2009. Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle view of Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) Port Hills (1)
Pics of a 4 hour, Christchurch Port Hills circular walk from Summit Road, Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish saddle, down Major Hornbrook Track towards Lyttelton, along Chalmers Track up to Mt Pleasant WW2 3.7 inch Anti Aircraft Battery, and Mt Pleasant Summit (499m), then returning via Broadleaf Lane and Summit Road to Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish saddle.
2009. Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle zoom view of Mt Pleasant Summit (499m), Port Hills (2)
2009. Major Hornbrook Track / Cavendish Bluffs Track Junction, Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle, Port Hills (3)
2009. Major Hornbrook Track view of Mt Cavendish & Mt Pleasant Bluffs & Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) (4)
2009. Major Hornbrook Track / Chalmers Track Junction & view of Mt Cavendish Gondola Station (5)
2009. Chalmers Track view of Native Bush, Macrocarpas & Bluffs below Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) (6)
2009. Chalmers Track view of Red Valerian festooned cliff above Lyttelton (7)
2009. Chalmers Track view of Mt Cavendish (445m) (8)
2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley (9)
2009. Chalmers Track Broom Polluted view of Mt Cavendish (445m) (10)
2009. Chalmers Track Oak, Broom & Gorse view of Mt Cavendish (445m) (11)
2009. Chalmers Track Broom Polluted view of Lyttelton, Mt Bradley, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass (12)
2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton below Mt Cavendish Ridges (13)
2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass (14)
2009. Chalmers Track view of Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley (15)
2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley, Charteris Bay, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass (16)
2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley & Charteris Bay (17)
2009. Chalmers Track view of Mt Pleasant Bluffs (18)
2009. Chalmers Track view of Mt Pleasant Ridges & Bluffs. Bush Gully to be climbed right, with grass on top (19)
2009. Chalmers Track Broom Polluted view of a Mt Pleasant Ridge above Lyttelton (20)
2009. Chalmers Track view of a Mt Pleasant Ridge above Lyttelton. Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley backdrop (21)
2009. Chalmers Track view of a Mt Pleasant Ridge above Lyttelton (22)
2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley & Charteris Bay (23)
2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley & Charteris Bay (24)
2009. Chalmers Track Kowhai, Sophora tetraptera view of Bluffs Below Mt Pleasant Summit (25)
2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley, Charteris Bay, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass (26)
2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Quail Island & Port Hills (27)
2009. Chalmers Track view of DOC Sign, Stone Wall & Bush Gully up a Mt Pleasant Ridge (28)
2009. Chalmers Track Bush Gully view of Lyttelton, Mt Cavendish Ridges & Port Hills (29)
2009. Chalmers Track Bush Gully view of Lyttelton, Governors Bay & Port Hills (30)
2009. Chalmers Track Bush Gully view of Mt Pleasant & Mt Cavendish Ridges above Lyttelton. Governors Bay & Port Hills backdrop (31)
2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge Top view of Lyttelton, Mt Cavendish, Governors Bay & Port Hills (32)
2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge Top view of some Mt Pleasant Ridges, Mt Cavendish & Port Hills. Summit Road & The Tors beyond (33)
2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge view of Lyttelton, Governors Bay & Port Hills (34)
2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge going down to Evans Pass. Purau, Mt Evans & The Monument Backdrop (35)
2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge view of Lyttelton Harbour Mouth & Adderley Head (36)
2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge view of Evans Pass / Summit Road Junction, with Godley Head Road left. Lyttelton Harbour Mouth & Pacific beyond (37)
2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge view of Chalmers Track up a Bush Gully. Lyttelton, Quail Island, Governors Bay & Port Hills beyond (38)
2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) (39)
2009. Walkers coming off Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track by a WW2 3.7 inch Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacement. Quail Island, Charteris Bay, Head of the Bay, Gebbies Pass backdrop (40)
2009. Walkers coming off Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track. Lyttelton, Quail Island & Port Hills backdrop (41)
2009. Walkers, Mt Pleasant WW2 3.7 inch Anti Aircraft Battery (4 Gun Emplacements & Command Post). The Monument & Cloudy Mt Herbert / Mt Bradley backdrop (42)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge below Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) Port Hills (43)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Richmond Hill, Sumner & Scarborough (44)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Tussockland Windblown Trees, Port Hills (45)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Crater Rim, Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) & Port Hills (46)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery. Mt Evans & The Monument backdrop (47)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Godley Head, Lyttelton Harbour Mouth, Adderley Head & Pacific (48)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Richmond Hill, Sumner, Scarborough & Pacific. Godley Head Road right, going towards Scarborough (49)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay (50)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Cloudy Christchurch & Pegasus Bay (51)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery Pit below Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) Port Hills (52)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of distant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery. Mt Evans & The Monument backdrop (53)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge zoom view of WW2 3.7 inch Anti Aircraft Battery. Mt Evans & The Monument backdrop (54)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge zoom view of WW2 3.7 inch Anti Aircraft Battery: 4 Gun Emplacements, 1 Command Post (55)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Richmond Hill, Sumner & Scarborough. Cloud Shadow over Pacific backdrop (56)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Charteris Bay, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass (57)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of distant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery, Lyttelton Harbour & Mt Evans (58)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Richmond Hill & Scarborough. Cloud Shadow over Pacific backdrop (59)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Moncks Spur, Redcliffs, Barnett Park, Clifton, Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth, Southshore Spit & Pacific (60)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Moncks Spur, Redcliffs, Barnett Park, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Southshore Spit, Pegasus Bay (61)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Tussock Paddocks, Cloudy Christchurch, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Pegasus Bay (62)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Summit Road winding above Moncks Spur, Redcliffs, Barnett Park, Clifton, Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth, Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay (63)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Tussock Paddocks, Cloudy Christchurch, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay (64)
