Lyttlelton Light Festival

Above: Fireworks from the bridge by Lyttelton Harbor

Most of the communities outside of Christchurch in the Canterbury region are very small.  We live in Lincoln which has a population of about 3,000 people.  There is a strong sense of community in most of the small towns in the area.  Friday night we went over the Port Hills to the small harbor town of Lyttelton for their Light Festival.  After a short procession of most of the school-aged children in town and their parents and some music at a central stage set up in the middle of the town, there were fireworks at the harbor.  Mark would say the best part of the evening was the little fried doughnuts from one of the street vendors.