tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60484884609455176732024-02-21T07:01:30.196-08:00Woza MarkMy life and times in South Africa, mainly during apartheid, my Southern African travels, stints in Britain, Europe and Israel, and my early years in New Zealand.Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.comBlogger280125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-79971103496520771772010-01-16T14:27:00.001-08:002020-10-10T15:33:17.428-07:002010. Woza WandererMy SAKI wandering and wondering continues in my Woza Wanderer blog.Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-21241757499154680102009-12-14T17:22:00.000-08:002019-10-25T12:29:22.269-07:002009. Orton Bradley Park and Mt Herbert Walkway<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsYegmwfasXdwiyO11h83TxgKv-UXHTYNgxkYWfbKB2Vnes7o88GsZ5cl1V6sc4gGi4-QNlzX9NZRcmzdlvco4Z5pTfHJiiNX4s_vtsoeCq8x1QFRi3Ym0ir1lfXW4JyHtF6iq2rr1Kk/s1600-h/Picture+9381.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417098454503406002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsYegmwfasXdwiyO11h83TxgKv-UXHTYNgxkYWfbKB2Vnes7o88GsZ5cl1V6sc4gGi4-QNlzX9NZRcmzdlvco4Z5pTfHJiiNX4s_vtsoeCq8x1QFRi3Ym0ir1lfXW4JyHtF6iq2rr1Kk/s320/Picture+9381.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 179px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
2009. Turnoff Sign, Orton Bradley Park, Charteris Bay<br />
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Early one nor'wester Saturday morning, I drove overs Dyers Pass, Port Hills, to Governors Bay, Teddington and Charteris Bay, as I wanted to climb the saddle between Mt Herbert (919m) and Mt Bradley (855m), via Orton Bradley Park and Mt Herbert Walkway.<br />
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2009. Orton Bradley Park Gate, Charteris Bay<br />
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2009. Orton Bradley Park Gate Information Board<br />
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2009. Orton Bradley Park Camp Site Information Board<br />
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Orton Bradley Park rose from Charteris Bay and went up Mt Herbert / Mt Bradley saddle valley. After paying my entrance fee into the honesty box, I parked my car in the picnic / camping ground.<br />
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2009. Start of Valley Track & Mt Herbert Walk, Orton Bradley Park Camp Site<br />
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2009. Orton Bradley Park Valley Track Start<br />
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I'd walk through Orton Bradley Park (about 1 hour) then walk up steeper Mt Herbert Walkway (about 3 hours) to Mt Herbert Shelter on top of the saddle between Mt Herbert and Mt Bradley. I'd climbed the summits on previous walks.<br />
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My trek up to Mt Herbert Shelter took me 4.5 hours, as I did a half hour detour through Mt Herbert summit gorse. My downhill return to Orton Bradley Park should've taken 3 hours, but I descended in 4 hours, as I detoured twice: (1) Lost in gorse. (2) Alternative track to Big Rock top, Orton Bradley Park.<br />
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2009. Flax Mill Site Information, Orton Bradley Park<br />
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2009. Purple Foxglove, Orton Bradley Park<br />
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2009. Water Pump, Valley Track, Orton Bradley Park<br />
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2009. Sheep Below Birches, Valley Track, Orton Bradley Park<br />
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At the end of Orton Bradley Park picnic area, I read an information board, and started along Valley Track following a stream on my left through exotic and native trees. By direction signs, I went through a gate and walked over poplar kapok on the path.<br />
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I passed a sign giving the history of an old flax mill, and passed a water pump under cool trees beside the stream, and sheep grazing below birches.<br />
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I passed through groves of shady kanukas, <span style="font-style: italic;">K</span><span style="font-style: italic;">unzea ericoides,</span> their white blossoms dusting hill slopes like fresh snow. I passed several exotic numbered trees, crossed a stile, and read a loading caution sign on a kanuka by a wooden road bridge.<br />
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2009. Footbridge by Road, Valley Track, Orton Bradley Park<br />
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2009. Orton Bradley Park Farmer & Sheep Dogs by Valley Track<br />
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I walked below gums and macrocarpas, where a male jogger passed me going downhill. A farmer on his quad bike and 6 sheep dogs went downhill on the farm road too. Thereafter I had tracks to myself until I reached Mt Herbert Walkway saddle top.<br />
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2009. Valley Track Stile, Orton Bradley Park<br />
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2009. Log Footbridge Over Stream near Ropes Course, Valley Track, Orton Bradley Park<br />
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2009. Valley Track to Mt Herbert, Orton Bradley Park<br />
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Below gums I crossed another stile by a stream and a log bridge (loading limit 3 persons) and passed two more direction signs showing walks to a Waterfall and Tablelands and MT HERBERT 3 HRS 50 MINS. I passed ORTON BRADLEY ROPES COURSE in gums on the far side of the stream.<br />
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Through trees I had glimpses of Big Rock, with Mt Herbert slopes left and Mt Bradley slopes right. Beyond the gums I passed through more white flowering kanuka, and saw an Australian magpie strutting a hillside sheep paddock.<br />
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2009. Paddock by Valley Track, Orton Bradley Park<br />
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2009. Flowering Kanukas, <span style="font-style: italic;">Kunzea ericoides,</span> Valley Track below Mt Bradley (855m)<br />
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2009. Valley Track Bush, Orton Bradley Park below Mt Herbert (919m)<br />
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2009. Kanuka Grove, Valley Track, Orton Bradley Park<br />
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2009. Valley Track, Orton Bradley Park view of Mt Herbert (919m)<br />
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2009. Valley Track Sign Board, Orton Bradley Park<br />
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Orton Bradley Park poles with red tops marked the way. Below Big Rock on my left, I had fine views of Mt Herbert, the saddle and Mt Bradley ahead.<br />
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In grassland at another log bridge (load limit 5 persons) I passed more direction signs to a Waterfall and Mt Herbert. Looking back, I saw distant Sugarloaf, Port Hills.<br />
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2009. Valley Track Stile & Farm Road below Mt Bradley, Orton Bradley Park<br />
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2009. Valley Track view of Mt Herbert (919m)<br />
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2009. Valley Track view of Port Hills<br />
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Breaking out of kanuka and kowhai, <span style="font-style: italic;">S</span><span style="font-style: italic;">oph</span><span style="font-style: italic;">o</span><span style="font-style: italic;">r</span><span style="font-style: italic;">a</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">t</span><span style="font-style: italic;">et</span><span style="font-style: italic;">r</span><span style="font-style: italic;">aptera,</span> or <span style="font-style: italic;">Sophora microphilla,</span> I passed a foxglove patch and crossing another stile I joined the farm road ascending grassland. I would see many purple and white foxgloves on Mt Herbert slopes.<br />
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Looking back, I saw Witch Hill, Port Hills. I passed another Waterfall sign and a stile and a FOREST & BIRD sign on a fence.<br />
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2009. Valley Track Signs & Dipslope below Mt Herbert<br />
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2009. Valley Track view of Mt Bradley (855m)<br />
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2009. Valley Track view of Port Hills from Coronation Hill to The Tors<br />
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2009. Valley Track Sheep view of Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Valley Track Stream view of Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Valley Track Duckboard Bridge view of Mt Herbert<br />
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Following red topped poles, I passed more direction signs: CARPARK VIA TABLELANDS; MT HERBERT... with Mt Herbert and Mt Bradley ahead. The higher I climbed the more Port Hills were revealed behind: a view from Marleys Hill to The Tors appeared, with Quail Island, Rapaki and Cass Bay below.<br />
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A brown rabbit bounced over the track into cover on a Mt Bradley slope. I'd see several rabbits on my way up Mt Herbert, the gorse giving good cover. Three fantails fluttered into roadside bush.<br />
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2009. Valley Track Thistle view of Quail Island & Port Hills from Marleys Hill to The Tors<br />
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2009. Valley Track view of Side Valley going up Mt Herbert<br />
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2009. Orton Bradley Park Southern Boundary Sign<br />
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2009. Fence Line, Orton Bradley Park left, Private Landowners right & Gorse<br />
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With the bushy stream on my left and ORTON BRADLEY SOUTHERN BOUNDARY sign on a fence, near a MT HERBERT RTN 5 HRS sign, I crossed a stile into boob high grass, which I slashed with my macrocarpa walking stick to expose a DOC sign:<br />
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MT HERBERT WALKWAY<br />
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MT HERBERT SHELTER -> 2 hrs 30 mins<br />
PRIVATE PROPERTY PLEASE KEEP TO MARKED TRACK<br />
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2009. DOC Sign, Mt Herbert Walkway, Orton Bradley Park Southern Boundary<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Bush near Orton Bradley Park<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Bush, Orton Bradley Park & Port Hills<br />
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I'd find the latter impossible due to gorse infestation and badly marked tracks. Fixed to the top of the DOC sign was a PRIVATE LANDOWNERS sign. The contrast between Orton Bradley Park and Private Landowners' properties either side of the fence was startling: Orton Bradley Park - clean grassland, no gorse pollution. Private landowners - native bush with gorse pollution.<br />
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2009. Stream by Mt Herbert Walkway below Mt Herbert Dipslope<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Gorse view of Side Valley & Gorge going up Mt Herbert Dipslope<br />
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The next DOC sign I'd see 3.5 hours later would be on the windy saddle between Mt Herbert and Mt Bradley summits. Between the top and bottom signs on Mt Herbert Walkway, I'd see massive gorse infestation, and a mishmash of DOC marker poles with yellow tops, some with orange, plastic triangles on top too.<br />
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Some markers were fence standards with yellow plastic cylinders on top. Some older wooden poles were gnawed by animals. Some poles were loose in the soil, pointing at weird angles to the sky, some fallen. One fallen pole I re-erected against a rock, adding to weird angled poles.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Grassland view of Thistle & Gorse by Bushy Valley. Port Hills beyond<br />
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During my 3.5 hour trek up Mt Herbert Walkway, I guesstimated that during 1/3 of that time I passed through ugly gorse infestation which started beyond Orton Bradley Park boundary in Private Landowners' land and continued up to Mt Herbert and Mt Bradley summits, with some native bush and grasslands between. What a mess!<br />
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I thought PM John Key and his Climate Change Issues Minister, Nick Smith at Copenhagen Global Climate Conference could trade NZ gorse credits with other countries instead of carbon credits for pine trees, as NZ's gorse infestation biomass could suck up as much carbon as an equal pine forest biomass.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Impenetrable Gorse Infesting Grassland on Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley Slopes<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Gorse going up Mt Herbert / Mt Bradley Saddle<br />
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During December 1996, for a week I drove around NZ South Island with SA octogenarian friend Gillie, and besides clean, green NZ, from Blenheim in the north to Wanaka in the south, from Greymouth in the west to Christchurch in the east, we saw massive gorse and broom infestations. Thirteen years later, there was no sign infestations had ceased.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Grass, Thistle & Gorse on a Mt Herbert Slope. Charteris Bay & Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Gorge going up Mt Herbert Dipslope<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Grassy Slope, Broom & Bluffs<br />
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2009. Red Flowers & Clover, Mt Herbert Walkway Grassland<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Bluffs view of Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Charteris Bay & Port Hills from Hoon Hay Reserve to Witch Hill<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Thistle view of Gorge below Mt Herbert Dipslope<br />
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At the start of Mt Herbert Walkway after I waded through high grass, the track veered left up a side valley towards Mt Herbert dipslope. I walked through overgrown tree nettles, <span style="font-style: italic;">Urtica ferox</span> growing beside the track. I got stung, leaving a wheal which itched for hours, like a bluebottle sting, or burn from a hot iron. I boulder-hopped a stream and passed kowhai, pittosporums, five fingers, ferns, whiteywoods...<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Orton Bradley Park, Charteris Bay & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Gorge below Mt Herbert Dipslope<br />
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Mt Herbert Walkway followed the stream up the side valley for a while with high gorse both sides of the track and Mt Herbert bluffs ahead. The walkway became vague with shonky marker poles. By one pole I pushed through overgrown gorse, finding myself on a trackless, grassy slope, polluted by thistles and impenetrable gorse on both sides going down to the main valley above Orton Bradley Park.<br />
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I scrambled up the grassy slope to distant marker poles above bluffs, where I had grand western views of Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbour, Governors Bay and Port Hills to hazy Southern Alps. I watched an Australian harrier soaring above Mt Bradley slopes, hunting for prey. Small birds scattered, like confetti.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Grassland & Bush below Mt Herbert<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Foxgloves & Bush below Mt Herbert<br />
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2009. Tree Nettle, <span style="font-style: italic;">Urtica ferox</span> growing across Mt Herbert Walkway<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway close up view of Tree Nettle, <span style="font-style: italic;">Urtica ferox</span> needles which give a nasty sting. Red Admiral butterfly larvae feed on the leaves.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Bush view of Charteris Bay, Quail Island & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Grassland & Bush view of Port Hills<br />
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Through more steep grassland, DOC marker poles led me to more native bush up the side of Mt Herbert, where again I avoided overgrown tree nettles. I zigzagged upwards, passing gnarly whiteywoods, with glimpses of Mt Bradley, Lyttelton Harbour, Port Hills, Southern Alps through trees. The higher I climbed the more Port Hills were revealed.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Grassland view of Orton Bradley Park, Charteris Bay, Quail Island & Port Hills from Cass Peak to Mt Cavendish<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Grassland view of Gorse on Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Grassland view of Orton Bradley Park, Charteris Bay, Quail Island & Port Hills from Marleys Hill to Mt Cavendish<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Grassland view of a Break in the Gorse on Mt Herbert Summit Spur, with gorsy saddle below Mt Bradley Slope<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Orton Bradley Park, Charteris Bay, Quail Island & Port Hills from Mt Ada to Mt Pleasant<br />
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Above the bush Mt Herbert Walkway sidled through grassland below the saddle towards Mt Bradley again, where the wind writhed grass like a sack of stoats. Westwards, Port Hills were a vast amphitheatre above Quail Island and Lyttelton Harbour with Mt Bradley slopes and Mt Herbert slopes forming a proscenium arch with the sky: Mt Bradley cutting off Gebbies Pass and Mt Herbert cutting off Lyttelton, Mt Pleasant and Godley Head in the wings.<br />
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With gorse on a Mt Herbert summit spur behind, and rocks in grassland below, I coolpixed views. As it was hot midday, I scoffed Coke and a cheese roll.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Gorse on Mt Herbert Summit Spur<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Gorse on Mt Herbert Summit right (919m). Mt Herbert Summit Spur left & Dipslope top left<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Gorse view of Orton Bradley Park, Charteris Bay, Quail Island & Port Hills from Marleys Hill to Mt Pleasant. Pegasus Bay top right<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Summit Slope gorse view of Mt Bradley slope left, Head of the Bay, Governors Bay & Port Hills from Coopers Knobs to Mt Vernon<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit Slope view of Gorse in Saddle Valley between Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley. Mt Herbert Summit Spur right. Mt Herbert Walkway greening through gorse middle left<br />
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The track continued sidling below the Mt Herbert summit ridge, infested with gorse. Rounding the ridge Mt Bradley side, the track zigzagged through gorse up the saddle, towards Mt Herbert summit, the track deeply rutted in places.<br />
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As my Nikon memory card was full, I slogged upwards, deleting coolpix, distracting me from the track. By dead gorse I missed the turn up to the saddle top. Fifteen minutes later, while climbing through dead gorse up Mt Herbert summit spur, I realized my mistake.<br />
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2009. Gorse & Dead Gorse Patch on Mt Herbert / Mt Bradley Saddle. Mt Herbert Walkway goes below dead gorse, then goes up saddle top left between live & dead gorse<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit Slope Gorse view of Mt Bradley slope left, Head of the Bay, Governors Bay & Port Hills from Coopers Knobs to Witch Hill<br />
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2009. Rutted Mt Herbert Walkway passing gorse to Mt Herbert / Mt Bradley Saddle Top<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle, Gorse view of Mt Bradley, Orton Bradley Park, Charteris Bay, Quail Island, Head of the Bay, Governors Bay & Port Hills from Cass Peak to The Tors<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle, Gorse view of Orton Bradley Park, Charteris Bay, Quail Island & Port Hills from Sugarloaf to Mt Pleasant with Lyttelton below. Pegasus Bay top right<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle, Gorse view of Charteris Bay, Quail Island & Port Hills from Marleys Hill to Mt Pleasant with Lyttelton below. Hazy Southern Alps & Pegasus Bay behind<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Mt Herbert Gorse on Summit Slope. Mt Herbert Dipslope top left<br />
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Backtracking for 15 minutes, I coolpixed vast gorse pollution on the saddle and on Mt Herbert and Mt Bradley summit slopes. At the saddle top a DOC sign stated:<br />
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MT HERBERT SHELTER <- 15 min<br />
PACKHORSE HUT -> 1 hr 45 min<br />
ORTON BRADLEY PARK -> 1 hr 45 min<br />
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2009. DOC Sign at Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle Junction between Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle, Gorse view of Orton Bradley Park, Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbour & Port Hills from Cass Peak to Mt Cavendish<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Walker, Gorse Polluted Saddle between Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle, Gorse view of Lake Ellesmere & Mt Bradley Summit Ridge<br />
