Holiday Write-up (1) The Ellerslie flower show
My nephew has been visiting NZ with his mate ... Their OE experience ... So we took the chance to be tourists ourselves in our home town and took a drive around town to show him the sights .... We made a point at stopping off at the Weta shop .. .Weta of course famous for it's special effects in peter Jackson films such as LOTR and much much more ...... They also have a screening of the work they are doing and the actual workshops ... Nephew loved it .... 
And then it was off to Christchurch on the south Island to start our tour across the island to the west coast . This is the last part of NZ I'd yet to see...The only things left now are Stewart Island and the Chatham Islands ... Only taken me 20 years to do it :O)
Christchurch is a nice city dominated in the centre by large stone buildings and Cathedral square ... We took a walk around in the afternoon. Having lunch and dinner in restaurants ... It was noticable that the standard of food and service was very good ... Me thinks Wellington has some catching up to do ....
The activity that prompted us to make the trip was to see the Ellerslie flower show ...NZs premier flower show. As such we duely got up early and drove to Hagley park where it was being held .... We had VIP Tickets which allowed us to get in early before the show opened and be part of a guided walk around the place ....
But not early enough as it happened as we discovered we should have been there 1/2 an hour before ...But no matter we caught up with them all in the VIP tent just getting ready to start the walk...... 
This appears to be the punting along the river Avon that flows through Christchurch
This was inspired by the Wellington "Cake Tin" our sports arena for Rugby and the like 
The perimeter of the show was lined with stalls ...McD bought a pair of secateurs with flowers on them!! 
Hagely park has a lot of artwork dotted about.. So not sure if this is a permanent fixture of part of the show ....
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