![Click to enlarge](img/th_4834.jpg) | The Art Gallery. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4835.jpg) | A statue outside Dux DeLux |
![Click to play](img/th_4841.jpg) | Jumping the gap! |
![Click to play](img/th_4844.jpg) | A tandem jump. |
![Click to play](img/th_4845.jpg) | Another tandem jump. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4846.jpg) | The stunt riders (Chuck Norris and Nick Franklin) salute the crowd. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4847.jpg) | Mark and Marie wait for us outside the Art Gallery. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4848.jpg) | The trolley passes by. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4849.jpg) | Some kids running around outside the art gallery. |
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(4460x1314, 790.49 kb) A view of the Christchurch Art Gallery on Montreal Street.
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![Click to enlarge](img/th_4854.jpg) | Inside the art gallery. |
![Click to play](img/th_4855.jpg) | A drain in the Art Gallery pool confirms we're in the southern hemisphere. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4856.jpg) | The entrance to the galleries. |
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(5599x1288, 4628.38 kb) The reverse view from the first panorama: inside the Art Gallery looking out
towards Montreal Street.
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![Click to enlarge](img/th_4863.jpg) | The Grange B&B, where I'm staying. The building on the right is the Windsor, where Enzo's staying. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4864.jpg) | The gondola loading area. The gondolas don't stop, so getting on can be tricky. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4865.jpg) | Hills near the gondola terminus. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4866.jpg) | Looking back north at Christchurch. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4868.jpg) | Some gondola don't seem as fancy as others. Sadly they didn't let us ride in this one. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4869.jpg) | Marie on the gondola. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4870.jpg) | Enzo on the gondola. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4871.jpg) | Mark on the gondola. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4872.jpg) | Gondola scenery. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4873.jpg) | Gondola scenery. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4875.jpg) | Christchurch. The city centre is on the left. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4876.jpg) | Looking gown the gondola route. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4877.jpg) | Looking up. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4879.jpg) | A cyclist heads up the road passing under the gondola. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4880.jpg) | A map of the area. Central Christchurch (where we're staying) is 5. The gondola is 1. Lyttelton is 6, and Diamond Harbour is 12. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4881.jpg) | Looking down on Lyttelton. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4882.jpg) | An explanatory note for the last picture. |
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(6720x1280, 4823.65 kb) Lyttelton Port of Christchurch on Lyttelton Harbour. The port is on the other
side of the hills from Christchurch proper. Beyond the water (Lyttelton
Harbour) is the Banks Peninsula.
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(8000x1216, 5443.59 kb) Looking back down from the bluffs northward at Christchurch and the Canterbury
Plain. Downtown is on the left. On the right is the large Pegasus Bay.
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![Click to enlarge](img/th_4897.jpg) | Looking back down the gondola track. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4898.jpg) | The ridge road. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4899.jpg) | Heading out to Lyttelton. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4901.jpg) | The path wound through some amazing yellowness. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4902.jpg) | Stopping to admire the scenery. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4903.jpg) | The bridle path. In the end, this was the path we took to Lyttelton, but there was nothing to indicate that this was the thing to do. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4904.jpg) | Crater Rim Walkway. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4905.jpg) | Mark and Marie head down the path. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4906.jpg) | Lyttelton Harbour. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4909.jpg) | Looking back up at the gondola terminus. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4910.jpg) | The ridge road. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4911.jpg) | Mark surveys the townsite. |
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(7224x1080, 4789.95 kb) Mark and Marie look down on Lyttelton. Lyttelton is the main deep water port
for South Island.
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(8936x1248, 6094.95 kb) A 180 degree view from the ridge on the top of the Port Hills. On the left is
Lyttelton and the Banks Peninsula. On the right is Christchurch and the
Canterbury Plain. The Summit Road snakes along the top of the Port Hills. The
Banks Peninsula and Lyttelton Harbour are formed from two extinct volcanoes. The
Port Hills are part of the crater rim of the Lyttelton Volcano.
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![Click to enlarge](img/th_4926.jpg) | Marie among the flowers and rocks. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4927.jpg) | This path isn't quite so well used. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4930.jpg) | The path disappears under the trees. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4931.jpg) | Looking out over the yellow hills. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4932.jpg) | Marie and Mark contemplate the way. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4933.jpg) | Setting out again. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4934.jpg) | High Pressure Oil Pipeline. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4935.jpg) | Arriving at the Women's Memorial. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4937.jpg) | The Women's Memorial, erected 1993. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4938.jpg) | The plaque commemorates the pioneer women who climbed the hill from Lyttelton and rested here with their families, to survey the Canterbury plain where they were to settle. Where were the men, you ask? I assume they just sailed around. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4939.jpg) | Looking out from the Women's Memorial at Lyttelton Harbour. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4941.jpg) | Heading down the Bridle Path. There were no maps of the hiking trails, but people said we'd know which path to take when we saw it. Unfortunately we saw another path before this one, which we didn't know not to take. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4942.jpg) | We encounter some woolies. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4943.jpg) | More woolies. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4944.jpg) | The town of Lyttelton. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4945.jpg) | A bench at the bottom of the Bridle Path. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4946.jpg) | A Map of Lyttelton. The main street's London Street. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4948.jpg) | The entrance to the Bridle Path. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4949.jpg) | A very friendly, vocal cat. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4950.jpg) | A very friendly, vocal cat. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4951.jpg) | The Antarctic Program's ice breaker at port. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4952.jpg) | Lyttelton. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4953.jpg) | The tunnel to Christchurch. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4954.jpg) | Another view of the ice breaker. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4955.jpg) | Timber being loaded in the port. The cats are loading the trucks, so the timber must have come off the ships. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4956.jpg) | A plaque commemorating Lyttelton's role in Antarctic research. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4957.jpg) | The Mount Adams. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4958.jpg) | Leaving Lyttelton bound for Diamond Harbour. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4960.jpg) | Passing the Mount Adams. Being empty, it's sitting very high. |
![Click to play](img/th_4961.jpg) | Heading out into the harbour. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4963.jpg) | Lyttelton. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4964.jpg) | Looking back at Lyttelton from Diamond Harbour. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4965.jpg) | Walking up to the pub. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4966.jpg) | At the pub. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4967.jpg) | The view of Lyttelton from the pub. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4968.jpg) | Horses grazing near the pub. |
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(10461x1243, 7158.91 kb) Looking back across Lyttelton Harbour at the Port of Lyttelton from the headland
at Diamond Harbour. It has started to rain over the harbour to the west (left).
To the east you can see open ocean. At bottom left, obscured by shrubbery is
the ferry dock.
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![Click to play](img/th_4980.jpg) | The ferry comes back to Diamond Harbour. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4981.jpg) | Boarding the ferry. |
![Click to play](img/th_4982.jpg) | Heading back to Lyttelton. The ferry kicks up a fair bit of spray. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4983.jpg) | Looking at the rain on the bay. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4984.jpg) | Looking at the rain on the bay. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4985.jpg) | The lighthouse at the entrance to Lyttelton Port. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4986.jpg) | The prow of the Mount Adams. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4987.jpg) | Rain! |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4989.jpg) | The bus back to Christchurch heads through the tunnel. It was quite long. |
![Click toplay](img/th_4990.jpg) | Change ringing at the cathedral. |