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Crossing the saddle two blokes passed me on their way to Mt Bradley, with views over the saddle to Lake Ellesmere and the Pacific, and spectacular western views down valley to Orton Bradley Park and beyond to Lyttelton Harbour, Port Hills, Canterbury Plains and Southern Alps. They were the first people I saw since Orton Bradley Park.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle, Gorse view of Mt Bradley, Charteris Bay, Head of the Bay, Governors Bay & Port Hills from Coopers Knobs to Mt Vernon<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle, Gorse view of Quail Island & Lyttelton Harbour, with Port Hills from Marleys Hill to Mt Pleasant. Hazy Pegasus Bay top right<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Mt Herbert Shelter below Gorse Polluted Mt Herbert Summit (919m)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Gorse Polluted Saddle going up to Mt Herbert Summit (919m)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle, Gorse view of Lyttelton Harbour & Port Hills from Cass Peak to The Tors<br />
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Towards Mt Herbert summit further up the saddle track, I crossed the fence stile to Mt Herbert Shelter. A DOC sign stated:<br />
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MT HERBERT SHELTER<br />
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SUMMIT & MT HERBERT WALKWAY<br />
PACKHORSE HUT -> 1 hr 30 min<br />
ORTON BRADLEY PARK -> 2 hrs<br />
PORT LEVY SADDLE <- 2 hrs<br />
DIAMOND HARBOUR <- 3 hrs<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle, DOC Sign & Mt Herbert Shelter<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter view of Gorse on Mt Herbert / Mt Bradley Saddle & Mt Bradley. Lake Ellesmere left & Port Hills right<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter view of Mt Herbert Summit (919m)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter Longdrop view of Mt Bradley (855m)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter view of Lake Ellesmere, Kaitorete Spit & Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter Longdrop view of Kaituna Valley, Lake Ellesmere, Kaitorete Spit & Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter Longdrop view of Kaituna Valley, Lake Ellesmere, Kaitorete Spit & cloudy Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter view of Longdrop overlooking Kaituna Valley<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter Gorse view of Longdrop overlooking Kaituna Valley Head<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter Tussock & Gorse view of Mt Herbert Summit Slope, Kaituna Valley Head & Banks Peninsula<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter Longdrop view of Mt Herbert Summit Slope going to Port Levy Saddle<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter Longdrop view of Mt Herbert Summit (919m)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter Tussock view of Mt Bradley, Lyttelton Harbour, Port Hills from Coopers Knobs to Coronation Hill & hazy Southern Alps<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter view of Mt Herbert Summit (919m)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter Tussock & Gorse view of Lyttelton Harbour, Port Hills & hazy Southern Alps<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter Tussock & Gorse view of Charteris Bay, Head of the Bay, Governors Bay, Port Hills & hazy Southern Alps<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter Tussock & Gorse view of Lyttelton Harbour, Port Hills & hazy Southern Alps<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter view of Mt Bradley, Lyttelton Harbour, Port Hills & hazy Southern Alps<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter zoom view of Mt Bradley & Port Hills Gibraltar Rock & Coopers Knobs. Canterbury Plains behind<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter zoom view of Mt Bradley Slope, Head of the Bay & Port Hills from Coopers Knobs to Mt Ada. Canterbury Plains behind<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter zoom view of Mt Bradley Slope, Head of the Bay, Governors Bay & Port Hills from Cass Peak to Marleys Hill. Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps behind<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter zoom view of Charteris Bay, Head of the Bay, Governors Bay & Port Hills from Mt Ada to Scott Scenic Reserve. Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps behind<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter Tussock view of Gorse on Mt Herbert Summit (919m)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter Tussock & Gorse view of Lyttelton Harbour & Port Hills from Cass Peak to The Tors<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter Tussock & Gorse view of Mt Bradley, Lyttelton Harbour, Port Hills & Southern Alps<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter Tussock & Gorse view of Mt Bradley. Lake Ellesmere behind left. Head of the Bay & Port Hills behind right<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Shelter Tussock & Gorse view of Mt Herbert / Mt Bradley Saddle going towards Mt Bradley Summit Ridge. Lake Ellesmere behind<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle, Gorse view of Mt Herbert Summit Slope & Dipslope, Orton Bradley Park, Charteris Bay, Quail Island & Port Hills from Sugarloaf to Mt Pleasant with Lyttelton below<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle, Gorse view of Mt Herbert Summit (919m)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle, Gorse view of Mt Herbert Dipslope, Charteris Bay, Quail Island & Lyttelton below Port Hills from Witch Hill to Mt Pleasant. Hazy Southern Alps & Pegasus Bay behind<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Orton Bradley Park, Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island & Port Hills from Marleys Hill to Mt Cavendish. Hazy Southern Alps behind<br />
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While the buffeting wind changed from nor'wester to south-easter, I coolpixed views around Mt Herbert Shelter and around the nearby longdrop: Mt Herbert summit, down valley to Orton Bradley Park, Lyttelton Harbour, Port Hills, Canterbury Plains, Southern Alps, Mt Bradley, Lakes Ellesmere, Kaituna Valley, Banks Peninsula.<br />
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I had Mt Herbert Shelter to myself. I sat on a bench and finished my lunch - Coke, 2 muesli bars, another cheese roll - while enjoying a south-easter, back massage, vibrating wooden Mt Herbert Shelter. The south-easter chilled the air.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Mt Bradley Slope, Orton Bradley Park, Charteris Bay, Head of the Bay, Governors Bay & Port Hills from Coopers Knobs to Scott Scenic Reserve<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle, Gorse view of Mt Bradley Summit Ridge & Lake Ellesmere<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle, Dead Gorse view of Mt Bradley, Lyttelton Harbour & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle, Dead Gorse view of Orton Bradley Park, Lyttelton Harbour & Port Hills from Cass Peak to Mt Cavendish with Lyttelton below<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle, Dead Gorse view of Gorse below Mt Herbert Summit (919m)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Gorse on Mt Herbert / Mt Bradley Saddle. Lyttelton Harbour & Port Hills behind<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Gorse on Mt Herbert / Mt Bradley Saddle & Mt Bradley. Lyttelton Harbour & Port Hills behind<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Gorse, Mt Bradley, Lyttelton Harbour & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Gorse on Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley. Orton Bradley Park, Lyttelton Harbour & Port Hills beyond<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Gorse on Mt Herbert Summit Ridge. Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island & Port Hills beyond<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Saddle view of Gorse on Saddle & Mt Bradley. Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Gorse on Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley Slopes. Orton Bradley Park, Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island & Port Hills beyond<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Gorse on Mt Herbert Slopes. Orton Bradley Park, Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island & Port Hills beyond<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Gorse below Mt Herbert Summit (919m)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Gorse on Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley Slopes. Orton Bradley Park, Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island & Port Hills from Mt Ada to The Tors beyond<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Gorse on Mt Herbert Summit Ridge. Mt Herbert Dipslope, Orton Bradley Park, Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island & Port Hills beyond<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Gorse on Saddle & Mt Bradley Slopes. Lyttelton Harbour & Port Hills beyond<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Gorse on Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley Slopes. Orton Bradley Park, Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island & Port Hills from Marleys Hill to Mt Cavendish beyond<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Gorse on Mt Herbert Summit Slopes. Mt Herbert Dipslope right. Orton Bradley Park, Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island, Port Hills beyond<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Gorse on Saddle & Mt Herbert Summit Slope (919m)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Gorse on Mt Herbert Summit Spur. Mt Herbert Dipslope & Port Hills Mt Pleasant beyond<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle, Gorse view of Orton Bradley Park, Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island, Port Hills & Southern Alps<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Native Bush Remnant surrounded by Gorse on Mt Herbert / Mt Bradley Saddle<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Saddle view of Gorse on Mt Herbert Summit Ridge<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Gorse on Mt Herbert Saddle Slope. Mt Herbert Dipslope & Port Hills Mt Pleasant beyond<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Gorse above Orton Bradley Park. Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island, Port Hills & Southern Alps beyond<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Gorse above Orton Bradley Park. Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island & Port Hills from Mt Ada to Mt Pleasant beyond<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Gorse view of Mt Bradley Slopes, Orton Bradley Park, Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island & Port Hills from Mt Ada to Mt Vernon<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Grass & Gorse view of Mt Bradley Slopes, Orton Bradley Park, Lyttelton Harbour & Port Hills from Coopers Knobs to Scott Scenic Reserve<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Grass & Gorse view of Orton Bradley Park, Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island & Port Hills from Cass Peak to The Tors<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Grass & Gorse view of Orton Bradley Park, Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island & Port Hills from Mt Ada to The Tors<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Orton Bradley Park, Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island & Port Hills from Sugarloaf to Mt Pleasant above Lyttelton<br />
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I texted Leah from the Shelter, and on my return to Orton Bradley Park I tried to find the track section I'd missed below Mt Herbert bluffs on my way up. All I found were two marker poles going up the bluffs, but no track.<br />
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I descended the grassy slope, and became lost in the gorse for about 15 minutes, beating about the bush, trying to find where I'd pushed through overgrown gorse on my way up Mt Herbert Walkway. I wondered why farmers didn't use goats to chomp gorse? Farmer's would save on herbicides, and make money from goat meat.<br />
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2009. Gnawed Marker Post & Foxgloves, Mt Herbert Walkway<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Bush view of Lyttelton Harbour & Port Hills from Marleys Hill to Witch Hill<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Grass view of Charteris Bay & Port Hills from Coopers Knobs to Witch Hill<br />
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2009. Thistle, Gorse & Grass Slope below Mt Herbert Walkway near Orton Bradley Park<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Gorse & Broom view of Side Valley going up to Mt Herbert Dipslope<br />
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2009. Orton Bradley Park Valley Track view of Valleys going up Mt Herbert (919m)<br />
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Back on track, it was a relief to leave Mt Herbert Walkway gorse, long grass and tree nettles. A young couple passed me, going up. Wherever they went, they had hours of walking ahead.<br />
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In Orton Bradley Park, I took an alternative track across a log bridge over the stream to Big Rock top, where I coolpixed views over Lyttelton Habour and Port Hills, and the walk I'd done on Mt Herbert Walkway.<br />
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2009. Valley Track view of Big Rock, Orton Bradley Park<br />
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2009. Log Bridge going from Valley Track to Big Rock, Orton Bradley Park<br />
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2009. Orton Bradley Park Sign by flowering kanuka near Big Rock. Mt Herbert backdrop<br />
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2009. Orton Bradley Park, near Big Rock view of Quail Island & Port Hills from Hoon Hay Reserve to Mt Cavendish.<br />
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2009. Orton Bradley Park Big Rock view of Mt Herbert (919m)<br />
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2009. Orton Bradley Park Big Rock view of Mt Herbert (919m) & Saddle going to Mt Bradley (855m)<br />
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2009. Orton Bradley Park Big Rock view of Saddle & Mt Bradley (855m)<br />
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2009. Orton Bradley Park below Big Rock view of Flowering Kanukas & Port Hills<br />
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Returning to my car, I passed Orton Bradley Outdoor Education Centre through gums and macrocarpas, with lots of suspended ropes, ladders and tyres signifying the Ropes Course.<br />
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2009. Orton Bradley Park Ropes Course<br />
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2009. Orton Bradley Park Ropes Course Sign<br />
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2009. Wooden Footbridge, Valley Track near Orton Bradley Park Picnic / Camp site<br />
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On my drive back to Burnside, I stopped on Dyers Pass top at Sign of the Kiwi to coolpix distant Mt Herbert across Lyttelton Harbour.<br />
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2009. Top of Dyers Pass, Sign of the Kiwi view of Mt Herbert (919m) beyond Lyttelton Harbour.<br />
2010. Sign of the Kiwi closed for a while & the kiwi sign & nearby gatepost lantern were removed.<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-12844527660405077992009-12-09T12:42:00.000-08:002014-11-18T19:44:12.770-08:002009. Crater Rim Walkway and Godley Head Road<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrZJk3fI8ZI5DUgnhKLA9gq7o8WUY97ZLrmUOVhvvYjr7RT1eqz4Gh84nz8-Nur_PT__JSyrJlq5yYT2sXU6EEO_GJnYvTwDdvus9zSxoNFo-PA79DksNELeTUE1Wb2PbBL4X1fQokx4/s1600-h/Picture+9262.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrZJk3fI8ZI5DUgnhKLA9gq7o8WUY97ZLrmUOVhvvYjr7RT1eqz4Gh84nz8-Nur_PT__JSyrJlq5yYT2sXU6EEO_GJnYvTwDdvus9zSxoNFo-PA79DksNELeTUE1Wb2PbBL4X1fQokx4/s320/Picture+9262.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413744864351281970" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 212px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
2009. Evans Pass / Summit Road Intersection, Port Hills, NZ<br />
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One sunny Saturday afternoon I parked my car at the top of Evans Pass, Port Hills, as I wanted to walk Crater Rim Walkway from Evans Pass towards Godley Head. I was spoilt for choice, as there were walks up Mt Pleasant and walks down Sumner Valley: Rapanui Bush and Capt Thomas Walk.<br />
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2009. Rapanui Bush & Capt Thomas Walk Signs by Evan Pass Top. Mt Pleasant backdrop<br />
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2009. Evans Pass Top view of Lyttelton Harbour, Purau, Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Evans Pass Top view of Lyttelton Harbour, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley<br />
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At the top of Evans Pass I looked across Lyttelton Harbour to Purau, Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley. On my left was an old quarry below Crater Rim bluffs. I would loop round the top of the quarry on Crater Rim Walkway.<br />
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2009. Canterbury Centenary Plaque, Captain Joseph Thomas, Evans Pass Top, Port Hills<br />
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Below yellow road signs, I found a surveyor's metal benchmark fastened to a rock, and a bigger, bronze plaque also fastened to the rock stating:<br />
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CANTERBURY CENTENARY<br />
1850 1950<br />
IN 1849 CAPTAIN JOSEPH THOMAS<br />
ENGINEER & SURVEYOR ON BEHALF<br />
OF THE CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION<br />
CHOSE THE SIGHT FOR THE SETTLEMENT.<br />
THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES HIS<br />
WORK & THAT OF HIS ASSISTANTS IN<br />
PREPARING FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE<br />
COLONISTS OF 1850<br />
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2009. 1950 Arbor Day / Canterbury Centennial Plaque, Evans Pass rock above Rapanui Bush<br />
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Across the intersection overlooking Sumner Valley, a rock had two plaques. A bronze plaque stated:<br />
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ARBOR DAY<br />
1950<br />
PLANTED<br />
TO COMMEMORATE<br />
THE CENTENNIAL<br />
OF CANTERBURY<br />
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2009. 1950 Sumner Youth Club Centenary Tree Plaque, Evans Pass rock above Rapanui Bush<br />
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A black granite plaque stated:<br />
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HE WHO PLANTS A TREE<br />
PLANTS PEACE.<br />
YOUTH CLUB SUMNER<br />
AUG. 1950<br />
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2009. Carpark, Evans Pass Top. Godley Head Road left<br />
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2009. Scarborough Reserve Sign above Godley Head Road near Evans Pass Top<br />
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2009. MTB Warning Sign, Godley Head Road, below Crater Rim Walkway<br />
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2009. Start of Godley Head MTB Track / Crater Rim Walkway above Godley Head Road, near Evans Pass<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway Sign above Godley Head Road near Evans Pass<br />
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2009. Briefly shared Godley Head MTB Track / Crater Rim Walkway near Evans Pass<br />
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On Godley Head Road I crossed a stock grid, and at SCARBOROUGH RESERVE sign I climbed the first steep, stony bit of Crater Rim Walkway to a clump of gum trees. Closer to Godley Head Road, Godley Head MTB track went below Crater Rim Walkway, which went up the hill spine.<br />
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Crater Rim Walkway followed a quarry fence well marked with orange plastic squares nailed to fence posts. Each orange square had a white "W" on it. Two male MTBs slogged up the MTB track.<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Summit Road / Evans Pass Intersection. Godley Head Road right<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Purau, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley<br />
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209. Crater Rim Walkway view of old Quarry Roads below Evans Pass. Summit Road going up Mt Pleasant right. Lyttelton Harbour, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley left<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Sumner Valley & Pacific. Godley Head Road top right<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Godley Head Road above Sumner Valley. Pegasus Bay backdrop<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Port Hills. Summit Road going up Mt Pleasant right<br />
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While I sweated up the hill through dry, north-facing tussockland, I had warm Pacific breezes and grand views of Sumner Valley on my left. On my right I had glimpses of the quarry, Lyttelton Harbour, Purau, Diamond Harbour and Banks Peninsula peaks.<br />
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In dry tussockland I passed matagouri and thistles on my left, and behind the fence on my right I passed cotyledons & matagouri, <span style="font-style: italic;">Discaria </span><span style="font-style: italic;">tou</span><span style="font-style: italic;">matou</span>. Behind were views of Summit Road winding up Mt Pleasant.<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Mt Pleasant (499m) Port Hills. See Summit Road & Jollies Bush<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway thistle view of Sumner Valley, Richmond Hill, Clifton, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Southshore Spit, Christchurch, Pegasus Bay<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Charteris Bay, Port Hills, Summit Road going up Mt Pleasant<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Lyttelton Harbour, Diamond Harbour, Charteris Bay, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Lyttelton Harbour, Purau, Diamond Harbour, The Monument, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Mt Evans & The Monument<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway thistle view of Taylors Mistake, Godley Head Road going to Godley Head, Pacific<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway thistle view of Lyttelton Harbour Mouth flanked by Godley Head & Adderley Head<br />
