C.A.P. (Canterbury) Traditional Cache
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You are looking for a container that you can drive right up to. There are times that this entrance is very busy so please be careful with children. Better still, come back when the muggles have left.
Avoid trying to find this during show week!
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The first agricultural show in Canterbury was one held by the Canterbury Pastoral Association on 14 September 1859 at a station on the north bank of the Rangitata River.
Although the site had been chosen so that entries would come from all over Canterbury, the interest in the show was mostly from the south. Twenty-eight pens of sheep were judged. They were not divided up into classes according to breed.
The next year a more successful show was held at Turton's Accommodation House in Ashburton.
Carnival Week in Christchurch - the implement section of the Canterbury A & P Association's metropolitan show - 1899
In 1862 the show was held for the first time in Christchurch, in a paddock fenced with gorse, just north of Latimer Square.
A year later, in 1863, a permanent Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association was founded and bought a showground of fourteen acres in Sydenham (became Sydenham Park in 1894). A show was held there on 22 October, but was washed out by rain.
By 1866, long-woolled sheep were judged separately by breed. Shows were also held that year in Rangiora and Timaru as the local agricultural and pastoral associations grew in strength.
When the Sydenham site became too small, the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association bought a 29-acre block at Addington from a Mr Twigger, who gave the Association another 5 acres.
The first show at this site ran from 9-11 November 1887. It included events such as the leaping match with a prize of 5 for the horse clearing the highest bar no less than 4 feet. By now there were classes for sheep, pigs, cattle and horses, as well as farm produce and equipment.
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