zummerzet_lou

Hiya,

My husband and I are very keen to start making some buddies over here .. so to start to ball rolling, would any of you be interested in maybe a picnic / bbq, one weekend later in Oct?

25th/26th perhaps to give us a few weeks to get organised, and to get a few people interested?

Lou

Wiz'n'Ton

Sounds groovy! I have no idea what we are doing then, but will say that T and I would be up for it.

Any locations you fancy? Off the top of my head there's a BBQ area in Hagley Park South, same in Sumner domain, same in North New Brighton I think (anyone brave enough for the first swim of the year?!! ). Not that it has to be BBQ, but they fun all the same!

zummerzet_lou

I shall bow to others superior knowledge of the area, as we are yet to explore any parks other than the Groynes.

Joshlin

Hi there
we'd be interested (me, hubby & 2) - groynes is good, spencer park has bbq plus minigolf plus other stuff, Victoria Park (not sure if they've got bbq's and could be windy)
i'm sure others will make suggestions too
Cheers
Vicki

Al Nic

Sounds good to us, clive, myself and the kids would be keen too. The Halswell Quarry is always a great one for a barbie party.

alice goodwin

Hi Lou ! We are landing in Christchurch on 25th oct. We will be traveling around NZ on holiday ( with the view to moving there) Because my hubby is toooo sensible to up sticks to a country he's never been to.
Any way - would we be welcome at the BBQ , even though we are not residents yet ?
Will kids be welcome ( Got 10 + 14 year old )
Love Alice xxxx

zummerzet_lou

The more the merrier .. come and join in. We've only been here a few weeks too ... and of course your children will be welcome - will have our two children with us - 4yrs and 2yrs.

BTW - NZ is so much better for children particularly younger ones. We went to a shopping mall only at the weekend - to find in amongst the shops was an inside playground!! Absolutely fab - so we grabbed a coffee, and kids played for 15mins or so :-) Just 1 example, of how children are accepted, and not scorned upon for making too much noise etc.

See you soon,

Lou

Al Nic

Hi Lou
Was that South city????
So which part of town are you in?
We are in Cashmere. We have a 4, 6 and 8 yr old so all go. Yep the life style is so nice here with so much fun to be had. You wait till Christmas its great as there are loads of concerts and plays in the open air. We sat in the Daffodil garden in Hagley and watched the history of NZ abridged ......all free
Looking forward to meeting you all.

zummerzet_lou

Yes, I think that was it - South City .. just off the bottom of Columbo Street?

We are living in Waikuku beach at the mo - and for at least the next 6 months and then hope to find somewhere of our own to buy.

Lou

cally49

Now dont you all forget to go to Christmas in the Park its such an awesome event i have been the once but sadly i dont live there any longer..... Think its late Nov sometime but dates may have changed since i went.....
Cheers
Cally

Wiz'n'Ton

Hi folks. As the date approaches, any further ideas on a location and time? We're looking forward to it!

zummerzet_lou

Don't mind .. but we do need a way of identifying one another as we discovered at another "forum" meet!

Anywhere other than the groynes is good with us .. not that we dont' like the groynes, but fancy some new territory,

Lou

Wiz'n'Ton

<GAH! - must resist groin/ groyne pun>

Well as we are child free, I'll leave it to those with the wee darlings to suggest kiddy friendly places. Otherwise it'll end up a pub crawl

See you all soon!

Belinda Kemp

Hey I would love to come - I have a 15 1/2 yr old - what is the date? where? and what do we bring? I am from Brighton/Hove UK and been here for a year and a half.

Dustybin

You see now pub crawl.. there is an idea ......