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In thistle pollution on the hilltop, I coolpixed Sumner, Christchurch and Pegasus Bay. The fence turned sharp right, looping round Crater Rim, past a beacon to Lyttelton Harbour side of the quarry. Towards the Pacific, I had glimpses of Scarborough and paragliders above Taylors Mistake.<br />
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Above me, an Australian harrier soared. Following fence markers, I had grand views of Lyttelton Harbour, Banks Peninsula peaks, Mt Pleasant and Port Hills.<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Diamond Harbour below The Monument, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Wallkway view of Mt Pleasant (499m) Port Hills<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Lyttelton Harbour, Port Hills, Evans Pass & Summit Road on Mt Pleasant (499m)<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island, Port Hills & Quarry below Evans Pass, Mt Pleasant<br />
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20009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Purau, Diamond Harbour, Lyttelton Harbour, Charteris Bay, backdropped by Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Lyttelton Harbour, Purau, Diamond Harbour below Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Lyttelton Harbour below Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island, Charteris Bay, Governors Bay, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Lyttelton Harbour, Purau, Diamond Harbour, Charteris Bay below Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Lyttelon Harbour, Ripapa Isand, Purau below Banks Peninsula Peaks<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway zoom view of Ripapa Island & Purau<br />
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2009. Purple Legume Flowers, Crater Rim Walkway above Lyttelton Harbour<br />
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In cooler, wetter tussockland, scattered with tiny, purple legume flowers, Crater Rim Walkway doubled back, going downhill beside the quarry, with views of Ripapa Island (with Fort Jervois and its disappearing guns), Diamond Harbour, Banks Peninsula peaks, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass, Evans Pass and Summit Road going up Mt Pleasant.<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Lyttelton Harbour Mouth: Godley Head left, Adderley Head right<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Lyttelton Harbour Mouth<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Lyttelton Harbour, Purau, Diamond Harbour, Charteris Bay backdropped by Banks Peninsula & Port Hills Peaks<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Godley Head & Adderley Head flanking Lyttelton Harbour Mouth<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Godley Head Bluffs by Lyttelton Harbour Mouth. Adderley Head right<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Lyttelton Harbour & Mt Evans<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Lyttelton Harbour & Purau below Banks Peninsula Peaks<br />
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After I crossed a stile, Crater Rim Walkway left the quarry fence, and went downhill along the top of bluffs towards Godley Head at Lyttelton Harbour Mouth, with views of Adderley Head the opposite side. Wooden poles marked the way.<br />
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While strolling downhill, I watched a ship spewing brown muck into Lyttelton Harbour far below, the ebb tide flushing pollution to the Pacific. A smiley black Labrador jogged past, uphill, his panting master behind.<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway going down to Godley Head Road above Taylors Mistake<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Lyttelton Harbour, Purau & Diamond Harbour below Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley. Charteris Bay beyond<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Model Aeroplane & Paragliders above Scarborough. Pacific backdrop<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Scarborough, Taylors Mistake, Pacific<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Taylors Mistake Valley Head left, with Godley Head Road going to Godley Head<br />
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2009. Godley Head Road view of Scarborough Reserve Sign overlooking Lyttelton Harbour, Purau & Banks Peninsula peaks<br />
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2009. WW2 Concrete Guard Hut by Godley Head Road overlooking Lyttelton Harbour<br />
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2009. Purple Legume Flowers, WW2 Guard Hut, Godley Head Road, Port Hills<br />
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2009. WW2 Guard Hut, Godley Head Road view of Lyttelton Harbour, Purau, Diamond Harbour, Charteris Bay, backdropped by Mt Bradley & Port Hills<br />
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Approaching Godley Head Road above Taylors Mistake, I crossed another stile, and coolpixed views from two WW2 concrete guard huts overlooking Lyttelton Harbour.<br />
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I took 1 hour 20 minutes to walk from Scarborough Reserve sign at Evans Pass to Scarborough Reserve sign by Godley Head Road overlooking Taylors Mistake one side and Lyttelton Harbour the other.<br />
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2009. Scarborough Reserve, Godley Head Road view of Lyttelton Harbour & Charteris Bay. Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Godley Head Road thistle view of Scarborough, Taylors Mistake, Pacific<br />
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2009. Godley Head Road view of Red Model Aeroplane backdropped by Godley Head<br />
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2009. Godley Head Road view of Paragliders above Scarborough<br />
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2009. Godley Head Road view of Paraglider & Green Model Aeroplanes backdropped by Mt Evans<br />
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It took another hour to return to my car along Godley Head Road. At the head of Taylors Mistake valley, I watched seven blokes flying model aeroplanes in fresh breezes.<br />
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Further on I watched eight paragliders soaring Taylors Mistake winds. They took off below Godley Head Road, soared Taylors Mistake void along Godley Head Road towards Mt Evans, then circled back, blown by Lyttelton Harbour winds.<br />
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The Australian harrier soared closer to Taylors Mistake beach.<br />
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2009. Godley Head Road view of Paraglider above Taylors Mistake<br />
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I had spectacular views of Scarborough, Sumner, Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth, Christchurch and Pegasus Bay.<br />
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On my way down to Evans Pass again, I looked into another roadside WW2 concrete guard hut. Like the other two guard huts, it was soiled by decades of dry stock dung, broken glass and rubbish. Roadside sheep stared at me while I passed.<br />
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Closer to Evans Pass, with wisps of white cloud tickling Mt Pleasant summit, I saw a black car wreck lying beside narrow Godley Head Road, windows smashed, panels crunched, rubbish strewn in tussocks beside the car. Four yellow POLICE stickers were stuck on the side of the wreck.<br />
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Coda: Evans Pass was closed after the 22.02.11 & 13.06.11 earthquakes due to rockfall hazards.<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle view of Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) Port Hills (1)<br />
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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.<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle zoom view of Mt Pleasant Summit (499m), Port Hills (2)<br />
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2009. Major Hornbrook Track / Cavendish Bluffs Track Junction, Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle, Port Hills (3)<br />
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2009. Major Hornbrook Track view of Mt Cavendish & Mt Pleasant Bluffs & Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) (4)<br />
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2009. Major Hornbrook Track / Chalmers Track Junction & view of Mt Cavendish Gondola Station (5)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Native Bush, Macrocarpas & Bluffs below Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) (6)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Red Valerian festooned cliff above Lyttelton (7)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Mt Cavendish (445m) (8)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley (9)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Broom Polluted view of Mt Cavendish (445m) (10)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Oak, Broom & Gorse view of Mt Cavendish (445m) (11)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Broom Polluted view of Lyttelton, Mt Bradley, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass (12)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton below Mt Cavendish Ridges (13)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass (14)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley (15)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley, Charteris Bay, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass (16)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley & Charteris Bay (17)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Mt Pleasant Bluffs (18)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Mt Pleasant Ridges & Bluffs. Bush Gully to be climbed right, with grass on top (19)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Broom Polluted view of a Mt Pleasant Ridge above Lyttelton (20)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of a Mt Pleasant Ridge above Lyttelton. Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley backdrop (21)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of a Mt Pleasant Ridge above Lyttelton (22)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley & Charteris Bay (23)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley & Charteris Bay (24)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Kowhai, <span style="font-style: italic;">Sophora tetraptera</span> view of Bluffs Below Mt Pleasant Summit (25)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley, Charteris Bay, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass (26)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Quail Island & Port Hills (27)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of DOC Sign, Stone Wall & Bush Gully up a Mt Pleasant Ridge (28)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Bush Gully view of Lyttelton, Mt Cavendish Ridges & Port Hills (29)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Bush Gully view of Lyttelton, Governors Bay & Port Hills (30)<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Bush Gully view of Mt Pleasant & Mt Cavendish Ridges above Lyttelton. Governors Bay & Port Hills backdrop (31)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge Top view of Lyttelton, Mt Cavendish, Governors Bay & Port Hills (32)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge Top view of some Mt Pleasant Ridges, Mt Cavendish & Port Hills. Summit Road & The Tors beyond (33)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge view of Lyttelton, Governors Bay & Port Hills (34)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge going down to Evans Pass. Purau, Mt Evans & The Monument Backdrop (35)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge view of Lyttelton Harbour Mouth & Adderley Head (36)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge view of Evans Pass / Summit Road Junction, with Godley Head Road left. Lyttelton Harbour Mouth & Pacific beyond (37)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge view of Chalmers Track up a Bush Gully. Lyttelton, Quail Island, Governors Bay & Port Hills beyond (38)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) (39)<br />
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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)<br />
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2009. Walkers coming off Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track. Lyttelton, Quail Island & Port Hills backdrop (41)<br />
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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)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge below Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) Port Hills (43)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Richmond Hill, Sumner & Scarborough (44)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Tussockland Windblown Trees, Port Hills (45)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Crater Rim, Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) & Port Hills (46)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery. Mt Evans & The Monument backdrop (47)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Godley Head, Lyttelton Harbour Mouth, Adderley Head & Pacific (48)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Richmond Hill, Sumner, Scarborough & Pacific. Godley Head Road right, going towards Scarborough (49)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay (50)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Cloudy Christchurch & Pegasus Bay (51)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery Pit below Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) Port Hills (52)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of distant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery. Mt Evans & The Monument backdrop (53)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge zoom view of WW2 3.7 inch Anti Aircraft Battery. Mt Evans & The Monument backdrop (54)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge zoom view of WW2 3.7 inch Anti Aircraft Battery: 4 Gun Emplacements, 1 Command Post (55)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Richmond Hill, Sumner & Scarborough. Cloud Shadow over Pacific backdrop (56)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Charteris Bay, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass (57)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of distant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery, Lyttelton Harbour & Mt Evans (58)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Richmond Hill & Scarborough. Cloud Shadow over Pacific backdrop (59)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Moncks Spur, Redcliffs, Barnett Park, Clifton, Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth, Southshore Spit & Pacific (60)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Moncks Spur, Redcliffs, Barnett Park, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Southshore Spit, Pegasus Bay (61)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Tussock Paddocks, Cloudy Christchurch, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Pegasus Bay (62)<br />
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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)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Tussock Paddocks, Cloudy Christchurch, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay (64)<br />
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2009. Telecom Masts on Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) Port Hills (65)<br />
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2009. Telecom Masts on Cloudy Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) Port Hills (66)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Summit Road, & from Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth to Scarborough. Cloud Shadow over Pegasus Bay backdrop (67)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Christchurch, Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth, Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay (68)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Purau & Diamond Harbour below Mt Evans & cloudy The Monument & Mt Herbert (69)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Lyttelton Harbour & Purau below Mt Evans (70)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Lyttelton Harbour & Mt Evans (71)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Lyttelton Harbour Mouth flanked by Godley Head & Adderley Head (72)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge going down to Richmond Hill, Sumner, Scarborough & Godley Head by Lyttelton Harbour Mouth. Cloudy Pacific backdrop (73)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Moncks Bay, Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth, Southshore Spit, Clifton, Richmond Hill, Sumner & Scarborough. Pacific backdrop (74)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Redcliffs, Moncks Bay, Christchurch, Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth, Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay (75)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Summit Paddocks, Christchurch, Avon-Heathcote Estuary & Pegasus Bay (76)<br />
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2009. Louring Clouds over Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Apparatus (77)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Mast view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth to Scarborough. Cloud Shadowed Pegasus Bay backdrop (78)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Mast view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth, Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay (79)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Beacon (499m) Port Hills (80)<br />
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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)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Lyttelton, Purau & Diamond Harbour below Mt Evans, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley (82)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Lyttelton & Diamond Harbour below Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley (83)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Spur view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour & Charteris Bay below Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley (84)<br />
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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)<br />
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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)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Spur view of Lyttelton, Charteris Bay, Mt Bradley, Quail Island, Head of the Bay, Gebbies Pass (87)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Spur view of Lyttelton, Quail Island, Head of the Bay, Gebbies Pass, Governors Bay, Port Hills (88)<br />
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2009. Legs above Lyttelton, Port Hills (89)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Lyttelton, Charteris Bay, Quail Island, Head of the Bay, Gebbies Pass, Governors Bay (90)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Lyttelton, Quail Island, Charteris Bay, Head of the Bay, Gebbies Pass, Governors Bay, Port Hills (91)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Mt Cavendish (445m) & Port Hills Crater Rim. Governors Bay below (92)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Mast view of Mt Cavendish (445m) Port Hills & Cloudy Christchurch (93)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Mast view of Cloudy Christchurch & Canterbury Plains (94)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Apparatus view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, Canterbury Plains & Pegasus Bay (95)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Mast view of Mt Cavendish (445m) & Port Hills Crater Rim. Governors Bay below (96)<br />
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2009. Louring Clouds over Mt Pleasant Summit Beacon (499m) Port Hills. The Monument right (97)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Apparatus & Summit Beacon view of Lyttelton Harbour Mouth (98)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Sheep view of Summit Beacon (499m) Port Hills. Mt Evans behind (99)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Scenic Reserve Summit view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay (100)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Scenic Reserve Entrance & Sign, Port Hills (101)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Farm view of Clifton, Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth, Southshore Spit & Pacific (102)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Farm Road view of Christchurch, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay (103)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Farm view of Mt Pleasant Slopes going down to Clifton across to Godley Head. Pacific backdrop (104)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Farm view of Cloudy Christchurch & Canterbury Plains (105)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant, Broadleaf Lane / Summit Road Junction. Christchurch backdrop (106)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant, Summit Road view of John Britten Reserve looking across Heathcote Valley, Horotane Valley, Avoca Valley, Christchurch & Canterbury Plains (107)<br />
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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.<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.<br />
