday to Friday, noon to 5 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday and public holidays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

St Albans — 43 Edgeware Road, Papanui (1) bus. Phone 555-868. Monday to Friday, 10.30 a.m. to noon, 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.