Timaru - South Island, New Zealand.

Timaru The Port

A whaling station in the early 1800's, and even early a haven for the Maori Canoes travelling up the coast from Oamaru to Banks Peninsula . Te Maru, "the Place of Shelter". Now known as Timaru, "Sheltering Cabbage Tree", because of the incorrect spelling by Early Europeans.

View from Bay Hill

Caroline Bay is linked to the Bay Hill and town centre by the Piazza, where the Christmas Carnival springs to life for three weeks each year. A short stroll, after taking in the view at Bay Hill, will take you to many historic buildings scattered around Timaru.

Stone Tower

St Mary's Anglican Church built in around 1880 from crenellated stone squares, using twelfth century early English architecture, towers to the sky . Not only around the town but a trip to Claremont, Temuka or Geraldine will take you bake in time to Timaru's early European days where you can visit Museums and magnificently restored South Canterbury Homesteads.

A Short Flight

A short flight, well a few metres, from the St Mary's Church you will find the Timaru Museum. Here on display amongst many other fine exhibits is a tribute to Richard Pearse, Temuka's most famous son, "Mad Pearse". Constructing flying machines from bamboo and steel. At Temuka, only a short trip away, you can see more of this famous aviator.

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"Timaru" - South Island, New Zealand