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<a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3203448/NZs-cyber-spies-win-new-powers">See "Cyber spies win new powers" in NZ (Stuff Co)</a>Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-6222164063341842962009-12-01T13:25:00.000-08:002014-11-18T14:55:03.346-08:002009. Chalmers Track and Mount Pleasant Summit<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoeh8fTflELEtsyHFXV6a6c0cLugEANCdaS3Q6yItFgkglDyKQ4ZVAShNeit1NhFXHWMDNhBkiImQ510ToJqCacn8Uj-DaFQb5ZXV_kvP1X5zXqFw-nrYPTsLTlMNhqxE0ciEap-Kpgzk/s1600-h/Picture+8978.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoeh8fTflELEtsyHFXV6a6c0cLugEANCdaS3Q6yItFgkglDyKQ4ZVAShNeit1NhFXHWMDNhBkiImQ510ToJqCacn8Uj-DaFQb5ZXV_kvP1X5zXqFw-nrYPTsLTlMNhqxE0ciEap-Kpgzk/s320/Picture+8978.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411135288096827762" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 226px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
2009. Linwood Avenue view of Mt Pleasant & Mt Cavendish, Port Hills, Christchurch<br />
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One cloudy and cool Sunday morning, I parked beside Linwood Avenue to coolpix Mt Pleasant, Mt Cavendish and the Tors, as I intended climbing Mt Pleasant (499m) that afternoon.<br />
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2009. Summit Road, Port Hills view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch & Pegasus Bay<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch & hazy Canterbury Plains<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle view of Lyttelton & Diamond Harbour. Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley covered by cloud<br />
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After driving up Mt Pleasant Road, I parked my car at Summit Road, Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish saddle, as I wanted to do a circular walk along Chalmers Track below Mt Cavendish and Mt Pleasant bluffs, then summit Mt Pleasant.<br />
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From Summit Road, I coolpixed Christchurch and Canterbury Plains. Across the saddle, from the concrete roof of a WW2 guard hut I coolpixed Lyttelton and Banks Peninsula.<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle view of Mt Pleasant (499m)<br />
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2009. Major Hornbrook Track / Cavendish Bluffs Track Junction view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour & Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Major Hornbrook Track view of Lyttelton & Diamond Harbour<br />
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2009. Major Hornbrook Track broom polluted view of Mt Pleasant<br />
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2009. Major Hornbrook Track view of Mt Pleasant<br />
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2009. Major Hornbrook Track view of Mt Cavendish (445m) with Gondola Station on top<br />
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2009. Major Hornbrook Track view of Mt Pleasant Bluffs<br />
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2009. Major Hornbrook Track / Chalmers Track Junction on the way down to Lyttelton. Hazy Mt Evans backdrop<br />
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For 10 minutes I walked down stony Major Hornbrook Track through native bush and broom pollution, with views of Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert ahead; views of Mt Pleasant bluffs on my left; views of Mt Cavendish ridge on my right.<br />
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2009 Confusing DOC Sign: Major Hornbrook Track / Chalmers Track Junction<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track broom polluted view of hazy Mt Evans<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Mt Pleasant Bluffs<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Wooden Gate & Stile<br />
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On my way down to Lyttelton, by a DOC sign at a track junction, I turned left down grassy Chalmers Track, marked by orange poles. Chalmers Track continued down through native bush and broom below Mt Cavendish and Mt Pleasant bluffs.<br />
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Mt Evans views ahead, I passed an open, wooden gate and stile beside a dry stream. Chalmers Track briefly followed a fence, till I came upon a curved-roofed, concrete building in a bushy gully beside ruins of old concrete and stone wall structures below a red valerian festooned cliff.<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track & Red Valerian Festooned Cliff<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Cliff & Mt Cavendish<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Red Valerian Polluted Ruins. Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley behind<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton & Diamond Harbour. The Monument, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley backdrop<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Mt Cavendish<br />
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Looking back up Chalmers Track I had views of Mt Cavendish Gondola Station and Mt Pleasant bluffs. Below sprawled Lyttelton suburbs down to the harbour.<br />
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Chalmers Track turned left across an old stone culvert. I crossed a stile below two old oaks, and zigzagged up through native bush, poroporo, broom and gorse, with views of Mt Evans ahead, Lyttelton below on my right, and Mt Cavendish bluffs behind.<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Mt Bradley, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Mt Cavendish & Major Hornbrook Track<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track broom polluted view of Lyttelton<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track, Broom & Poplars above Lyttelton<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Gorse Pollution & Native Bush view of some Mt Pleasant Bluffs<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Poroporo & Broom<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton & hazy Port Hills<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley, Gebbies Pass, Quail Island<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley, Gebbies Pass, Quail island<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Mt Cavendish & some Mt Pleasant Bluffs<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, The Monument, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton & hazy Diamond Harbour<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton & Mt Evans<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Broom, Native Bush & some Mt Pleasant Bluffs<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of a Bush Gully climb up a Mt Pleasant Ridge<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of a Mt Pleasant Ridge above Lyttelton<br />
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Below Mt Pleasant bluffs, in open grassland I crossed another stile, and coolpixed Lyttelton below. Continuing below Mt Pleasant bluffs, I watched an Australian harrier soaring in the grey sky. A fantail fluttered across Chalmers Track into dark bush.<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Broom & Native Bush below Mt Pleasant Bluffs<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of more Broom & more Native Bush below more Mt Pleasant Bluffs. Kowhai, <span style="font-style: italic;">Sophora tetraptera,</span> top left tree<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Mt Bradley, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley & Quail Island<br />
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I strolled through a grove of kowhai, <span style="font-style: italic;">Sophora tetraptera,<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span>and at another grassy lookout above Lyttelton 2 men, 2 women and 4 dogs passed. I watched 2 more women walking their dogs in Lyttelton below.<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Kowhai, <span style="font-style: italic;">Sophora tetraptera</span> grove below Mt Pleasant Bluffs<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Gorse Pollution above Lyttelton<br />
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In grassland below Mt Pleasant bluffs I passed yellow lupins, purple foxgloves and cabbage trees, <span style="font-style: italic;">Cordyline australis,</span> wafting floral scent. By an old stone wall, I passed the last upper Lyttelton house in a bushy gully. At a break in the stone wall a DOC sign directed me up the bushy gully:<br />
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CHALMERS TRACK <-><br />
MAJOR HORNBROOK TRACK <- 1.5 km / 40 min<br />
MT PLEASANT BLUFFS TRACK -> 700 m / 20 min<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track DOC Sign, Stone Wall & Bush Gully up a Mt Pleasant Ridge<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Bush Gully up a Mt Pleasant Ridge<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Gully view of hazy Port Hills<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Gully view of Lyttelton & hazy Port Hills<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Bush Gully view of Lyttelton & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Gully view of Lyttelton, Governors Bay & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Stone Steps in Bush Gully<br />
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Up the gully track, I passed bluff caves on my left, and on my right more bluffs with glimpses of the old stone wall going up the steep slope. Heating up, I stripped off my jersey.<br />
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Up the gully, I sweated up stone steps past ribbonwoods, <span style="font-style: italic;">P</span><span style="font-style: italic;">l</span><span style="font-style: italic;">a</span><span style="font-style: italic;">gi</span><span style="font-style: italic;">anthus regius,</span> tree nettles, ferns, whiteywoods, tree fuchsias, some trees marked by orange plastic triangles. A male jogger squeezed past, going down.<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Bush Gully Understorey<br />
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2009. Near top of Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Chalmers Track Bush Gully view of Mt Pleasant Summit & Bluffs<br />
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2009. Near top of Chalmers Track Bush Gully view of Mt Pleasant & Mt Cavendish Ridges above Lyttelton. Port Hills Summit Road backdrop<br />
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2009. Near top of Chalmers Track Bush Gully view of Lyttelton & Governors Bay. Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Top of Chalmers Track view of Lyttelton & Governors Bay. Port Hills backdrop<br />
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I panted upwards, through more bush, past mossy rocks, and over roots, more stone steps, and leaf litter. Above gully bluffs, the track broke into tussockland on a Mt Pleasant eastern slope, with cooling Lyttelton breezes on my back.<br />
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On top of the grassy ridge, breezes from Evans Pass cooled me quickly. On my way up to Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery, by a ridge fence I passed another DOC sign stating:<br />
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MT PLEASANT BLUFFS TRACK <-><br />
SUMMIT RD CARPARK <- 2 km / 1 hr<br />
EVANS PASS -> 1 km / 30 min<br />
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2009. Confusing DOC Sign, top of Chalmers Track, not mentioning Chalmers Track<br />
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The DOC sign was confusing as it didn't show Chalmers Track below.<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge view of Mt Pleasant (499m) & Mt Cavendish (445m)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge view of Lyttelton, Governors Bay & Port Hills. Bridle Path, middle distance ridge<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge view of Lyttelton, Governors Bay & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge view of Chalmers Track in Bush Gully above Lyttelton. Quail Island, Governors Bay, Port Hills backdrop<br />
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It took me 1 hour 50 minutes to dawdle along Chalmers Track from Major Hornbrook Track junction to the ridge sign below Mt Pleasant WW2 AA Battery, with Evans Pass eastwards, and Lyttelton, Governors Bay and Port Hills behind.<br />
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I would take another 2 hours to summit Mt Pleasant, and return to my car on Summit Road via Broadleaf Lane below Mt Pleasant summit.<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge going down to Evans Pass. Purau, Diamond Harbour, cloudy Mt Evans & The Monument backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge view of Lyttelton Harbour Mouth by Adderley Head<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge view of Summit Road / Evans Pass Intersection, with Godley Head Road left. Lyttelton Harbour Mouth & Adderley Head backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Ridge view of Lyttelton, Charteris Bay, Quail Island, Head of the Bay, Governors Bay, Gebbies Pass & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Mt Cavendish, Mt Pleasant & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Mt Pleasant Summit (499m)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Diamond Harbour, Charteris Bay & Gebbies Pass<br />
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I crossed a stile with views over Summit Road / Evans Pass intersection far below. At Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery, I counted 20 walkers passing through, myself included. Two blokes stood behind the WW2 command post wall, sheltering from the wind and looking at Lyttelton below.<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battey view of Mt pleasant Summit (499m) & Mt Cavendish Summit (445m)<br />
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2009. DOC Sign: Mt Pleasant WW11 3.7 inch Anti Aircraft Battery<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Cloudy Banks Peninsula<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Cloudy Mt Evans & The Monument<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Mt Evans & The Monument<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Godley Head, Lyttelton Harbour Mouth & Adderley Head<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Sumner, Scarborough & Lyttelton Harbour Mouth<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Richmond Hill, Sumner & Scarborough<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Windblown Trees above Summit Road & Richmond Hill<br />
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Thirteen walkers trudged up Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track, lugging heavy backpacks. They were overdressed in boots, longs, shirts / windcheaters, hats. Their leader waved his arms about. After my gully climb, I was still cooling off, wearing jandals, shorts, shirt.<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Port Hills & Crater Rim<br />
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2009. Walkers fresh off Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track, by a Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacement overlooking Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass<br />
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2009. Walkers by a Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacement overlooking Diamond Harbour, Charteris Bay, Gebbies Pass & Quail Island<br />
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Beneath louring, grey clouds, I crossed a fence on my way up Mt Pleasant summit ridge. On my left I viewed Lyttelton, Port Hills and Banks Peninsula. On my right, I saw Summit Road winding down to Mt Evans Pass. I saw Adderley Head and Godley Head by Lyttelton Harbour Mouth. I saw Scarborough, Sumner, Pegasus Bay. I watched MTBs cycling through Greenwood Park above Summit Road.<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge Fence overlooking Lyttelton Harbour Mouth<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge Fence view of Mt Pleasant Summit (499m)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Lyttelton, Charteris Bay, Quail Island, Head of the Bay, Gebbies Pass, Governors Bay, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge zoom view of Richmond Hill, Sumner & Scarborough<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery Pit view of Mt Evans & The Monument<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery Pit view of Lyttelton Harbour Mouth<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery Pit view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay<br />
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A distance above the WW2 AA Battery I found an 8 m x 5 m concrete-walled pit, and wondered whether WW2 military had used it as a water cistern, or for waste?<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Quail Island, Gebbies Pass & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Clouds Over Lyttelton Harbour Mouth<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Cloud Shadow on the Pacific beyond Richmond Hill, Sumner & Scarborough<br />
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2009. Windblown Trees below Mt Pleasant Summit. Christchurch backdrop<br />
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2009. Crater Rim below Mt Pleasant Summit, Port Hills<br />
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I trudged up trackless, soggy Mt Pleasant summit ridge, aiming for the two Telecom masts and geodetic beacon on Mt Pleasant summit. I pulled on my jersey, as the wind was numbing. I'd been chilled by Mt Pleasant winds on another walk too, as Mt Pleasant was at the end of the Port Hills, winds gusting up from Lyttelton Harbour one side and Pacific the other.<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Crater Rim above a Mt Pleasant Ridge above Lyttelton & Diamond Harbour. Mt Evans & The Monument backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Crater Rim view of distant Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft battery on a ridge. Lyttelton Harbour & Mt Evans beyond<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge zoom view of Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun Battery<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Crater Rim view of Lyttelton Harbour Mouth & the Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge view of Cloud Shadow on the Pacific, beyond Richmond Hill & Scarborough<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Ridge View of Cloudy Avon-Heathcote Estuary & Pegasus Bay<br />
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On my way up, I zigzagged across the Crater Rim to look at Lyttelton and cloudy Banks Peninsula peaks on my left. On my right, I looked down Port Hills farm paddocks and reserves towards Redcliffs, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, Pegasus Bay, Canterbury Plains and cloudy Southern Alps.<br />
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2009. Geodetic Beacon & Two Telecom Masts on Mt Pleasant Summit, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Two Telecom Masts on Cloudy Mt Pleasant Summit, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Shelterbelts Below Summit overlooking Christchurch<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Summit Road winding past Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth towards Evans Pass<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Charteris Bay, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Lyttelton, Purau & Diamond Harbour below cloudy Mt Herbert<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun Battery, Purau, Mt Evans & The Monument<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Lyttelton Harbour Mouth<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit zoom view of Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Geodetic Beacon & Telecom Apparatus, Port Hills<br />
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After crossing a fence and greeting sheep in a summit paddock, I relaxed below Mt Pleasant summit beacon, with magnificent views of Lyttelton Harbour below and Banks Peninsula beyond. I texted Leah from Mt Pleasant summit. I wondered if the two Telecom masts were kauri wood?<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Geodetic Beacon, Port Hills, (499m)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Pacific & Lyttelton Harbour Mouth<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Clifton, Richmond Hill, Sumner, Scarborough & Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view from Southshore Spit, Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth to Scarborough<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Sheep view of Telecom Apparatus & Christchurch<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Mt Cavendish & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Lyttelton, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Lyttelton Summit view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit: Two Feet Above Lyttelton, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Mt Pleasant Summit Spur & Lyttelton Harbour views<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Lyttelton, Purau, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Purau, Mt Evans & The Monument<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Beacon view of Lyttelton Harbour Mouth<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Beacon Below Louring Clouds, Port Hills, (499m)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Beacon view: Clifton to Scarborough. Pegasus Bay beyond<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Mast view: Southshore Spit to Scarborough. Pegasus Bay beyond<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Mast view: Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Southshore Spit, Pegasus Bay<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Building view: Christchurch, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Southshore Spit, Pegasus Bay<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Mast & Building view of Christchurch<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Apparatus, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Apparatus view of Lyttelton Harbour Mouth<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Mast view of Mt Cavendish, Governors Bay & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Telecom Mast view of the other Telecom Mast & Geodetic Beacon, Port Hills (499m)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Mt Cavendish above Heathcote Valley, Horotane Valley, Avoca Valley, Christchurch & Canterbury Plains<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit view of Christchurch & Canterbury Plains<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Scenic Reserve view of Christchurch & Canterbury Plains<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Scenic Reserve view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth, Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Scenic Reserve view of Mt Pleasant Slopes descending to Clifton, Scarborough & Godley Head. Pacific backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Scenic Reserve. Christchurch & Canterbury Plains backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Scenic Reserve Sign & Telecom Apparatus on Mt Pleasant Summit, Port Hills<br />
