Your guide to What's On

Press, 27 December 1985, Page 18

Your guide to What's On

THINGS TO DO Chfiztchurch Town Hall — Kilmore Street Phone 68-899. Visitors welcome. 9 am. to 5 pm daily. Tours every half hour from 11 am to 3 pm Boating on the Avon — Antigua Boatsheds, Cambridge Terrace. Phone 65-885. Canoes and boats for hire. Open daily 9.30 am to 4 pm Queen Elizabeth II Park — Travis Road. Phone 885-079. Effingham Street (19) bus. Venue of 1974 Commonwealth Games. Swimming pools, squash courts. Hydroslide, synthetic all-weather track and permanent seating for 20,000 spectators. Leisure Centre including Driveworld, bumper boats, mini-golf, a walk-in maze, rollercoaster, and grand prix cars. Opens 10 am daily till late. Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament — southern end of Barbadoes Street Ten minutes walk from Cathedral Square or take (3) bus. Has ltalian mosaic floor, tapestries and bronzes. One of the finest examples of Renaissance architecture in Australasia. Opens 8 am to 7 pm daily. Christchurch Cathedral — Cathedral Square. 133 steps up the spire for a view of the city and mountains. Open Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm, Saturdays 830 am to 5 pan, Sundays 730 am to 830 pm Provincial Council Chambers — corner Durham and Armagh Streets, guided tours 2 pm and 3 pm Sundays, or by arrangements. Phone 557-610. Stone chamber open weekdays 9 am to 4 pm Sign of the Takahe — upper Cashmere Hill Phone 324-552. Takahe (2d) bus. Gothic-style-stone building with sweeping view of Canterbury Plains and Southern Alps. Open 10 am to 5 pm daily. Devonshire teas and smorgasbord lunches available. Dinner Tuesday to Saturday by reservation. University of Canterbury — between Ham and Clyde Roads. Airport (24) or Woodbury Street (21) buses. Arts Centre — old university site, Worcester Street The nineteenth century neo-gothic buildings house community and cultural organisations including toe Court Theatre, the Southern Ballet Theatre, Academy Cinema, Free Theatre, Gingko print workshops, rug making, Maori carving centre, Arts Employment Scheme, res-, taurants, coffee shop, tavern, bookshop, pottery and craft workshops. Arts, crafts and antique market every Saturday 10 am to 4 pm Tours available by appointment Phone 60-989. Timeball Station, Lyttelton —■ a stone fortress-like build: ing dating from 1876, sited at the east side of Lyttelton township. It has a timeball mechanism to signal one o’clock for mariners to set their chronometers. Open Wednesday to Sunday 10 am to noon and 1 pm to 4 pm Admission: *l3O adults, 50c children. Orana Park — McLeans Island Road. Bus departs Cathedral Square at noon daily. Return fare, *7 adults, *330 children, including admission cost Biggest wildlife park and only drive-through lion, enclosure in New Zealand. Also giraffes, kakas, zebra, kiwis, wolves, antelope, tigers,water buffalo, baby and farmyard animals. Lions fed 1130 am and 230 pm Giraffes fed 11 am, 1230 pm and 1.45 pm Feeding of all animals 230 pm to 4.15 pm daily. Open 10 am to 5 pm (admissions close at 430 pm) *5 adults, *230 children. Willowbank Wildlife Reserve — 60 Hussey Road, off Gardiners Road, 15 minutes drive from Cathedral Square. Features include puma, monkeys, goats, highland cattle, otters, emus, Maori village, donkey and waggon rides, barbeque and picnic area. Open daily 10 am to 6 pm Admission: *3.50 adults, *l3O children; animal feed bags 25c and 50c. North New Brighton Zoo — 155 Beach Road, Effingham St (19) bus. Features include fish, crocodile, black panther, lion, tiger and monkeys. Open daily 10 am to 5 pm Admission: adults *2, children 75c. Summertime activities — a programme of free entertainment and recreation organised by the Christchurch City Coun- . cu. Entertainment in Cathe-

