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Valentine’s Day destination dates!<br />
It’s Valentine’s Day today and if you have<br />
just bought a new ride or don’t really<br />
have anything planned for you and your<br />
sweetheart and you are the proud owner<br />
of a sweet ride, how about taking your<br />
loved one on a cruise to a destination as a<br />
great Valentines date. To help you, here are<br />
5 great drives within the Canterbury area<br />
from the Christchurch CBD that are great<br />
drives as well as great date destinations!<br />
1 2<br />
Crate & Barrel<br />
3 Market Street, Leeston<br />
40.1kms from CBD - 40 minute.<br />
Leeston is one of the great country drives<br />
you can go for around Canterbury. Taking<br />
in the start of the Canterbury plains with<br />
its endless paddocks, Leeston is a great<br />
straight country roads drive. The Crate<br />
& Barrel is also a great bar & restaurant<br />
with some great inner décor. Also check<br />
out the Millar’s tractor spares yard on<br />
station street as wheel as the old Mazda<br />
dealership on Market street.<br />
The Laboratory<br />
17 West Belt, Lincoln<br />
19.7kms from CBD - 20 minute drive.<br />
Lincoln has certainly become a lot<br />
closer as a destination in post quakes<br />
Christchurch. And again is a lovely country<br />
drive through Halswell or Prebbleton.<br />
The Laboratory out at Lincoln is another<br />
great destination. Not only is it a<br />
restaurant and a bar but a Cinema as well.<br />
Drive out for a meal and take in a flick!<br />
3 4 5<br />
Ivory Bar<br />
93 Ivory Street, Rangiora<br />
30.7kms from CBD – 38 minute drive.<br />
Rangiora has a wide range of restaurants<br />
and bars to choose from and none better<br />
than the Ivory Bar in the heart of the<br />
township. Set to the theme of 1920s<br />
opulence and decadence it definitely stands<br />
out. And the drive out to North Canterbury<br />
through the new expanded North Motorway<br />
is a very smooth ride where you can open<br />
up on and put the foot down. <strong>Best</strong> to<br />
wait until after peak hour traffic if you are<br />
heading out to Rangiora on the Friday night.<br />
Port & Eagle Brewpub<br />
184 Williams Street, Kaiapoi<br />
22.9kms from CBD – 30 minute drive.<br />
The Port & Eagle brewpub is definitely one<br />
of the great new bars on the Canterbury<br />
landscape. Set on the banks of the<br />
Kaiapoi River, it offers perhaps one of the<br />
best dining and drinking views around.<br />
Great location to head out to on a warm<br />
summer’s night with the sun setting late.<br />
And much like Rangiora, time to get out on<br />
that northern Motorway and let your ride<br />
open up. Again best to avoid peak hour<br />
traffic out that way!<br />
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Governors Bay Hotel<br />
52 Main road, Governors Bay<br />
13.3kms – 20 minute drive.<br />
Always a spectacular view once you head<br />
over the port hills into this idyllic part of<br />
the world.<br />
The drive over to Governors bay has<br />
always been one of Christchurch’s delights.<br />
With the Governors Bay Hotel sitting right<br />
on the hill looking down over the bay -<br />
giving you another glorious view on a<br />
warm summers day or night as you sit out<br />
on the veranda or front garden bar!
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