 Wonderful picturesque views over to Lyttelton by rozehill | Lyttelton tips and photos posted by real travelers and Christchurch locals.
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 Walkway on Quail Island by knerten
Named after the now extinct native Quail, the island was used as a leper colony in the early 1900s and as a quarantine station by the early European settlers.
There is public transport available to Lyttelton on the number 28 bus, taking around half an hour from the central city. The ferry service is provided by Black Cat from ?B? Jetty, follow the blue dolphin signs in the walkway across the bridge. It takes 10 minutes to the island. The ferry runs year-round, in the summer it makes to calls at Quail Island, in the winter only one, so you have the option of a 2 hour stay or a 5 hour stay (only this one in winter). However, the ferry is the same that runs From Lyttelton to and from Diamond Harbour all day, and if you're caught by bad weather, and you are too wet or too cold to wait for the ferry, you may call the ferry company and ask them to make an unscheduled call at Quail Island. They did that when I was there, but then we were the only 2 people on the island that day...
Remember to bring your own food and drink, as there's nothing on the island to serve you, at least not in winter when I went there. Leave a Comment
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Lyttelton is a nice place to start a day trip around the harbour and to the various bays and places. Lyttelton can be approached from many directions with the most common either through the tunnel via Heathcote Valley or over the hill from Sumner.
There are several places of note to visit including the Time Ball station, old Gaol and the Wonderbar.
Once you are here you can continue on around the various bays including Rapaki, Cass, Corsair, Charteris (inlc Orton Bradley Park with Golf Course and great walks), Govenors and Diamond Harbour. Further round gets you to Purau and Port Levy. Leave a Comment
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 by rozehill
Lyttelton Harbour is the northern of two sea inlets on Banks Peninsula which James Cook first sighted in 1770, thought was an island and named after naturalist Sir Joseph Banks. It had a violent beginning as a volcanic island that erupted 11 million years ago. Christchuch's first settlers landed in Lyttelton in 1850 and then made the historic trek over the Bridal Path to the "swamp", that is now Christchurch. Leave a Comment
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 Lyttelton Harbour by martin_nlLeave a Comment
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 by keeweechic
There are lots of little coves and boat moorings and you can reach Lyttelton by driving through the road tunnel or over the Port Hills. Leave a Comment
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 Lyttleton Harbour by kiwigal_1Leave a Comment
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over to Lyttelton by rozehillLeave a Comment
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 by TheWanderingCamel
Like the vast majority of timeball stations Lyttelton dropped its ball at 1pm. The ball was raised half way at 5 minutes to 1 to signal the ships in the harbour and then raised to the top. The moment the ball began to fall signalled the precise Greenwich time by which maritime chronometers are set. Lyttelton's timeball came into service in 1876 and continued to drop daily until 1934 when radio signals took over.
Although the castle-like building was put to various uses after that it wasn't until 1978 that it was fully restored and opened as an important part of Lyttelton's maritime history and one of only 5 functioning timeballs in the world.
Open: Daily October- -5.30pm. May-September - Wednesday to Sunday 10-5.30. Leave a Comment
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