dral Square and Hagley Park, Tuesday, Wednesday and Fridays betwees noon and 2 pm. Phone 791-6*B for details. Thornton Grange Ridinif School — 432 Sparks Road. Horse riding 9 am to 5 pan. daily. Treks and lessons *lO for morning or afternoon session. Sparks Road (7) bus. Phone 382-074. Cascade Riding Centre — The Groynes Domain, Johns Road. Lessons, treks and pony rides, *8 an hour. Belfast (1) bus. Phone 69-418. Recreation Plus Fun Park — The Groynes Domain, Johns Road. You-fly aircraft, buzz boats, pedal boats, aqua bikes, vintage car run. Open 10 am to 5 pm .daily. Free entry to park, *4 each activity. Belfast (1) bus. MUSEUMS Canterbury Museum — Rolleston Avenue at entrance to Botanic Gardens and adjacent to Robert McDougaß Art Gallery. Features indude New Zealand birds, Christchurch Street of last century, Hall of Antarctic Discovery, Hall of Oriental Art, Moa-hunter era of Maori culture. Special display of geological specimens of crystals and rock crab fossils. Planetarium open for public on Sundays at 3 pm Hours: 10 am to 4.30 pm daily. Phons 68-379. Ferrymead Historic Park — 269 Bridle Path Road, first turn after Heathcote Bridge. Sumner (3) bus. Historic pari; transport and technological museum Features include restored vintage motor vehicles and fire engines, naval museum, working Edwardian township, printing, telegraphic and military displays, working railway and tramway. Open daily 10 am. to 430 pm Admission: *430 adults, *2.50 children. Cost includes train or tram ride Phone 841-970. Yaldhurst Transport Museum — near Yaldhurst Hotel, Main West Road, 12 km from Christchurch. Displays of vintage cars and motorcycles, rare old machinery, including a working early printing press; horse-drawn vehicles, merry-go-round, fire engine rides and waggon 'rides. Open 10 am to 5 pm daily. Admission: *1 adults, *1 children. Phone 427914. Lyttelton Historical Museum — Gladstone Quay, Lyttelton. Displays include a maritime gallery, Antarctic gallery and colonial Lyttelton. Open Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sundays, 2 pm to 4 pm. Phone 8972 (Lyttelton). ART GALLERIES Robert McDougall Art Gallery — behind the Canterbury Museum in the Botanic Gardens. Exhibition “Ancient Celis brations” of very early Mediterranean pottery, “Aya Kith chi” Japanese weaving, and paintings from the gallery’s permanent collection. Open 10 am to 430 pm C3A. — 66 Gloucester Street Closed until January 5. ' Wood and paua jewellery exhibition, children’s art exhibition and paintings. Open 2 pm to 430 pm daily. Phone 67-261. CITY LIBRARY Main Library — corner Gloucester Street and Oxford Terrace. Open for lending and reading: Monday to Friday 10 am to 9 pm, Saturday 10 am to noon. Reading only: Saturday, Sunday and pubic holidays 2 pm to 5 pm and 7 pm to 9 pm Newspaper room* Monday to Friday 830 am. to 9 pm, Saturday 1.0 am. to noon, Sunday 2 pm to 5 pm and 7 pm to 9 pm Children’s library: Monday to Thursday 10 am to 530 p-nu, Friday 10 am to 9 pm., Saturday 10 am to noon. WALKS Hill walks — from Sign of the Takahe, upper Cashmere HUI to Scott Reserve. Slightly uphill but not too strenuous. Takahe (2d) 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. Other walkways include Godley Head, from Kaiapoi to Pegasus Bay, and from Methven. West Coast — walks guided by Forest Service and Lands and Survey rangers. Programme details from district offices. Phone Christchurch 799-760. PARKS AND GARDENS Botanic Gardens — establistnsd 1863. Covers SO hectares. En-

