Invercargill – The Friendly City
Invercargill is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. It sits amid rich farmland that is bordered by large areas of conservation land and marine reserves, including Fiordland National Park covering the south-west corner of the South Island. Many streets in the city, especially in the centre and main shopping district, are named after rivers in Great Britain, mainly Scotland. These include the main streets Dee and Tay, as well as those named after the Tyne, Esk, Don, Thames, Mersey, Ness, Yarrow, Spey, and Eye rivers. Various holiday packages draws tourists in large numbers to the city. The major attractions include parks, museums and an aquatic center. Every year, large numbers of visitors come to this place to get the best of traveling experience and to enjoy their vacation with family and friends.
Queen’s Park is a major park in the city. It has various sports grounds, a duck pond, a game park and a children’s playground. Splash Palace is an aquatic center of major attraction in the city. It offers a range of other features which include, diving springboards, swirl pool, leisure pool, steam room, meeting room, and even a poolside cafe. Activities such as aquarobics, aqua jogging, lap swimming, learn to swim classes, diving and using the waterslide are all available here. The complex has permanent seating for 400 people. Apart from a permanent seating the center has a folding seating arrangement for a further 250 people. The aquatic center has a team approach to ensure safety and well being of visitors. The Palace also has a children’s pool. Here, infants can explore the joys of water play. There is a leisure pool where kids can have fun under the waterfalls and where the family can enjoy the active feeling of surf. Southland Museum and Art Gallery is the city’s principal tourist attraction and can be enjoyed with Summer Special Holiday packages. It has precious historic collections from the Southland region. This includes petrified wood from nearby Curio Bay. It also has relics of the wild days of the whalers. Maori arts and crafts are the most prized memorabilia in the museum. The art gallery is housed in a striking pyramidal building at the entrance to Queen’s Park. The Tuatara House an integral part of the museum provides specimens of the lizard-like reptile that dates back to the time of the dinosaurs and is almost extinct. Anderson Park lies 7 kilometers north of the Invercargill town center. It is a mansion that belonged to Robert Anderson, a local entrepreneur. It now houses a large art collection of some fine Maori portraits, early views of Bluff and some splendid examples of New Zealand modern art. A magnificently carved Maori meeting house is a portion of the park. The port of Bluff lies 30 kilometers south of Invercargill, at the southern tip of the South Island. The port’s main trade is in frozen lamb and it also has a small fishing fleet. The oysters and crayfish of the Foveaux Strait are in great demand. The town’s maritime museum is devoted to the history of the town and the oyster fisheries.
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