I’m riding south through rural Canterbury, in search of my next article. The Enfield chugs along as I take in the views: scorched hills, bales of winter feed drying in the long summer sun, 4WD utes in the distance eating up miles of dusty gravel roads then disappearing into hinterlands. I can also see dried-up riverbeds and red corrugated roofs with those elegant rolled verandas.
This is the mainland, people, where Swanndri, Red Band gumboots, Canterbury short shorts, and Sheffield pies reign supreme. What more can I say; I love this place and have called it home for the past seven years.
Lots of growth here
“Exodus: movement ofregions. Small towns are being tarted up by young funky couples who are escaping from city life and have seen opportunities to raise their family with rural values. Springfield is one of these small towns, a settlement residing under the foothills of the Southern Alps.