2009. Telecom Masts on Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) Port Hills (65)
2009. Telecom Masts on Cloudy Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) Port Hills (66)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Summit Road, & from Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth to Scarborough. Cloud Shadow over Pegasus Bay backdrop (67)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Christchurch, Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth, Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay (68)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Purau & Diamond Harbour below Mt Evans & cloudy The Monument & Mt Herbert (69)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Lyttelton Harbour & Purau below Mt Evans (70)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Lyttelton Harbour & Mt Evans (71)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Lyttelton Harbour Mouth flanked by Godley Head & Adderley Head (72)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge going down to Richmond Hill, Sumner, Scarborough & Godley Head by Lyttelton Harbour Mouth. Cloudy Pacific backdrop (73)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Moncks Bay, Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth, Southshore Spit, Clifton, Richmond Hill, Sumner & Scarborough. Pacific backdrop (74)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Redcliffs, Moncks Bay, Christchurch, Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth, Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay (75)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Summit Paddocks, Christchurch, Avon-Heathcote Estuary & Pegasus Bay (76)
2009. Louring Clouds over Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Apparatus (77)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Mast view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth to Scarborough. Cloud Shadowed Pegasus Bay backdrop (78)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Mast view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth, Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay (79)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Beacon (499m) Port Hills (80)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Lyttelton Harbour, Purau, Mt Evans & The Monument. See WW2 3.7 inch Anti Aircraft Battery on Mt Pleasant ridge left (81)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Lyttelton, Purau & Diamond Harbour below Mt Evans, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley (82)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Lyttelton & Diamond Harbour below Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley (83)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Spur view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour & Charteris Bay below Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley (84)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Spur view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley, Charteris Bay, Quail Island, Head of the Bay, Gebbies Pass (85)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Spur view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley, Charteris Bay, Quail Island, Head of the Bay, Gebbies Pass, Governors Bay (86)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Spur view of Lyttelton, Charteris Bay, Mt Bradley, Quail Island, Head of the Bay, Gebbies Pass (87)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Spur view of Lyttelton, Quail Island, Head of the Bay, Gebbies Pass, Governors Bay, Port Hills (88)
2009. Legs above Lyttelton, Port Hills (89)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Lyttelton, Charteris Bay, Quail Island, Head of the Bay, Gebbies Pass, Governors Bay (90)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Lyttelton, Quail Island, Charteris Bay, Head of the Bay, Gebbies Pass, Governors Bay, Port Hills (91)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Mt Cavendish (445m) & Port Hills Crater Rim. Governors Bay below (92)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Mast view of Mt Cavendish (445m) Port Hills & Cloudy Christchurch (93)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Mast view of Cloudy Christchurch & Canterbury Plains (94)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Apparatus view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, Canterbury Plains & Pegasus Bay (95)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Mast view of Mt Cavendish (445m) & Port Hills Crater Rim. Governors Bay below (96)
2009. Louring Clouds over Mt Pleasant Summit Beacon (499m) Port Hills. The Monument right (97)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Apparatus & Summit Beacon view of Lyttelton Harbour Mouth (98)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Sheep view of Summit Beacon (499m) Port Hills. Mt Evans behind (99)
2009. Mt Pleasant Scenic Reserve Summit view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay (100)
2009. Mt Pleasant Scenic Reserve Entrance & Sign, Port Hills (101)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Farm view of Clifton, Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth, Southshore Spit & Pacific (102)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Farm Road view of Christchurch, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay (103)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Farm view of Mt Pleasant Slopes going down to Clifton across to Godley Head. Pacific backdrop (104)
2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Farm view of Cloudy Christchurch & Canterbury Plains (105)
2009. Mt Pleasant, Broadleaf Lane / Summit Road Junction. Christchurch backdrop (106)
2009. Mt Pleasant, Summit Road view of John Britten Reserve looking across Heathcote Valley, Horotane Valley, Avoca Valley, Christchurch & Canterbury Plains (107)
Coda: 2010-2011 earthquakes extensively damaged Lyttelton & Christchurch. Aftershocks caused rockfall hazards to Port Hills tracks for months. Summit Rd was partly closed for a couple of years due to rockfall hazards.
Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.
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