Jared Lee - Photo Album - Day1-NewBrighton

My parents and I flew from Melbourne to Christchurch, where our good friend David Strijbis met us, and took us through Christchurch and to New Brighton Beach on the way to his home in Ashburton
November 29, 2004

01-CrosswalkSign On Monday, November 29, 2004, my parents and I left Melbourne for New Zealand ... as a last tribute to Australia, here's another funny sign ... this is their crosswalk sign, kinda cool

02-QantasJet Our Qantas jet

03-CanterburyDraught A giant can of the local beer, Canterbury Delight, outside Christchurch International Airport

04-NewBrightonLibrary The Library in New Brighton, a suburb of Christchurch

05-BrightonPier New Brighton Pier

06-NewZealandFlag New Zealand flag

07-WarMemorial War Memorial at Brighton ... there were war memorials all over the place in Australia and New Zealand, mostly for WW I, the Great War

08-NewBrightonBeach New Brighton Beach

09-Pier Pier

10-Beach New Brighton Beach ... it was rather frigid, with a stiff breeze coming off the Southern Ocean ... and by frigid, I mean upper 40s/low 50s, after having just experienced a weekend in the 90s in Oz

11-PierDeck Pier deck

12-PortHills The Port Hills of the Banks Peninsula in suburban Christchurch

13-PortHills Port Hills