Caroline Bay Association — Attraction in Canterbury

Such a beautiful place. A kind lady, who'd pointed out a seal to me first, helped me to get there, while I was out in Timaru, in an attempt to lose myself in nature. She showed me the area of the beach where penguins come at night to have their little beach party. I could see tiny footprints which I hoped belonged to a penguin or two.

A path along the beach led to the cliffs, oh, those beautiful cliffs. A bridge above a railway track and a tiny unused lighthouse were the sights that greeted me there. I do wish the lighthouse was open for the public. It'd give an even greater perspective, I think.

A small path from the cliff led onto another cozy part of the bay. A wide selection of small to large round pebbles could be found there. Another bridge that extended into the sea gave an absolutely graceful view of the sea. The sea changed its colors from light blue to shades of green and dark blue. Altogether, it was a peaceful and beautiful day out there, in the midst of nature.

Hope to see some...

The Caroline Bay Carnival ran 26 Dec-7th January and this was my first time visiting. We drove down from Christchurch with a car club. The kids lived the rides, there were a heap of carinval activity/game booths that were really reasonably priced cimpared to other fairs/galas and a lot of food choices. We also visited the brand new play ground which was a huge hit with our 10 year old daughter. She loved the ninja course! We also went on the permanent train ride, a bargain at $2pp for 3 loops (although The eldest daughters sensitive ears didn't like the screetchy wheels on the corners) ice cream kiosk was next level amazing, the kids had a Copenhagen cone (2 scoops, whipped cream, sauce and sprinkles or you could have nuts) Next time would like to have longer to enjoy the entertainment stage which we didn't get to. We will be...

Went on New Year's Day, we arrived in Caroline bay at 11am with two special needs teens. (From Christchurch)Thought it started at 11am, but we're lined up for tickets till nearly 12:30pm. Finally tickets were sold and kids were able to ride the carnival rides, well except for bumber carts which was the main attraction for our kids. We ended up leaving at 2:30pm with a refund as they were not set up or ready. They used that they had a hard night, not our problem. Need more organisation and better timing skills, need to change on website so families know it lunch time for ticket sales. Alot of frustration and be ready for the wait. Food and other...