We visited the Canterbury museum for several hours today. It is a history of the region dating back to the Mesoic (?) era (post jurasic). Lots of paleotology - bones of existent birds from the island; anthropology - artifacts of life of the Maori and European settlers; Antarctic exploration - artifacts and geologic/historic info; agricultural info from the Christchurch area - its the breadbasket for the country; and lots of other interesting bits. Well documented, interesting displays. I learned that the aquifers around Christchurch are refilled from mountain runoff that is filtered through natural gravel beds. (Unlike aquifers at home where the water is too deep to be replenished by runoff). And the water is so well filtered, it does not need to be treated before going into the city water system.
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