Recreation

Press, 17 June 1988, Page 29

Recreation

WILLOWBANK — Wildlife reserve, Hussey Road. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. ORANA PARK — Wildlife Park, McLeans Island. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Lions fed at 2.30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11.30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. AQUARIUM AND ZOO .— Beach Road, North Beach. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. DAYTONA PARK — Moorhouse Avenue and Waltham Road. Midday to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. BOATING — Antigua Boat Sheds, Cambridge Terrace. Canoes and paddle boats for hire from 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. LEISURE CENTRE — Queen Elizabeth II Park, Travis Road. 10 a.m. to dusk daily. BIG APPLE — International Ice Rink, Opawa Road. 10 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. Monday through Friday. 7.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. on Sunday. Ice hockey on Tuesday, 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. ROLLERLAND — Skating Rink, Wainoni Road. 7 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday. 7.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. 10 a.m. to midday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday. 10 a.m. to midday, 2 p.m. to 4

p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. on Sunday.

PUNTING — Christchurch Punting Company, Cambridge Terrace. Chauffeur-driven punting along the Avon River, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. TUG — Steam Tug Lyttelton, No. 2 Wharf. Twohour harbour cruise on Sunday at 2 p.m. LAUNCH — Lyttelton Launch Cruise, 2 p.m. daily, 40-minute cruise. RIPAPA ISLAND — Lyttelton Harbour Cruise, 2 p.m. daily from Jetty 8, Lyttelton. Two-hour cruise and guided walk. GARDENS — Christchurch Botanic Gardens. Show houses open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tea kiosk open 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., with smorgasbord lunch midday to 2 p.m. Toast rack tours of Gardens 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. AKAROA — Canterbury Cat Cruises,' two hours round Akaroa Harbour. 1.30 p.m. daily. MONA VALE — Fendalton Road. Elizabethanstyle homestead on landscaped Avon River parkland. 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. daily. DEANS BUSH — Kauri Street, Riccarton. Historic homestead, museum, native bush. Open daily during daylight. ORTON BRADLEY — Banks Peninsula farm park, Lyttelton Harbour (Charteris Bay). Features several historic buildings. Open daily for picnics, walks. HORSE RIDING — Kowhai Residential School of Riding, View Hill, Oxford. Residential week-ends, half day treks, advanced instruction in dressage, show jumping and cross country. Learners welcome. Free bus to and from Christchurch. Oxford 24-309. HORSE RIDING — Overleigh, Port Levy, Banks Peninsula. Horse and pony riding suitable for all ages and abilities. Open seven days. Caroline Craw, 294-684. MARKET — Arts Centre Market, including food stalls. Christchurch Arts Centre, Worcester Street, Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. DISCO — Young People’s Telethon Disco and film — Christchurch Youth Centre, 111 Worcester Street. From 7.30 p.m. on Friday, June 24 to 7.30 a.m. on Saturday, June 25. Tickets $2.

WHAT NOW — Screening live from Cathedral Square on Saturday, June 18, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Pavement art, Wizard sculptures, the world’s largest aerobics class, lip sine and more. Al! welcome. CRATER RIM — Walkway, Port Hills. Walks ranging from 30 minutes to four hours, starting at the Sign of the Takahe or Sign of the Kiwi. BRIDLE PATH — Walkway, Port Hills. Path used by the first settlers. From Lyttelton or Heathcote Valley. NICHOLSON PARK — Scenic walks, Scarborough. Unsuitable for unaccompanied children. GODLEY HEAD — Walkway and farm park, Port Hills. Three hours fromTaylor’s Mistake to Godley Head and back. Loop walk to searchlight emplacements an extra hour. PEGASUS BAY — Walkway, Kaiapoi to Wakuku Beach. Five hours through flat country. MOUNT HERBERT — Diamond Harbour wharf to Orton Bradley Park. Six hours. METHVEN — Walkway, from Methven outskirts to north branch of the Ashburton River. Three hours each way.