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Mona Vale

Mona Vale Garden Park

Elizabethan-style riverside homestead with gardens.

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Dux Dine
Pescatarian restaurant with lovely garden seating, the pizzas are good value to share, and the salads are fantastic. Also serves their craft beers including alcoholic ginger beer. One half of the erstwhile Dux de Lux in Hereford St.
Mains $19 (pizza) – $35 (salmon)
Buy
Christchurch Farmers' Market
Meet the growers, farmers, brewers and other artisan producers. A lively affair in the grounds of Riccarton House.
Sat 9AM–noon
Drink
The Craic Irish Bar
84 Riccarton Rd
See
Riccarton Bush
Dean's Bush
The last remaining forest remnant on the Canterbury plains is in Christchurch city. If your time is limited in NZ, this is a great way to experience an example of the country's native forests. The circular track passes under tall kahikatea trees, and there is a diversity of small trees, shrubs, climbers and ferns. Christchurch's oldest house, Dean's Cottage (built 1843), is adjacent. Five minutes drive from central city and easily accessible by bus.