Kite Day @ New Brighton

Saturday saw us as a family head to the Kite Day @ New Brighton Beach, where there were thousands of people lining the beach to see the array of kites of all sizes on display… As can be seen in the photo’s below there were tigers, aliens, squids, a giant bear and even whales and sea horses to name just a few…

 

Along with these ‘professional kites’ there were thousands of smaller kites brought along to fill the skies. And one of the highlights was watching Emily flying a newly acquired Butterfly Kite that we bought on the day as high as she could get it holding tightly onto the plastic handle so that it didn’t fly off across the Eastern Suburbs as a couple of kites inevitably did…

By the time we left, the New Brighton Beach was a buzz with people no doubt enjoying the view across the bay.

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Afternoon @ the Museum…

This afternoon we have enjoyed an afternoon @ the museum, Christchurch Museum that is; to see the Wearable Arts collection that they have on display, among other things…

Butterfly Dress

One of the dresses that stood out for me and Emily was the butterfly Dress, not only were the colours stunning under the lights, but the attention to detail was fantastic. I must say that the workmanship of the various dresses, suits and items of clothing were all fabulous. Another highlight would have to be the dress made completely out of wood and the one made up of a variety of different types of metal…

There were plenty of other attractions throughout the museum that are well worth another visit especially since it is free admission. Emily really enjoyed the ‘Discovery’ section which was only $2 per person regardless of age, it was a bit more interactive and Emily was intrigued by all the different insects…

All in all a great family activity for little or no cost at all to do during the holidays – we’ll definitely be going back as there were a number of displays that we missed or didn’t spend enough time looking at.

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