Living in New Zealand: Cycling From the Sea to the City Along the Avon, Christchurch

We now have a bike rack for Gertie, so headed over to North Beach, Brighton to do the Avon Trail, which follows the River Avon through the Red Zone and into the city.

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I was a bit jealous of the paddleboarders

Click to see the interactive map on the Christchurch City Council website

We still don’t know what is happening to the Red Zone. It has been 8 years since the earthquakes and the only sign of the demolished houses now is the exotic shrubs and the disappearing driveways.

This is part of the “munted” Medway bridge that was twisted in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake

Christchurch has become a much better place to cycle post-earthquake and the city is really starting to come alive again as the last of the big buildings are being demolished and rebuilt.

It took us about an hour and a quarter to cycle into the city. We were going to get the bus back out, but we enjoyed the ride so much we cycled back along the river instead.

Reasons to Be Cheerful - You Can Take a Bike on the Bus With Metro Christchurch

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We took our car to Turners to be auctioned this Thursday. Hopefully it will sell and I’ll be using my bike and the bus a lot more.