Timaru

Timaru is a port city inside the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand, positioned 157 kilometres southwest of Christchurch and approximately 196 kilometres northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific coast of the South Island. The Timaru city location is home to 29,one hundred people, and is the biggest urban region in South Canterbury, and the second one largest within the Canterbury Region typical, after Christchurch. The town is the seat of the Timaru District, which incorporates the encompassing rural location and the cities of Geraldine, Pleasant Point and Temuka, which mixed has a total populace of 47,300. Caroline Bay seashore is a popular recreational location located near Timaru's town centre, just to the north of the substantial port facilities.

Beyond Caroline Bay, the economic suburb of Washdyke is at a primary junction with State Highway 8, the principle course into the Mackenzie Country. This presents a street hyperlink to Pleasant Point, Fairlie, Twizel, Lake Tekapo, Aoraki Mount Cook and Queenstown. Timaru has been built on rolling hills created from the lava flows of the extinct Mt Horrible volcano, which closing erupted many hundreds of years ago. The end result is that most of the main streets are undulating, a clean contrast with the flat panorama of the Canterbury Plains to the north. This volcanic rock is used for the development of nearby "bluestone homes.