Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Geraldine Cinema
CINEMA
( 03-693 8118;
www.facebook.com/GeraldineCinema
; Talbot St; adult/child $10/8)
Snuggle in
to watch a Hollywood favourite or an art-house surprise. There's also occasional live mu-
sic, usually with a folk, blues or country spin.
Information
Geraldine Visitor Centre
(
03-693 1006;
www.southcanterbury.org.nz
;
cnr Talbot & Cox Sts;
10am-3pm)
Getting There & Away
urch ($30, two hours), Lake Tekapo (from $21, 1¼ hours), Twizel ($25, two hours),
Cromwell ($35, 4¼ hours) and Queenstown ($35, five hours).
door-to-door shuttle to Christchurch ($57), along with a cheaper scheduled run ($47).
(from $32, 2¼ hours), Lake Tekapo (from $21, 1¼ hours), Mt Cook Village (from $38,
three hours), Cromwell (from $40, 4¾ hours) and Queenstown (from $42, 5¾ hours).
TOP OF CHAPTER
Timaru
POP 26,900
The port city of Timaru is a handy stopping-off point halfway between Christchurch and
Dunedin. Many travellers prefer to kick on 85km further south to the smaller, more
charming Oamaru, but Timaru has a few worthy attractions of its own. The town's name
comes from the Maori name Te Maru, meaning 'The Place of Shelter'. No permanent
settlement existed here until 1839, when the Weller brothers set up a whaling station. The
Caroline,
a sailing ship that transported whale oil, gave the picturesque bay its name.
