Places to Eat and Drink in Christchurch

Amongst others, I have visited these establishments.

Tap Room.

Tap RoomTap Room, Christchurch

On the corner. Ducks sometimes invade the porch area and sneak around the plants hiding from the waiters who shoo them out.
Very entertaining.

Serve heated rock platter, as you can see featured on the photo. The platter is heated to a couple of hundred degrees and brought to your table with some raw ingredients, salts and spices.

It’s up to you to cook it up.

A bit more classy and slightly more low key than the other pubs on Oxford Terrace.

The Bog

The BogThe Bog, Christchurch
Pop your head in at the end of the night.

Good place for a pint.

Weblinks: The Tap Room
Weblinks: The Bog

Chistchurch Notaries

Christchurch was established by a number of notaries setting up the church, council and attracting settlers to the new lifestyle.

Robert GodleyRobert Godley
Known as the “Founder of Canterbury”.
Educated at Harrow, and later Christ College, Oxford, Godley used travel experience in America and Ireland to encourage and develop those administrative and industrial aspects which would work for New Zealand.

Benjamin MountfortBenjamin Mountfort
Responsible for Christchurch’s notable Gothic style, which can be seen throughout the Civic, educational and religious buildings which make up the historical backbone of the city.
Benjamin Mountfort arrived on one of the first 4 founding ships and was party to the colonial settlement plans which led to the development of Christchurch.

Kate SheppardKate Sheppard
Christchurch born, Kate Sheppard here pictured on the $10 note is responsible for making New Zealand the first country in the world to give women equal rights in 1893.

Walking tour of Canterbury

Ferrier Fountain, Kilmore StreetFerrier Fountain, Christchurch
Christchurch Millenium ChaliceChristchurch Millenium Chalice
Spent today with a walking tour, taking in the various sites in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Christchurch was a boggy land home to the first batch of settlers in New Zealand.
First settled by a small number of Maouris, then later on the English, there is evidence of English architecture everywhere. The early adminstrative buildings were built in a style with some raw materials originating locally and others being shipped in which gives the place a dignified air for it’s relative size.

Victoria Square, Floral Clock