trance Rolleston Avenue by Canterbury Museum, Open 7 ' am to sunset daily. Higley Park - 148 hectares. Many lovely river walks. Deans Bush and homestead — only big area of native bush in the city. Entrance Kauri Street Historic early homestead built by the Deans brothers in 1843. Woodbury .Street (21) bus, to Rimu Street Millbrook Reserve — displays of azaleas and rhododendrons. Adjoins Hagley Park, off Helmores Lane. Burnside Crescent or Merrin Street (9) bus, to Rossall Street Mona Vale — reserve and reception centre. Gardens and historic homestead. Entrance off Fendalton Road. Open daily 8 am. to 630 pm Burnside. Crescent or Merrin Street (9) bus, to Fendalton Road. Victoria Park — Cashmere Hills. A 1 km walk from the Sim of the Takahe. Takahe (2d) bus. Various nature walks, refreshments available. BEACHES Christchurch has many easily accessible beaches which are safe for swimming — North Beach, 10 km east Effingham Street (19) bus; South Brighton, 10 km east South Shore (5) bus; New Brighton, 8 km east. South Shore (5) bus; Sumner, 11 km south-east Sumner (3) bus; Waimairi, 11 km north-east Effingham Street (19) bus. Lyttelton Harbour beaches — Corsair. Bay, Governors Bay, Charteris Bay, Diamond Harbour. Taylor’s Mistake beach is over Scarborough Hill (Sumner). SWIMMING POOLS Centennial — entrance from Armagh Street Hours: Monday to Thursday 7 am to 5.45 pm and 630 pm to 730 pm, Friday 7 am to 6 pm, Saturday 11 am to 6 pm, Sunday and public holidays 1 pm to 4.45 pm Phone 68-917. Halswell Swimming Centre — Halswell Road, near Halswell Tavern. Halswell (7L) bus. Pool has grassed areas, barbecue facilities, play equipment and trampolines. Hours: Monday to Friday 10 am to 5.30 pm and 7 pm to 8 pm, Saturday and public holidays noon to 530 pm, Sundays 12.30 pm to 5 pm Phone 228-198. Jellie Park Aqualand — Ham Road, Burnside. Burnside Crescent . (9) bus- Five pools, waterslides, trampolines, grassed area, and barbeque facilities. Hours: Monday to Friday (up to December 31) 10 am to 7. pm, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 10 am to 630 pm After January 1,10 am till dark daily. Phone 518774. Queen Elizabeth H Park — Travis Road, North New Brighton. Effingham Street (19) bus. Main pool hours Monday to Saturday 7 am to 8.45 pm, Sunday 10 am to 8.45 pm Hydroelide 10 am to 8.45 pm (last ticket sold 735 pm) Phone 886-079. Sockbufn Pool and Recreation Centre — Main South - Road, Sockburn. Hornby (8) bus. Three pools with grassed areas, barbeque facilities, play equipment and trampolines. New facilities include 50 metre slide, spa pools, suntan solarium, sauna, and squash courts. Pool hours Monday to Friday 7 am to 530 pm, and 7 pm to 8 pm, Saturday and public holidays 10 am to 530 pm, Sunday noon to 5 pm New facilities, squash courts etc: Monday to Thursday 7 am to 10 pm, Friday 7 am to 8 pm, Saturday 10 am to 530 pm, Sunday 10 am. to 8 pm Phone 485-092. Templeton Pool — Kirk Road. Templeton (8 or 25) bus. Pool has grassed areas, barbeque facilities, play equipment and trampolines. Hours Monday to Friday noon to 5 pm, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 1 pm to 5 pm Waltham Park Lido — corner of Wilsons Road and Waltham Road. St Martins or Huntsbury (12) bus. Hours Monday to Thursday 10 am to 4.45 pm, 4.45 pm to 5.45 pm (adults only), 630 pm to 730 pm, Friday 10 am to 4.45 pm, 4.45 pm to 6 pm (adults only), Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 1 pm to 4.45 pm Phone 60-725. Wharenui Pool — Elizabeth Street Riccarton. Any (25) bus. Hours 10 am to noon, noon to 2 pm (adults only), 2 pm to 5 pm daily. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 730 pm to 9 pm (adults only). Phone 486488.’ Woolston Park — closed.