My usual library haunt is out of action so as part of my personal quake recovery plan I’ve decided to become a library tourist. I’m visiting all the Christchurch City Libraries that are open. This means eleven libraries to visit! I began on the east side by visiting New Brighton Library and it was a great trip.
New Brighton is a lovely bright library, with fabulous views of beach and pier, cheerful, helpful staff and heaps of computers. Looking around an unfamiliar library the collection seems new and fresh and I quickly zoomed in on a travel guide for Sydney. What a great place to chill out with a book or a great CD on one of their listening posts with a view. New Brighton also has free wifi. Like any good tourist I had my camera and took some happy snaps of New Brighton.
Getting there I took Pages Road. The traffic flow was good, despite roadworks. Nearer New Brighton the road was still bumpy but that’s a fact of life these days. There is plenty of parking on Hawke Street, just a short walk from the library. Some Brighton shops are looking a bit battered but there is still heaps of useful retail – supermarket, chemist, bookshop, cafes, hardware, surf gear and so on. My best buys? Cabbage plants at the hardware store, then a good coffee and Trade Aid dark chocolate at the coffee roastery. The pier is open and the beach offers great walking.
Make a trip to the east side – it’s worth it.
Find out which libraries are open and learn m0re about New Brighton Library.
Next stop on the library tour is Parklands, a cool, laid back modern library with a cafe. Keep following the Displaced Reader on her travels.
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