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With views over Christchurch, Canterbury Plains and Southern Alps, I strolled down a dirt track through tussockland in Mt Pleasant Scenic Reserve. I crossed a stile, and passed more sheep to pine and macrocarpa shelterbelts by farmhouses below Mt Pleasant summit.<br />
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At the top of Broadleaf Lane, I passed through a farm gate with a Christchurch City Council sign stating:<br />
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PUBLIC ACCESS THROUGH<br />
PRIVATE LAND<br />
TO MT PLEASANT RESERVE<br />
PLEASE KEEP TO ROAD<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Scenic Reserve view of Mt Pleasant Slopes from Clifton to Lyttelton Harbour Mouth & Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Scenic Reserve Farm Road below Mt Pleasant Summit. Christchurch & Canterbury Plains backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Summit Farm, Port Hills. Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay backdrop<br />
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2009. Farm Road going up to Mt Pleasant Summit Reserve, Port Hills<br />
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I walked down to Summit Road, and watched two women photographing themselves in John Britten Reserve. Another couple wandered down Kenton Track towards Mt Pleasant houses.<br />
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2009. Port Hills Broadleaf Lane / Summit Road intersection view of Southshore Spit & Pegasus Bay<br />
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2009. Summit Road / John Britten Reserve view of North-Facing Valleys: Heathcote Valley, Horotane Valley, Avoca Valley. Christchurch & Canterbury Plains backdrop<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of Walkers going down John Britten Reserve, Kenton Track to Christchurch<br />
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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.<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.<br />
<a href="http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/shrubs-and-small-trees-of-the-forest/5/5"><br />See Ribbonwood, <span style="font-style: italic;">Plagianthus regius</span> (Te Ara)</a>Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-64228523240809743652009-11-26T13:05:00.000-08:002012-07-16T14:36:02.705-07:002009. Mount Pleasant Bluffs Track and Summit RoadCoolpix of a circular walk along Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track, part of Crater Rim Walkway, Port Hills, from Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish saddle on Summit Road, below Mt Pleasant summit bluffs to Mt Pleasant eastern slopes, then return via Summit Road:<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of Heathcote Valley, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Mt Thomas (1)<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway / Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track in Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle, going up to Mt Pleasant Summit (499m), Port Hills (2)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle & Summit Road Carpark (3)<br />
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2009. Mt Cavendish (445m) view of Port Hills (4)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass, Port Hills (5)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass, Port Hills (6)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, The Monument, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley (7)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track broom polluted view of Major Hornbrook Track & Bridle Path on Mt Cavendish slopes above Lyttelton. Quail Island, Gebbies Pass, Port Hills beyond (8)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track broom polluted view of Quail Island & Gebbies Pass (9)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track broom polluted view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley, Charteris Bay (10)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track broom polluted view of Lyttelton, The Monument, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley (11)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Major Hornbrook Track, Mt Cavendish (445m) & Port Hills (12)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Mt Cavendish Spurs, Lyttelton, Governors Bay, Port Hills (13)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass, Port Hills (14)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Mt Cavendish Spurs, Governors Bay, Port Hills (15)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Radio Mast on Mt Pleasant Summit (499m), Port Hills (16)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle. Canterbury Plains beyond (17)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Mt Pleasant Summit Spur, Lyttelton, Quail Island, Port Hills (18)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Quail Island, Charteris Bay, Head of the Bay, Governors Bay, Gebbies Pass, Port Hills (19)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley, Charteris Bay (20)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert, Purau, Diamond Harbour (21)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Mt Evans. WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery seen on left skyline of Mt Pleasant northern slope (22)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Cabbage Tree view of Lyttelton, Governors Bay, Port Hills (23)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass, Port Hills (24)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass (25)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley (26)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Mt Pleasant Summit Bluffs. Governors Bay & Port Hills backdrop (27)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track below Mt Pleasant Summit (499m). Port Hills backdrop (28)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Mt Pleasant Summit (499m), Port Hills (29)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Mt Pleasant Summit Bluffs, Lyttelton, Governors Bay, Port Hills (30)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert (31)<br />
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2009. WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun emplacement (1 of 4) below Mt Pleasant Summit (499m). Mt Cavendish (445m) beyond (32)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacements (2 of 4). Pegasus Bay beyond (33)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant view of Sumner, Scarborough, Pacific (34)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant view of Richmond Hill, Sumner, Scarborough, Pacific (35)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Water Tank view of Richmond Hill, Sumner, Scarborough, Pacific (36)<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of Moncks Spur above Redcliffs & Avon-Heathcote Estuary. Christchurch, Pegasus Bay, Southern Alps backdrop (37)<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of Barnett Park, Redcliffs, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Southshore Spit. Pegasus Bay (38)<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of John Britten Reserve above Heathcote Valley & Avoca Valley. Christchurch & Canterbury Plains beyond (39)<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of John Britten Reserve above Heathcote Valley & Christchurch CBD. Canterbury Plains beyond (40)<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of Heathcote Valley side going up to John Britten Reserve. Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Pegasus Bay beyond (41)<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of Morgans Valley, Heathcote Valley, Horotane Valley, Avoca Valley, Christchurch, Canterbury Plains (42)<br />
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2009. Summit Road / Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Pegasus Bay (43)<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont<br />
<a href="http://educate-yourself.org/ct/"><br /></a>Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-43709963566548211162009-11-25T18:15:00.000-08:002012-07-16T14:36:23.247-07:002009. Mount Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery RuinsCoolpix of Mt Pleasant eastern slope WW2 3.7 inch Anti Aircraft Battery Ruins - 4 concrete gun emplacements above ground each with magazines, 1 command post half buried in rock. Battery Camp Ruins - further down Mt Pleasant eastern slope:<br />
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2009. DOC Sign: Mt Pleasant WW11 3.7 inch Anti Aircraft Battery, Port Hills<br />
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2009. WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacement below Mt Pleasant (499m) Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacement. Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacement. Gebbies Pass, Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant (499m) WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacement above Mt Pleasant Bluffs<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Lyttelton, Governors Bay & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Lyttelton, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley, Gebbies Pass, Quail Island<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Purau, The Monument, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley, Diamond Harbour<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Mt Evans, The Monument, Purau<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery zoom view of Mt Evans, The Monument, Purau<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacements above bluffs. Pegasus Bay backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacements. Pegasus Bay backdrop<br />
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2009. Command Post Roof view of Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacements & Pacific<br />
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2009. Command Post Roof view of Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacement, Lyttelton Harbour, Adderley Head, Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacement view of Godley Head, Lyttelton Harbour, Adderley Head, Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Command Post Roof view of Mt Evans, The Monument & Mt Herbert, Banks Peninsula<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Command Post Roof view of Diamond Harbour, The Monument, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. WW2 Anti Aircraft Command Post Roof view of Mt Pleasant Summit (499m), Mt Cavendish & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Banks Peninsula Peaks: Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Purau, Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Summit Road / Evans Pass Intersection, overlooking Lyttelton Harbour & Mt Evans<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Summit Road / Evans Pass Intersection. Godley Head Road left. Lyttelton Harbour, Adderley Head, Pacific backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant view of Scarborough, Godley Head Road, Lyttelton Harbour Mouth, Adderley Head, Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant view of WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery Camp Ruins, Sumner, Scarborough, Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant view of WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery Camp Ruins, Jollies Bush, Pegasus Bay<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant zoom view of WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery Camp Ruins, Jollies Bush, Pegasus Bay<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant view of WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery Camp Ruins, Jollies Bush, Summit Road, Richmond Hill, Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery Camp Ruins view of Richmond Hill, Sumner, Scarborough, Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant view of WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery Camp Ruins, Jollies Bush, Summit Road, Richmond Hill, Pacific<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS EsslemontMark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-9660155756330464592009-11-22T12:04:00.000-08:002014-11-17T16:29:29.923-08:002009. Around Mount Pleasant Summit including WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery Ruins<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrhUjPfl8zhSzUpaZMe4-FDAYcF_3CC3dAmGkFymUoYNjKNM5K6g5OC-cgotXf3qbbvodSbYnWexFuQa-a0DpKxWC78_jT427ZI7zvRW_1Byg6CZfu38vZmCj9aAIBxuwHKxZUBULtgvL/s1600/Picture+8789.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrhUjPfl8zhSzUpaZMe4-FDAYcF_3CC3dAmGkFymUoYNjKNM5K6g5OC-cgotXf3qbbvodSbYnWexFuQa-a0DpKxWC78_jT427ZI7zvRW_1Byg6CZfu38vZmCj9aAIBxuwHKxZUBULtgvL/s320/Picture+8789.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407775845421436770" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 134px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
2009. Summit Road view of Heathcote Valley side going up to John Britten Reserve, above Avon-Heathcote Estuary. Mt Thomas & Pegasus Bay backdrop<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of Heathcote Valley, Christchurch CBD, Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps<br />
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2009. MTB, Summit Road, Mt Cavendish. Christchurch, Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Summit Road Carpark, Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish saddle. Governors Bay & Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle view of Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle view of Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass<br />
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One Saturday morning, nor'wester blowing, yet cloudy and cool over the Port Hills, I parked my car at Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish saddle by Summit Road, as I wanted to walk around Mt Pleasant summit (499m). Two other cars were parked on the saddle.<br />
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Down Summit Road side of the saddle I looked at Heathcote Valley, Christchurch CBD, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Pegasus Bay and Southern Alps. On the other side I stood on a WW2 guard hut roof and looked at Lyttelton and beyond to Banks Peninsula.<br />
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2009. Dog Walker, Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway / Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track going towards Mt Pleasant Summit Bluffs<br />
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2009. Summit Road Carpark, Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle. Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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I watched a woman walking her big, fluffy, white dog towards Major Hornbrook Track. Starting left, I followed a bloke about my age toting a backpack full of rockclimbing gear along Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track, part of Crater Rim Walkway. The track climbed towards Mt Pleasant summit, then became a rocky contour path below Mt Pleasant summit bluffs. I passed 4 rockclimbers: 1 climbing, 3 on the path.<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Rockclimber, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track below Mt Pleasant Summit Bluffs, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Stone Steps & Tree Fuchsia, <span style="font-style: italic;">Fuchsia excorticata,<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span> </span>across Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track<br />
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2009. Bluff Overhang, Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track. See Rockclimbers' Stainless-Steel Bolts<br />
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2009. Duckboard Bridge, Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track, Port Hills<br />
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I walked through native bush below Mt Pleasant basalt bluffs, and found 2 more blokes rockclimbing: 1 climbing, 1 belaying below. I passed low caves at bluff bottoms, smelling of urine, and looked at rockclimbers' stainless-steel bolts attached up a cave overhang.<br />
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Where the track wasn't rocky, it was dry clay covered in roots and leaf-litter. I passed whiteywoods, tree nettles, tree fuchsias and mountain horopito, ramarama, pepper trees, <span style="font-style: italic;">Pseudowintera colorata,</span> with<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span>redly stained green leaves. I crossed a duckboard bridge over a dry stream in bush so dark my Nikon <span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">flashed</span> </span></span></span>a coolpix: 10.30 am.<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Broom Polluted view of Major Hornbrook Track below Mt Cavendish. Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Broom Polluted view of Lyttelton, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass, Head of the Bay & Governors Bay, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Broom Polluted view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Broom Polluted view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Purau, Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lytteton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Spur below Mt Pleasant Summit<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Mt Pleasant Summit, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track southern view of Bluffs below Mt Pleasant Summit. Canterbury Plains beyond saddle<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track southern view of Mt Pleasant Summit Bluffs & Mt Cavendish. Canterbury Plains beyond<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Major Hornbrook Track below Mt Cavendish. Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs track view of Governors Bay & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Broom Polluted view of Lyttelton, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass<br />
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In<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span>native bush openings, I had spectacular broom-polluted views over Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass, southern Port Hills and Mt Cavendish.<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Radio Masts & Trig beacon on Mt Pleasant Summit<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Spur view of Mt Pleasant Southern Slope, Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Southern Alps, Mt Cavendish<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Spur view of Mt Cavendish, The Tors & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Spur view of Lyttelton, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Spur view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Spur view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Purau, The Monument, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley<br />
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Mt Pleasant Bluffs track zigzagged up a windy spur, partly sheltered by kanukas. I sat on a spur rock and scoffed Coke, apple, snack bar, while admiring views: Mt Pleasant summit with radio masts and trig beacon; saddle view of Canterbury Plains, Christchurch, Southern Alps; Mt Cavendish; Port Hills peaks to Gebbies Pass; Governors Bay; Head of the Bay, Charteris Bay, Quail Island; Lyttelton; Diamond Harbour; Mt Herbert; Mt Bradley; The Monument; Mt Evans; Banks Peninsula. On a northern Mt Pleasant slope, I saw a skyline view of a WW2 Anti-Aircraft Battery.<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Spur view of Mt Evans, The Monument, Purau, Diamond Harbour, Lyttelton<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Spur view of Mt Evans, Banks Peninsula<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Spur view of Banks Peninsula. See top left WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery, Mt Pleasant eastern slope<br />
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2009. Kanuka on Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Spur. See WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery on Mt Pleasant eastern slope skyline<br />
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Closer to the spur, I saw Major Hornbrook Track and Bridle Path winding below Mt Cavendish to Lyttelton. I watched rockclimbers I'd passed, climbing and abseiling, the yellow shirted bloke a rock spider clinging to the red-lichened cliff he climbed.<br />
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2009. Track Marker on Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Tree, Port Hills<br />
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Back on Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track, a scrawny youth caught up with me. A young woman passed, going fast down stone steps through native bush. <span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Mt Pleasant eastern slope with WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery on skyline<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Mt Pleasant Summit Bluffs & Spur<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Mt Pleasant Summit Bluffs, Lyttelton, Quail Island, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Quail Island, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Governors Bay, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Purau, The Monument, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Broom Polluted view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Purau, The Monument, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley, Gebbies Pass, Quail Island<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track Cabbage Tree view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley, Gebbies Pass, Port Hills, Quail Island<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Bluffs Track view of Mt Pleasant Summit Bluffs, Spur, Lyttelton, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley, Gebbies Pass, Port Hills, Quail Island<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant Bluffs track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley, Gebbies Pass, Quail Island<br />
