Firstly, Happy New Year to everyone reading this post! It's the start of both a new year and a new decade. I am really looking forward to 2020 and I'm hoping it will be a year of further growth and new experiences. There are some exciting things planned and plenty of museums and heritage places… Continue reading Quake City
Our first stop today was the Canterbury Museum located next to the Botanic Gardens. There are quite a few exhibition spaces within the Museum. You could spend the entire day here learning so much about Canterbury and its largest city, Christchurch. I want to focus this review on three exhibitions: Slice of Life: The World… Continue reading Canterbury Museum
The International Antarctic Centre isn't strictly a museum, but does contain exhibitions and offers visitors a variety of experiences. These include the snow storm, penguin feeding/VIP experience, meeting huskies and the Hägglund Field Trip. My absolute favourite was meeting the huskies so there will be lots of photographs of adorable dogs in this post. I'm… Continue reading International Antarctic Centre
Greetings from Christchurch, New Zealand! We spent today exploring the city and visiting both the International Antarctic Centre and the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. I am most excited to write about the Gallery. It is not only a spectacular building, but has an incredible array of works on display with the majority… Continue reading Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
On our final day in Wellington we visited the Wellington Botanic Gardens, right at the entry/exit of the Wellington Cable Car. I mention the Cable Car because it is a very convenient and interesting way to get from the city centre to the garden. If you don't like heights then it's probably best to avoid.… Continue reading Wellington Botanic Garden
Today was the day we visited Te Papa Tongarewa (Te Papa), the Museum of New Zealand. I had incredibly high expectations as I've heard nothing but amazing things. I am happy to say that Te Papa definitely lived up to these expectations and in some areas, exceeded them. We spent most of the day exploring… Continue reading Te Papa Tongarewa
I have absolutely fallen in love with Wellington. And I'm saying this before having visited Te Papa, aka the main reason why we've come here. I literally select my next holiday destination based on what museums I am really wanting to visit. As well as Te Papa, I was looking forward to visiting the Wellington… Continue reading Wellington Museum
