279:365 Town Hall Christchurch

The Town Hall is across the road from the convention centre and is also linked by corridors to the Crown Plaza.



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278:365 The view from 11th Floor

As we got out of the lift we looked out and this is what we saw from the 11 th floor at the Crown Plaza Hotel. The mountains in the background are much larger than shown is this photo.


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277:365 Earthquake Damage

We have seen some earthquake damage here in Christchurch. In some streets the buildings have scaffolding and fencing around them.


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276:365 Ulearn Town Hall Inside

The Town Hall has a very nice circular theatre. I have been to many session in this theatre.



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275:365 Snow covered Mountains

As we flew into Christchurch the snow covered mountains were lovely.


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274:365 Blue Bottles

With the off shore wind today many blue bottles have been swept into the beach. Glad I'm not swimming today.

273:365 Crabs

I finally went down to the beach on Wed morning and even had a swim. While sitting on the beach I found I was surrounded by crabs digging to China. They scurry into their holes and then would shoot out sand.

272:365 XO Laptops

I met with my friend @LindaPilko and she showed me the XO laptops she is having a look at. They are being implemented into indigenous schools in Queensland. It runs on different open source software and is quite interesting. You can view the apps in a circle or by a list. They can network and use the internet as well. All apps are open source software. The XO Laptops are cheaper than netbooks and laptops.

You can support the XO laptop program by txting 0447877678 in 21 days telstra are donating up to 500 XO's to remote children. Text the word LAPTOP.

271:365 Rainbows

With a storm there is sometimes a rainbow. This rainbow stayed for ages and was so close.

270:365 Rain in Coolum

On Wednesday evening a great storm came. Rain thunder and lightening. The view from our balcony changed quickly and we could no longer see Perigian Beach that's north along the coast.