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On the other side of the spur, zigzagging down more stone<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span>steps, I passed through more native bush below more Mt Pleasant basalt bluffs. Trees were marked with orange plastic triangles, unnecessary I thought, as Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track was well worn. A skinny couple, their<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span>skinny,<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span>adult daughter and small, fluffy, white dog passed, trekking to Mt Cavendish.<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track & Spur below Mt Pleasant Summit (499m)<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Mt Pleasant Bluffs, Lyttelton, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Lyttelton & Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Lyttelton, Quail Island, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley, Gebbies Pass, Quail Island<br />
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I zigzagged up a bluff break to the WW2 Anti-Aircraft Battery in tussockland on a Mt Pleasant eastern slope. It took me 1 hour 30 minutes to dawdle Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track from Mt Cavendish-Mt Pleasant saddle to the AA Battery. The young woman jogged by, returning to Mt Cavendish.<br />
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2009. Jogger, Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacements<br />
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2009. Walker, Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacements<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacement view of Mt Pleasant Summit (499m) & Mt Cavendish (445m)<br />
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I lingered an hour or so on Mt Pleasant eastern slope, as the views were magnificent: Mt Pleasant summit; Lyttelton Harbour towards Adderley Head and Godley Head; Summit Road / Evans Pass crossroads; Scarborough; Sumner; Pegasus Bay; Southern Alps; Canterbury Plains; Christchurch. And southern views over Lyttelton, Bays..., Banks Peninsula peaks and Port Hills.<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery Sign by Gun Emplacements. Mt Pleasant Summit (499m), Mt Cavendish (445m) & Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Control Room view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley, Gebbies Pass, Quail Island<br />
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2009. Graffiti, Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Control Room Window<br />
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2009. Jogger, Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacement<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Summit Road, Lyttelton Harbour & Mt Evans<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Summit Road / Evans Pass Intersection. Lyttelton Harbour & Adderley Head backdrop<br />
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I explored the WW2 Anti-Aircraft Battery: four 3.7 inch AA gun emplacements - large lumps of thick concrete with graffiti, and a flat roofed thick concrete control room, half buried in solid rock. I stood on the flat roof of the control room and took 360 degree coolpix, while three men jogged by.<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery view of Summit Road / Evans Pass Intersection. Godley Head Road left. Pacific, Lyttelton Harbour & Adderley Head backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant eastern slope Gate & Stile on the way down to WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery Camp. Pacific, Godley Head & Adderley Head backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant eastern slope view of Pacific, Scarborough & Godley Head Road<br />
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Further down Mt Pleasant eastern slope, overlooking Scarborough, Sumner and Pegasus Bay, I explored demolished Battery Camp ruins amongst tussock, clover and thistles: cracked concrete slabs; low broken walls; 3 series of concrete steps going nowhere, backdropped by windblown trees.<br />
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2009. WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery Camp Ruins, overlooking Richmond Hill, Scarborough Beach & Scarborough<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery Camp Ruins view of Jollies Bush, Summit Road, Richmond Hill. Pacific backdrop<br />
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2009. Cracked Concrete: Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery Camp Ruins overlooking Richmond Hill, Sumner, Scarborough & Pacific<br />
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2009. Military Steps Going Nowhere: Mt Pleasant WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery Camp Ruins<br />
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"Typical military," I thought, "Leaving a wasteland of thistles and cracked concrete."<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant eastern slope view of Richmond Hill, Jollies Bush, Summit Road, Sumner, Scarborough, Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant eastern slope view of Richmond Hill, Sumner, Scarborough, Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant, Greenwood Park view of Jollies Bush, Sumner, Scarborough, Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant, Greenwood Park zoom view of Jollies Bush, Sumner, Scarborough, Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant, Greenwood Park view of Richmond Hill, Sumner, Scarborough, Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant, Greenwood Park view of Summit Road corner above Richmond Hill, Sumner, Scarborough, Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant, Greenwood Park view of Redcliffs, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, Pegasus Bay, Mt Thomas<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant, Greenwood Park view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Southern Alps<br />
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Below the Battery Camp ruins, several MTBs raced along a Greenwood Park track towards Evans Pass. I walked through well watered tussockland amongst scattered trees with views over Jollies Bush, Scarborough, Sumner and Pegasus Bay, till I came to a wide track through Greenwood Park going down to Summit Road.<br />
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2009. Summit Road Stile, Greenwood Park, Mt Pleasant eastern slope<br />
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I crossed a Greenwood Park stile near a Summit Road corner, and marched up Summit Road on the northern side of Mt Pleasant back to my car:<br />
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Left: Greenwood Park MTB track...<br />
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2009. Greenwood Park Sign, Summit Road, Mt Pleasant<br />
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Right: Pine shelterbelt by Summit Road overlooking Eastenders Track, Barnett Park, Redcliffs...<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant, Summit Road view of Eastenders Track right, Barnett Park, Redcliffs. Moncks Spur left, going down to Avon-Heathcote Estuary. Pegasus Bay backdrop.<br />
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Left: Farm House below Mt Pleasant summit...<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of Farm House below Mt Pleasant Summit<br />
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Right: Two Scottish Highland cattle and a stinking roadkill possum by another pine shelterbelt below the farmhouse...<br />
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2009. Roadkill Possum, Summit Road below Mt Pleasant Summit<br />
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Left: Summit Rd / Mt Pleasant Rd junction signs below Mt Pleasant summit...<br />
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2009. Summit Rd / Mt Pleasant Rd Signs, Summit Road below Mt Pleasant Summit<br />
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Right: View down Mt Pleasant summit slope to Avon-Heathcote Estuary mouth...<br />
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2009. Summit Road / Mt Pleasant Road Junction view of Avon-Heathcote Estuary Mouth<br />
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Left: View up to Mt Pleasant summit beyond shelter trees...<br />
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Right: JOHN BRITTEN MTB TRACK below Summit Road...<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of John Britten MTB Track below Mt Pleasant Summit. South New Brighton & Pegasus Bay backdrop<br />
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Left: BROADLEAF LANE & NO EXIT signs near a skyline pine...<br />
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2009. Broadleaf Lane Sign, Summit Road below Mt Pleasant Summit<br />
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Right: JOHN BRITTEN RESERVE & KENTON TRACK TO HEATHCOTE QUARRY signs...<br />
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2009. John Britten Reserve Sign, Summit Road below Mt Pleasant Summit. Heathcote Valley, Christchurch CBD & Canterbury Plains beyond<br />
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2009. Kenton Track to Heathcote Quarry Sign, Summit Road below Mt Pleasant Summit. Heathcote Valley, Christchurch CBD & Canterbury Plains beyond<br />
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Left: Two MTBs sped past, while I marched on Summit Road around Mt Pleasant summit.<br />
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2009. MTBs, Summit Road, John Britten Reserve Corner, Port Hills<br />
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Right: Round John Britten Reserve corner views of Mt Cavendish, The Tors, Castle Rock, southern Port Hills, Heathcote Valley, Morgans Valley, Christchurch CBD...<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of Heathcote Valley, Horotane Valley & Avoca Valley. Christchurch & Canterbury Plains beyond<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of Mt Cavendish, The Tors, Castle Rock, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of Morgans Valley Development, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch<br />
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Left: Another farmhouse below Mt Pleasant summit. More Saturday afternoon MTBs whizzed past, smiling...<br />
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Right: Scott Bench below Summit road with views of Mt Cavendish, The Tors, Castle Rock, Heathcote Valley, Morgans Valley, Avon- Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Southern Alps, Pegasus Bay...<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of Scott Bench, Morgans Valley, Heathcote Valley, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Scott Plaques, Scott Bench, Summit Road, Mt Pleasant, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Scott Bench view of Summit Road, Mt Cavendish, The Tors, Castle Rock, Port Hills<br />
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It took me 1 hour to march along Summit Road from Greenwood Park, Mt Pleasant eastern slope to Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish saddle, Mt Pleasant northern slope.<br />
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Ten cars were parked on Summit Road saddle, mid afternoon walkers and rockclimbers coming and going. Two Maori men drove by in their giant three-wheeler "cars," and waved.<br />
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2009. Summit Road Carpark, Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle, Port Hills. Christchurch & Canterbury Plains backdrop<br />
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2009. Summit Road, Mt Pleasant-Mt Cavendish Saddle, Port Hills. Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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Two months later on a warm Wednesday afternoon, Leah and I walked a Greenwood Park track from Summit Road corner to the WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery. We didn't see Christchurch, Pegasus Bay, Barnett Park, Summit Road, Sumner, Scarborough, Evans Pass, nor Godley Head, as a vast fog bank about 400m high had covered the Pacific, and rolled over Christchurch and Port Hills valleys below Greenwood Park where we walked on Mt Pleasant eastern slope.<br />
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As we walked in bright sunlight at fog's edge, the fog made the air humid. We hardly saw Jollies Bush as wisps of fog floated over it. Likewise WW2 Battery Camp ruins. On our right we saw sheep under windblown trees going up towards Mt Pleasant summit.<br />
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We sat on a rock drinking CocaCola by the WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery, and watched fog creeping over Lyttelton Harbour, Purau and Diamond Harbour, and up Mt Herbert valleys, leaving Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert and Mt Bradley still visible.<br />
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The rest of Lyttelton Harbour, Lyttelton and Port Hills from Mt Pleasant to Gebbies Pass stayed sunny, with wispy clouds forming over Dyers Pass and Governors Bay.<br />
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Two walkers passed, puffing towards Mt Pleasant Bluffs Track. In the distance, we watched two paragliders floating over Bridle Path top by Summit Road, circling and vanishing behind Mt Cavendish.<br />
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Coda: The 2010-2011 earthquakes caused extensive quake damages to Christchurch, Heathcote Valley, Lyttelton, Evans Pass, Scarborough, Sumner, Redcliffs...<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span> </span></span>Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-76956675377021155852009-11-19T19:18:00.000-08:002014-11-17T16:24:28.195-08:002009. Down and Up Lyttelton CalderaCoolpix of a circular walk down and up Lyttelton caldera, from Summit Road Bridle Path carpark, along Crater Rim Walkway (briefly) along Cavendish Bluffs Track below Mt Cavendish (445m) down steep Major Hornbrook Track to Lyttelton, along steep Lyttelton roads, up steep Bridle Path back to Summit Road:<br />
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2009. Summit Road Bridle Path Carpark by Pioneer Women Memorial Hut. Mt Cavendish with Gondola Station & Mt Pleasant backdrop (1)<br />
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2009. Jane Deans Bench, Bridle Path top, Heathcote Valley side. The Tors & Castle Rock backdrop (2)<br />
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2009. Heathcote Valley with Avon-Heathcote Estuary & Pegasus Bay backdrop (3)<br />
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2009. Emily Rose Jacobs Bench, Bridle Path Carpark. Quail Island & Banks Peninsula backdrop (4)<br />
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2009. Cavendish Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Mt Bradley, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass & southern Port Hills (5)<br />
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2009. Cavendish Bluffs Track view of Mt Pleasant. Major Hornbrook Track left (6)<br />
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2009. Cavendish Bluffs Track / Major Hornbrook Track junction view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley & Gebbies Pass (7)<br />
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2009. Major Hornbrook Track view of Bluffs below Mt Cavendish (8)<br />
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2009. Major Hornbrook Track view of Mt Pleasant Bluffs (9)<br />
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2009. Major Hornbrook Track Walkers below Mt Cavendish Gondola Station (10)<br />
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2009. Major Hornbrook Track / Chalmers Track Junction below Mt Cavendish Bluffs & Gondola Station (11)<br />
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2009. Major Hornbrook Track start / end, Somes Road, Lyttelton, below Mt Cavendish & Mt Pleasant slopes (12)<br />
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2009. Ross Parade / Ross Terrace view of Lyttelton, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass (13)<br />
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2009. Hawkhurst Road view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans & The Monument (14)<br />
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2009. Flimwell Lane view of Lyttelton houses on Mt Cavendish slopes (15)<br />
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2009. Top of Flimwell Lane below Ticehurst Terrace, on the way to Bridle Path, Lyttelton (16)<br />
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2009. Ticehurst Terrace on the way to Bridle Path, Lyttelton (17)<br />
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2009. Ticehurst Terrace view of Lyttelton houses on Mt Cavendish & Mt Pleasant slopes (18)<br />
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2009. Ticehurst Terrace / Bridle Path Intersection, Lyttelton (19)<br />
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2009. Bridle Path view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley (20)<br />
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2009. Gate Post & Wooden Bench, Bridle Path, Lyttelton (21)<br />
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2009. Bridle Path view of Lyttelton Harbour (22)<br />
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2009. Bridle Path view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans, The Monument & Mt Herbert (23)<br />
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2009. Cressy Bench, Bridle Path (24)<br />
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2009. Randolph Bench, Bridle Path (25)<br />
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2009. Randolph Bench Plaque, Bridle Path (26)<br />
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2009. Randolph Bench view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour & Mt Evans (27)<br />
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2009. Randolph Bench view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley (28)<br />
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2009. Randolph Bench view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley & Quail Island (29)<br />
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2009. Randolph Bench view of Mt Bradley, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass (30)<br />
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2009. Randolph Bench view of Quail Island & Gebbies Pass (31)<br />
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2009. Upper Bridle Path view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans & The Monument (32)<br />
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2009. Bridle Path WW2 Guard Hut view of Mt Evans (33)<br />
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2009. Bridle Path Carpark view of Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley (34)<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of Bridle Path, Heathcote Valley, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, Pegasus Bay & Southern Alps (35)<br />
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Coda: The 2010-2011 earthquakes caused extensive quake damages to Castle Rock, Heathcote Valley, Lyttelton & Christchurch.<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS EsslemontMark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-52939389165345001342009-11-15T21:25:00.000-08:002014-11-17T12:16:38.360-08:002009. Three Tracks Below Mount Cavendish<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWAwE5-xPTe4nHQcJLloqWjplPatfE4h6lHxhHim4CEl5ZHiyYwEX47H9unpEWVUrlQJnxexc9aGz8pH3PJLW12nUer8aB96xjXTMXr9E2miHym4lMgk93FYR-eXYpQPowFHKhXBOLvoi/s1600/Picture+8638.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWAwE5-xPTe4nHQcJLloqWjplPatfE4h6lHxhHim4CEl5ZHiyYwEX47H9unpEWVUrlQJnxexc9aGz8pH3PJLW12nUer8aB96xjXTMXr9E2miHym4lMgk93FYR-eXYpQPowFHKhXBOLvoi/s320/Picture+8638.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405637649536096290" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 178px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
2009. Summit Road view of Bridle Path, Mt Cavendish & Mt Pleasant, Port Hills. Lyttelton Harbour right.<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of Castle Rock, Port Hills. Christchurch & Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of Heathcote Valley, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, Pegasus Bay & Southern Alps<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of Heathcote Valley, Avon-Heathcote Estuary & Pegasus Bay<br />
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2009. Summit Road view of Bridle Path top, Mt Cavendish with Gondola Station & Mt Pleasant<br />
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2009. Bridle Path Carpark, Summit Road, by Pioneer Women Memorial Hut. Mt Cavendish with Gondola Station backdrop<br />
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2009. Pioneer Women of Canterbury Stone Plaque, Stone Hut, Bridle Path Carpark, Summit Road<br />
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A & P Show Weekend: I drove up Dyers Pass in the Port Hills, then along Summit Road to the top of Bridle Path, as I wanted to do a circular walk in Lyttelton caldera below Mt Cavendish (445m) along CAVENDISH BLUFFS TRACK, down MAJOR HORNBROOK TRACK to Lyttelton, and up BRIDLE PATH back to my car.<br />
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2009. Bridle Path Carpark view of Lyttelton Harbour & Quail island towards Gebbies Pass<br />
