{"id":1215,"date":"2000-01-12T18:53:27","date_gmt":"2000-01-12T05:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2025-07-12T21:58:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T20:58:46","slug":"qe2-par","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2000\/qe2-par\/","title":{"rendered":"QE2 park in Christchurch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Family trip to QE2 park in Christchurch some time in the 1980&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1211\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2009\/10\/gokart1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1211\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1211\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2009\/10\/gokart1-440x328.avif\" alt=\"My first experience driving a go kart. Unfortunately my feet couldn't touch the pedals so Dad needed to ride with me!\" width=\"440\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My first experience driving a go kart. Unfortunately my feet couldn&#039;t touch the pedals so Dad needed to ride with me!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1213\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2009\/10\/ryanhellyer_qe2jeep.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1213\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1213\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2009\/10\/ryanhellyer_qe2jeep-440x360.avif\" alt=\"Vroom! My very own jeep :) Pity they didn't let me take it home.\" width=\"440\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vroom! My very own jeep \ud83d\ude42 Pity they didn&#039;t let me take it home.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1214\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2009\/10\/scotthellyer_gokart1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1214\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1214\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2009\/10\/scotthellyer_gokart1-440x355.avif\" alt=\"My brother Scott hooning around in a go kart.\" width=\"440\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My brother Scott hooning around in a go kart.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1212\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2009\/10\/ryanhellyer_digger1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1212\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1212\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2009\/10\/ryanhellyer_digger1-440x363.avif\" alt=\"Sweet! Now I could dig some REALLY big holes!\" width=\"440\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sweet! Now I could dig some REALLY big holes!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family trip to QE2 park in Christchurch some time in the 1980&#8217;s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[113,385],"class_list":["post-1215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-christchurch","tag-picsofme","last-post"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>QE2 park in Christchurch - Ryan Hellyer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2000\/qe2-par\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"QE2 park in Christchurch - Ryan Hellyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Family trip to QE2 park in Christchurch some time in the 1980&#8217;s.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2000\/qe2-par\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ryan Hellyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2000-01-12T05:53:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-12T20:58:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2009\/10\/gokart1-440x328.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ryan Hellyer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ryan Hellyer\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2000\/qe2-par\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2000\/qe2-par\/\",\"name\":\"QE2 park in Christchurch - Ryan Hellyer\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2000\/qe2-par\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2000\/qe2-par\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2009\/10\/gokart1-440x328.avif\",\"datePublished\":\"2000-01-12T05:53:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-12T20:58:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/#\/schema\/person\/a2dbb3835ebf13f64495544ac7e2483d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2000\/qe2-par\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2000\/qe2-par\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2000\/qe2-par\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2009\/10\/gokart1-440x328.avif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2009\/10\/gokart1-440x328.avif\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2000\/qe2-par\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"QE2 park in Christchurch\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/\",\"name\":\"Ryan Hellyer\",\"description\":\"One man. 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