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2009. Bridle Path Carpark view of Diamond Harbour & Banks Peninsula peaks: Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley<br />
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At Summit Road Bridle Path carpark, I coolpixed Saturday walkers sitting on a low wall scoffing late lunches while enjoying views of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour and Banks Peninsula.<br />
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A Brazilian tourist handed me his camera and asked me to snap him together with his Chilean friend and girlfriends, German and Japanese. They didn't want to descend Heathcote Valley Bridle Path, and asked for another track to Christchurch: "Walk up Summit Road," I said, "Past Castle Rock and The Tors till you reach Witch Hill, then go down Rapaki Track to Christchurch. It's a long way." Off they strode, fit and smiling.<br />
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2009. Bridle Path top view of WW2 Guard Hut, Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans & The Monument<br />
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2009. Bridle Path top view of WW2 Guard Hut roof, Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans, The Monument & Mt Herbert<br />
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2009. Bridle Path top view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley & Quail Island<br />
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2009. Bridle Path Carpark Tourist view of Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans & The Monument, Banks Peninsula<br />
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2009. Bridle Path Carpark Tourists<br />
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2009. Emily Rose Jacobs Bench, Bridle Path Carpark. Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley backdrop<br />
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I coolpixed the stone hut memorial to early British settlers and Jane Deans Bench overlooking Heathcote Valley. A new Emily Rose Jacobs Bench overlooked Banks Peninsula.<br />
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I snapped 360 degree views: Castle Rock; Bridle Path down Heathcote Valley; Christchurch; Avon-Heathcote Estuary; Pegasus Bay; Southern Alps; Mt Cavendish with its Gondola Station on top; Mt Pleasant (499m); Bridle Path down to Lyttelton; Diamond Harbour; Mt Evans; The Monument; Mt Herbert; Mt Bradley; Quail Island; Gebbies Pass.<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway from Bridle Path Carpark to Mt Cavendish Gondola Station. Mt Pleasant right<br />
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2009. Cavendish Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton & Diamond Harbour. Mt Evans, The Monument & Mt Herbert backdrop<br />
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2009. Cavendish Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton & Diamond Harbour. Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley backdrop<br />
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2009. Cavendish Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton & Quail Island. Mt Bradley, Gebbies Pass & southern Port Hills backdrop<br />
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I passed a HIGH PRESSURE OIL PIPELINE BURIED... sign while walking Crater Rim Track towards Mt Cavendish together with a woman and her adult daughter.<br />
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1. MT CAVENDISH BLUFFS TRACK.<br />
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Soon we forked right towards Lyttelton along Cavendish Bluffs Track which zigzagged along a dry clay path over many wooden and stone steps through native bush below Mt Cavendish. I passed whiteywood, <span style="font-style: italic;">Melicytus ramiflorus,</span> and avoided tree nettles, <span style="font-style: italic;">U</span><span style="font-style: italic;">rtica</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> ferox,</span> as I walked in jandals, shorts and T shirt.<br />
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2009. Tree Nettle, <span style="font-style: italic;">Urtica ferox,</span> & Whiteywood, <span style="font-style: italic;">Melicytis ramiflorus, </span>seen on Cavendish Bluffs Track<br />
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2009. Cavendish Bluffs Track, Tuesday Trekkers Bench view of Lyttelton, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Tuesday Trekkers Plaque, Tuesday Trekkers Bench, Cavendish Bluffs Track<br />
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2009. Cavendish Bluffs Track view of Mt Pleasant. Major Hornbrook Track winding past left bluff. Spot the walker<br />
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2009. Cavendish Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Cavendish Bluffs Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Bradley, Quail Island, Gebbies Pass & southern Port Hills<br />
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By a fence I walked grassland for a while, then sat on a TUESDAY TREKKERS Bench with grand views of Mt Cavendish bluffs, Mt Pleasant bluffs, Lyttelton and Banks Peninsula. Bluffs were smothered by yellow broom. Mt Herbert and Mt Bradley were smothered by yellow gorse.<br />
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2009. Cavendish Bluffs Track / Major HornBrook Track junction. Mt Pleasant backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant - Mt Cavendish Saddle view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant - Mt Cavendish Saddle view of Mt Cavendish Ridge, Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Some Mt Cavendish Bluffs & Ridge Top. Southern Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Pleasant - Mt Cavendish Saddle view of some Mt Cavendish Bluffs & Ridge top. Gebbies Pass & southern Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Zoom view of Mt Cavendish Ridge & Bluffs. Southern Port Hills backdrop<br />
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Below Mt Cavendish bluffs, I zigzagged through more native bush, avoiding more tree nettles. I crossed a stile, and at Major Hornbrook Track fork I parted company with the women who continued along Crater Rim to Mt Pleasant. I coolpixed Mt Pleasant - Mt Cavendish saddle views.<br />
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2. MAJOR HORNBROOK TRACK<br />
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Major Hornbrook Track went down a ridge below Mt Cavendish to Lyttelton. I went down more wooden steps, passed more broom, and a women passed me jogging upwards. Thereafter several family groups slogged upwards, including three panting Labradors. I was the only walker going down.<br />
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2009. Some Mt Cavendish Bluffs seen from Major Hornbrook Track. Spot the jogger.<br />
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2009. Major Hornbrook Track junction sign. Mt Pleasant backdrop<br />
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2009. Walkers slogging up Major Hornbrook Track. Mt Cavendish Gondola Station above<br />
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2009. View down Major Hornbrook Track near Lyttelton<br />
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2009. Ngaio, <span style="font-style: italic;">Myoporum lactum,</span> Major Hornbrook Track<br />
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2009. Lower Major Hornbrook Track view of Lyttelton & Diamond Harbour. Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley backdrop.<br />
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2009. Lower Major Hornbrook Track zoom view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans & The Monument<br />
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2009. Lower Major Hornbrook Track view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, The Monument, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Somes Road, Lyttelton Start / End of Major Hornbrook Track<br />
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A junction sign showed CHALMERS TRACK, LYTTELTON, MT PLEASANT BLUFFS TRACK. I continued down to Lyttelton houses with Mt Pleasant bluffs on my left and Mt Cavendish ridge on my right. Near the bottom of Major Hornbrook Track I passed a grove of mature kowhai, <span style="font-style: italic;">Sophora tetraptera </span>and Ngaio, <span style="font-style: italic;">Myoporum l</span><span style="font-style: italic;">a</span><span style="font-style: italic;">ctum</span> trees with views over Lyttelton.<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><br />
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From Summit Road, Bridle Path carpark, it took me 1 hour 25 minutes to walk Mt Cavendish Bluffs Track to the start / end of Major Hornbrook Track at Somes Road, Lyttelton.<br />
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2009. Major Hornbrook Track Sign, Somes Road, Lyttelton<br />
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2009. Ross Terrace view of Lyttelton, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass<br />
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2009. Ross Terrace view of Lyttelton houses below Mt Pleasant slopes<br />
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LYTTELTON TO BRIDLE PATH<br />
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For the next hour I walked steep Lyttelton roads on my way to Bridle Path. Somes Road became Ross Terrace where house screening trees and shrubs were planted: deodar cedars, Douglas firs, willows, gums, pines on my right. On my left were pittosporums, cabbage trees, willows, metrosideros, dodoneas, gums. When I stopped to coolpix Lyttelton, my legs still wobbled from braking down Major Hornbrook Track.<br />
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2009. Ross Terrace view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, The Monument, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Ross Parade / Ross Terrace view of Lyttelton, Quail Island & Gebbies Pass<br />
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2009. Ross Terrace view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour & Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Selwyn Lane, Lyttelton view of Diamond Harbour, The Monument, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Selwyn Parade / Ross Terrace intersection, Lyttelton, below Mt Cavendish<br />
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Downhill along Ross Terrace, I had views of Lyttelton Harbour; Quail Island; Mt Evans; Mt Herbert; Mt Bradley and Remarkable Dykes near Gebbies Pass.<br />
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By Ross Parade intersection a woman walking her dog passed. Beyond Selwyn Lane, I turned into Selwyn Parade, which crossed a suburban ridge below Mt Cavendish to steep Selwyn Road.<br />
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2009. Selwyn Road view up upper Hawkhurst Road, Lyttelton, below Mt Cavendish<br />
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2009. Hawkhurst Road view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, The Monument, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Upper Hawkhurst Road view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Hawkhurst Road, Lyttelton view of Mt Cavendish with Gondola Station<br />
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I detoured up Selwyn Road then steep Hawkhurst Road to its NO EXIT end, and looked at refurbished cottages, some tasteful, some monstrosities, some demolished for bigger houses on tiny plots.<br />
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I thought those houses would shake to bits in an earthquake, or in a deluge slide down slippery Mt Cavendish slopes. (Lyttelton was badly damaged in the 2010-2011 quakes).<br />
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2009. Lower Hawkhurst Road view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans & The Monument<br />
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2009. Lower Hawkhurst Road, Bridle Path Sign, Lyttelton<br />
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2009. Lower Hawkhurst Road, Lyttelton view of Diamond Harbour & Mt Evans<br />
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2009. Hawkhurst Road, Bridle Path & Flimwell Lane Signs, Lyttelton<br />
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2009. Flimwell Lane, Lyttelton<br />
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I backtracked down steep Hawkhurst Road till I found Bridle Path signs directing me uphill again. I climbed Flimwell Lane concrete steps with views over steep Lyttelton gardens. Flimwell Lane took me to steep Ticehurst Terrace which intersected with steep Bridle Path tarsealed road.<br />
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2009. Flimwell Lane view of Lyttelton houses on Mt Cavendish slopes<br />
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2009. Flimwell Lane top view of Lyttelton houses on Mt Cavendish slopes<br />
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2009. Ticehurst Terrace view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans & The Monument<br />
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2009. Lyttelton Ticehurst Terrace / Bridle Path intersection view of Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Bridle Path view of Mt Cavendish<br />
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2009. Bridle Path Bench with Settler Ships Ceramic Plaques<br />
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2009. Bridle Path view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans & The Monument<br />
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3. BRIDLE PATH<br />
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At the start of Bridle Path gravel, I sat on a wooden bench and coolpixed Lyttelton. A late afternoon nor'wester blew over the Southern Alps, sucking cool air from Lyttelton up Bridle Path. With the wind cooling my back, steep Bridle Path was quite pleasant.<br />
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While I admired Mt Cavendish and Mt Pleasant, two smiley Asian girls passed on their way down to Lyttelton. Thereafter I had Bridle Path to myself.<br />
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2009. Bridle Path view of Mt Pleasant & Lyttelton houses<br />
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2009. Bridle Path view of Mt Cavendish with Gondola Station<br />
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2009. Bridle Path view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Cressy Bench view of Mt Cavendish<br />
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2009. Cressy Bench view of Mt Cavendish & Mt Pleasant<br />
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2009. Cressy Bench view of Mt Pleasant & Lyttelton houses<br />
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2009. Cressy Bench view of Lyttelton housing on Mt Pleasant slope. Mt Evans backdrop<br />
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2009. Cressy Bench view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans & The Monument<br />
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At Cressy Bench (named after a settler sailing ship) I stopped for Coke and coolpix with panoramic views: Mt Cavendish; Mt Pleasant; Lyttelton; Mt Evans; Lyttelton Harbour; Diamond Harbour; The Monument; Mt Herbert; Mt Bradley; Remarkable Dykes; Gebbies Pass; Port Hills to Coopers Knobs; Charteris Bay; Quail Island; Head of the Bay.<br />
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2009. Cressy Bench view of Lyttelton & Diamond Harbour. Mt Evans, The Monument & Mt Herbert backdrop<br />
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2009. Cressy Bench view of Diamond Harbour below Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Cressy Bench view of Quail Island with Mt Bradley, Gebbies Pass & southern Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Cressy Bench view of Quail Island with Gebbies Pass & southern Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Bridle Path, Oil Pipeline Buried Sign, Lyttelton side<br />
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Higher up, I passed another HIGH PRESSURE OIL PIPELINE BURIED... sign, like the sign on top. With Lyttelton shrinking the higher I climbed, I stopped at Randolph Bench (named after another settler sailing ship) for more panoramic views.<br />
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Mt Herbert and Mt Bradley gorse glowed in late afternoon sunlight. I thought early British settlers didn't have to endure gorse pollution on Banks Peninsula and broom pollution on Mt Cavendish and Mt Pleasant.<br />
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2009. Upper Bridle Path view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans, The Monument & Mt Herbert<br />
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2009. Upper Bridle Path view of Lyttelton, Quail Island, Mt Bradley & Gebbies Pass<br />
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2009. Upper Bridle Path, WW2 Guard Hut<br />
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2009. Bridle Path WW2 Guard Hut view of Lyttelton & Mt Evans<br />
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2009. Bridle Path WW2 Guard Hut view of Lyttelton & Diamond Harbour with Mt Evans, The Monument & Mt Herbert backdrop<br />
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2009. Bridle Path WW2 Guard Hut view of Lyttelton & Diamond Harbour with Mt Evans, The Monument, Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley backdrop<br />
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2009. Bridle Path WW2 Guard Hut view of Lyttelton, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley & Quail Island<br />
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Near the top, I stopped at both WW2 concrete guard huts for more views. It took me 40 minutes to climb the gravel section of Bridle Path from Lyttelton to Summit Road.<br />
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2009. Bridle Path top view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Evans, The Monument & Mt Herbert<br />
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2009. Bridle Path top view of Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Mt Herbert, Mt Bradley & Quail Island<br />
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2009. Bridle Path top view of Quail Island & Gebbies Pass<br />
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2009. Crater Rim Walkway view of Bridle Path Carpark & Pioneer Women Memorial Hut. Summit Road & The Tors, Port Hills backdrop<br />
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At Summit Road carpark, the hard nor'wester waved tussocks and buffeted my car. A Hertz van pulled up, filled with gawping codgers. Two younger women emerged and briefly stood by Jane Deans Bench to snap two men-in-black striding down Heathcote Valley Bridle Path. The women scuttled back, while I cooled in the wind.<br />
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2009. Summit Road / Jane Deans Bench view of Castle Rock, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps<br />
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2009. Bridle Path top view of Heathcote Valley, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Pegasus Bay & Southern Alps<br />
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On New Years Day, late afternoon, Leah and I walked Cavendish Bluffs Track roughly downhill from Mt Pleasant - Mt Cavendish saddle to the top of Bridle Path. It was humid in bush below bluffs, as the temperature was 31 degrees Centigrade. The settler memorial hut by Summit Road gave welcome shade from the dessicating nor'wester, and pleasant views.<br />
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We returned via Summit Road, not wanting to zigzag upwards in the heat through humid bush back to our car. Below Mt Cavendish roadside cliffs we stopped by gondola poles, and watched gondolas stop & start while passengers came and went above and below.<br />
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Summit Road by gondola poles had a roadside barrier stopping wayward cars smashing gondola apparatus. Further up Summit Road, I wondered why Christchurch City Council hadn't spent money providing barriers at dangerous corners with sheer drops and wrecks of three cars on steep slopes below? We completed our loop in about two hot hours.<br />
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Coda: 2010-2011 earthquakes caused Castle Rock rockfalls and extensive quake damages to Lyttelton, Heathcote Valley and Christchurch. Summit Rd was closed while geotech people made rockfall hazards safe.<br />
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Major Hornbrook Track, 22.02.11 quake: A man was killed by rockfall, en route Christchurch to Lyttelton.<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-38695853784135642922009-11-04T20:12:00.000-08:002012-07-16T14:37:52.266-07:002009. Mt Herbert Walkway from Diamond HarbourSome pics of my Mt Herbert Walkway walk up Mt Herbert (919m), on Labour Weekend Saturday from Diamond Harbour, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand:<br />
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2009. Diamond Harbour Signs, Marine Drive (1)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Stile (2)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway gorse valley with Mt Herbert backdrop (3)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Governors Bay below Dyers Pass, Port Hills. Southern Alps backdrop (4)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Port Hills from Coopers knobs to Mt Ada. Southern Alps backdrop (5)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Pond view of Port Hills from Marleys Hill to The Tors (6)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Rapaki, Cass Bay & Lyttelton below Port Hills. Southern Alps backdrop (7)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Lyttelton below The Tors, Mt Cavendish & Mt Pleasant, Port Hills. Bridle Path snakes above Lyttelton (8)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Mt Pleasant & Evans Pass, Port Hills (9)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Mt Evans Purau to Port Levy Road (10)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway farm track on dip slope below Mt Herbert (11)<br />
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2009. Dead Lamb, Mt Herbert Walkway (12)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway farm track on dip slope below Mt Herbert: getting steeper (13)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Diamond Harbour, Purau, Lyttelton & Port Hills from The Tors to Godley Head. Pegasus Bay backdrop (14)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway strenuously steep view of Diamond Harbour, Purau, Lyttelton & Port Hills from Mt Cavendish to Godley Head (15)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Diamond Harbour & Lyttelton below Port Hills from The Witch to Mt Pleasant. Southern Alps backdrop (16)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Diamond Harbour, Purau & Lyttelton below Port Hills from The Tors to Godley Head. Pegasus Bay backdrop (17)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of a Long White Cloud over Southern Alps with Sugarloaf summit, Port Hills below (18)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Quail Island & Governors Bay below Port Hills from Hoon Hay Reserve to Witch Hill. Southern Alps backdrop (19)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Port Hills from Gebbies Pass up to Gibraltar Rock & Coopers Knobs, to Hoon Hay Reserve above Governors Bay. Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (20)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Charteris Bay, Head of the Bay & Governors Bay below Port Hills from Coopers Knobs to Mt Vernon. Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (21)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Head of the Bay below Port Hills from Coopers Knobs to Mt Ada. Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (22)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Gebbies Pass, Port Hills. Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (23)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Mt Bradley slope & Gebbies Pass. Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (24)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of gorse polluted Mt Bradley. Lake Ellesmere backdrop (25)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway zoom view of gorse polluted Mt Bradley (26)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Mt Bradley & Gebbies Pass, Port Hills. Southern Alps backdrop (27)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway dip slope view of Dyers Pass, Port Hills from Marleys Hill to Mt Vernon. Christchurch & Southern Alps backdrop (28)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Diamond Harbour, Cass Bay & Lyttelton below Port Hills from Witch Hill to Mt Cavendish. Christchurch & Long White cloud over Southern Alps backdrop (29)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Diamond Harbour & Lyttelton below Mt Pleasant, Port Hills. Evans Pass going right. Pegasus Bay backdrop (30)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Lyttelton Harbour below Mt Evans slope. Godley Head, Port Hills backdrop (31)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway dip slope view of Purau & Lyttelton below Port Hills from The Tors to Evans Pass. Christchurch, Long White Cloud over Southern Alps & Pegasus Bay backdrop (32)<br />
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2009. Walkers summiting Mt Herbert (919m). Mt Herbert Walkway seen snaking down the dip slope. Purau below Mt Evans right. Lyttelton Harbour & Port Hills behind, from Mt Pleasant to Godley Head. Pegaus Bay backdrop (33)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of dip slope, Quail Island, Rapaki, Cass Bay & Lyttelton below Port Hills from Mt Vernon to Mt Pleasant. Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Southern Alps, Pegasus Bay backdrop (34)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit Trig Beacon. Port Hills, Canterbury Plains, Southern Alps behind (35)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit Walkers by Radio Repeater Station (36)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit Sign, highest point Banks Peninsula (37)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit Walkers by Radio Repeater Station & Trig Beacon. Southern Alps backdrop (38)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit Radio Repeater Station. Southern Alps backdrop (39)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Port Hills from Cass Peak to Scott Scenic Reserve. Christchurch, Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (40)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Port Hills from Marleys Hill to The Tors: Governors Bay to Rapaki, Cass Bay, Lyttelton. Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Southern Alps backdrop (41)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Charteris Bay, Head of the Bay, Governors Bay & Port Hills from Cass Peak to Mt Vernon. Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Southern Alps backdrop (42)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Charteris Bay, Quail Island, Head of the Bay, Governors Bay & Port Hills from Mt Ada to The Tors. Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Southern Alps backdrop (43)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Bradley & Gebbies Pass up to Gibraltar Rock & Coopers Knobs, Port Hills. Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (44)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Bradley. Lake Ellesmere, Pacific, Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (45)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Bradley. Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (46)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Bradley. Lake Ellesmere, Kaitorete Spit & Pacific backdrop (47)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Bradley. Lake Ellesmere, Kaitorete Spit & Pacific backdrop. Mt Herbert Shelter green speck left (48)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of lower Kaituna Valley. Mt Herbert Shelter green speck right. Lake Ellesmere, Kaitorete Spit & Pacific backdrop (49)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of middle Kaituna Valley (50)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of upper Kaituna Valley (51)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Kaituna Valley Head (52)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit / Port Levy Saddle Sign (53)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of ridge to Port Levy Saddle & Banks Peninsula (54)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of DOC marker pole stash & ridges above Port Levy (55)<br />
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2009. Walkers summiting Mt Herbert with Port Levy view. Pacific backdrop (56)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Port Levy. Pacific backdrop (57)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Evans slopes & Port Levy. Pacific backdrop (58)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Evans & Godley Head left, Port Levy right . Pacific backdrop (59)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of The Monument & Port Levy. Pacific backdrop (60)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Evans, Lyttelton Harbour & Godley Head, Port Hills. Pegasus Bay backdrop (61)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Evans, Purau, Lyttelton Harbour & Godley Head, Port Hills. Pegasus Bay backdrop (62)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Dip Slope, Mt Evans slopes, Purau, Lyttelton Harbour, Port Hills from Mt Pleasant to Godley Head. Pegaus Bay backdrop (63)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit zoom view of Dip Slope, Purau, Lyttelton Harbour & Port Hills from Evans Pass to Godley Head. Pegasus Bay backdrop (64)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Dip Slope, Rapaki, Cass Bay & Lyttelton below Port Hills from Witch Hill to Mt Pleasant. Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Southern Alps backdrop (65)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Quail Island & Port Hills from Sugarloaf to The Tors. Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Southern Alps backdrop (66)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Charteris Bay, Head of the Bay, Governors Bay & Port Hills from Cass Peak to Sugarloaf. Christchurch, Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (67)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Port Hills from Gebbies Pass to Gibraltar Rock & Coopers Knobs, to Cass Peak. Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (68)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Port Hills from Gibraltar Rock & Coopers Knobs to Mt Ada. Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (69)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Bradley, Gebbies Pass to Gibraltar Rock & Coopers Knobs, Port Hills. Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (70)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Bradley & Gebbies Pass, Port Hills. Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (71)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Bradley. Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (72)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Bradley. Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (73)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Bradley. Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (74)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Bradley. Lake Ellesmere, Kaitorete Spit & Pacific backdrop (75)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Bradley slope. Lake Ellesmere, Kaitorete Spit & Pacific backdrop. Mt Herbert Shelter green speck left (76)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of lower Kaituna Valley. Mt Herbert Shelter green speck right. Lake Ellesmere, Kaitorete Spit & Pacific backdrop (77)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Head of the Bay & Governors Bay below Port Hills. Christchurch, Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (78)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Quail Island, Governors Bay, Rapaki & Cass Bay below Port Hills from Marleys Hill to Witch Hill. Christchurch, Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (79)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Dip Slope, Quail Island & Port Hills from Dyers Pass to Evans Pass. Governors Bay, Rapaki, Cass Bay & Lyttelton below Port Hills. Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Southern Alps & Pegasus Bay backdrop (80)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Quail Island, Charteris Bay, Head of the Bay, Governors Bay below Port Hills from Mt Ada to Witch Hill. Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Southern Alps backdrop (81)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Quail Island, Rapaki, Cass Bay & Lyttelton below Port Hills from Mt Vernon to Mt Pleasant. Christchurch, Canterbury Plains, Southern Alps backdrop (82)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Port Hills from Gebbies Pass to Mt Ada. Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop (83)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Purau, Diamond Harbour & Lyttelton below Port Hills from The Tors to Godley Head. Pegasus Bay backdrop (84)<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Quail Island below Port Hills from Mt Ada to The Tors. Long White Cloud over Southern Alps backdrop (85)<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS EsslemontMark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-66585020658168205212009-10-25T22:45:00.000-07:002014-11-18T14:56:46.087-08:002009. Diamond Harbour to Mt Herbert Summit<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCijy-837ehYpI3TyVg1sFjT1N_IT6TVaWMjJ3xqdPHMmzHna9zI6bb2xoFrSVIJAFZDO9oALalOCDrwwmbx-hx0NCW_fOS0B0v_Fwc7dPDg9dVQ-9piFlMV7UbWm0RsMlXlX6zHuCKJA/s1600-h/Picture+8430.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCijy-837ehYpI3TyVg1sFjT1N_IT6TVaWMjJ3xqdPHMmzHna9zI6bb2xoFrSVIJAFZDO9oALalOCDrwwmbx-hx0NCW_fOS0B0v_Fwc7dPDg9dVQ-9piFlMV7UbWm0RsMlXlX6zHuCKJA/s320/Picture+8430.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398969848040339618" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 273px;" /></a><br />
2009. Diamond Harbour Signs, Corner Marine Drive & Waipapa Avenue, Banks Peninsula<br />
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Labour Weekend: As I wanted to walk the long, steep dip slope from Diamond Harbour to Mt Herbert summit (919m), highest point on Banks Peninsula, I parked my car in Waipapa Avenue near yellow road signs. As the weather forecast was sunny, I had sparkling Diamond Harbour views over Lyttelton Harbour to Lyttelton. I walked about 500m down Marine Drive to a DOC sign which stated:<br />
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MT HERBERT WALKWAY<br />
MT HERBERT SHELTER -> 7 KM<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Sign, Marine Drive, Diamond Harbour<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Broom, Diamond Harbour<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Gorse, Diamond Harbour<br />
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I walked the muddy track beside a stream through native bush plantings, then gums, willows and lots of broom and gorse pollution. I crossed a wooden stile, one of 10 wooden stiles and 2 metal ladder stiles I'd cross. Wooden poles with yellow tops marked the way. Higher up some marker poles had orange tops, or white tops.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Footbridge over stream, Diamond Harbour<br />
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I crossed stile 2, then a wooden footbridge over the stream, then leaving the shady trees I crossed a dirt road into sunny farmland. A DOC sign stated:<br />
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MT HERBERT WALKWAY CLOSED<br />
FOR LAMBING 1st AUG - 16 OCT<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Lambing Sign, Diamond Harbour<br />
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On previous walks, I'd seen similar signs in Kaituna Valley and Gebbies Pass.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Private Property & Warning Poison Cyanide Signs, Diamond Harbour<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Stiles, Diamond Harbour<br />
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I crossed the stream again on another wooden footbridge, and by stile 3 I passed PRIVATE PROPERTY and CYANIDE POISON signs. The track climbed the grassy dip slope, and for the next hour or so followed the stream up a gorse polluted valley. Looking back by stile 4, I saw Lyttelton Harbour backdropped by Mt Cavendish and further east Mt Pleasant and Evans Pass.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway, Diamond Harbour Dirt Road & Port Hills Mt Pleasant to Evans Pass<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway, Henderson House Sign, Diamond Harbour<br />
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The rest of my climb up Mt Herbert went through sheep and cattle paddocks in tussock land. The higher I walked up Mt Herbert dip slope, the more spectacular my views. A sign told me I was walking old Henderson settler land, where Henderson had planted bluegums I passed. I coolpixed mud walls of Henderson's ruined house.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway, Henderson House Ruin, Diamond Harbour<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Stile & Diamond Harbour Sheep<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway, Diamond Harbour: Cattle & Port Hills from Witch Hill to Mt Pleasant<br />
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Crossing stile 5 into another paddock I saw a strutting golden pheasant, many sheep and lambs. A man passed, wearing shorts, T shirt and day pack. I was overdressed in longs and long sleeved shirt, which I soon unbuttoned, my sleeves rolled up.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway cow's view of Evans Pass, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Lyttelton below Port Hills from Witch Hill left to Mt Pleasant right<br />
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Higher up I looked at cattle and sheep and enjoyed views over Lyttelton Harbour and eastwards towards Godley Head. I passed through an open gate into another paddock, and after crossing stile 6 the climb became less steep while following the stream up the gorse valley with a steep ridge on my left and Mt Herbert dip slope on my right.<br />
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I regularly stopped to look at Lyttelton and Port Hills views behind me. Ahead were glimpses of Mt Herbert summit through hills.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway gorse valley below Mt Herbert<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Lyttelton Harbour, Mt Cavendish, Mt Pleasant & Evans Pass, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of gorse valley, The Monument left, Mt Herbert right<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway gorse polluted view to Diamond Harbour & Mt Cavendish, Mt Pleasant, Evans Pass, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway & Gorse below Mt Herbert<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Kanuka below Mt Herbert<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Stream below Mt Herbert<br />
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I crossed stile 7 into another sheep paddock beside the gorse valley. By stile 8 I drank CocaCola in the shade of a small kanuka, my last tree for several hours, with a good view of Mt Herbert louring ahead.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway confusing tussock hill, poorly marked<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Dead Cow<br />
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By the gorse valley head, after crossing metal ladder stile 9, the path became rocky, gorsy and steeper. I walked beside the trickling stream to its spring source by rushes and a dry, dead cow. I passed a pond on the slope of a small tussock hill blocking Mt Herbert view. By stile 10 I had western glimpses of snowy Southern Alps over tops of Port Hills.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Stile below confusing tussock hill, poorly marked<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Pond view of Port Hills from Scott Scenic Reserve to The Tors<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway tussock hill view of Port Hills from Sugarloaf to The Tors above Lyttelton<br />
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Thereafter the hillside track became confusing, with two marker poles in two different directions round the tussock hill: The left pole showed a track going left round a lower bend in the hill, the right pole, easily missed, camouflaged by the tussock hill, marked a higher path going right to a farm track on the broad back of Mt Herbert dip slope.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway windy corner view of Lyttelton Harbour & Port Hills from Sugarloaf to The Tors. Rapaki & Cass Bay to the left of Lyttelton. Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway windy corner view of Lyttelton below Port Hills. Rapaki & Cass Bay to the left of Lyttelton<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway windy corner view of Lyttelton below Port Hills from The Tors to Mt Pleasant<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway windy corner view of Lyttelton Harbour, Mt Pleasant & Evans Pass, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Purau to Port Levy Road, Purau Valley between Mt Evans & Mt Herbert<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Purau Saddle & The Monument, Banks Peninsula<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of The Monument ridge below Mt Herbert<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway going trackless by tussock hill below Mt Herbert<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway petering out on tussock hill below Mt Herbert<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway farm track below Mt Herbert<br />
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I took the lower left track to a windy corner with glorious views over The Monument (711m) and Banks Peninsula, and the winding road up Mt Evans (7o3m) from Purau to Port Levy, with Purau Valley below.<br />
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Round the tussock hill the track petered out, becoming stock tracks through tussock land with Mt Herbert summit looming ahead. I thought walkers could become horribly lost in the mist in that trackless zone. Mental note: Round the other side of the tussock hill on my return.<br />
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2009. Walkers going up Mt Herbert Walkway<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway, dip slope view of Lyttelton below Port Hills. Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway, dip slope view of Governors Bay, Rapaki & Cass Bay below Port Hills. Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway, dip slope view of Quail Island, Governors Bay & Rapaki, Port Hills. Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway, dip slope view of Quail Island, Rapaki, Cass Bay & Lyttelton, Port Hills. Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway, dip slope view of Lyttelton below Mt Cavendish & Mt Pleasant. Purau right<br />
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Rounding the tussock hill, I waded through tussock to a wide, green farm track where I coolpixed a couple slogging upwards, and three fit girls loping past, wearing tight black shorts, colourful vests, day packs and white hats.<br />
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The farm track sloped up to two beige plastic water tanks, after which the farm track became steep and strenuous for the next hour or so to Mt Herbert summit.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Dead Lamb<br />
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2009. Steep Mt Herbert Walkway view of Lyttelton, Port Hills & Southern Alps<br />
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2009. Strenuously Steep Mt Herbert Walkway view of Diamond Harbour, Lyttelton, Port Hills & Southern Alps<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Cattle view of The Monument, Banks Peninsula<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Cattle view of Purau, Lyttelton Harbour & Godley Head<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of The Monument above Port Levy<br />
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By broken stile 11 I passed through a gate. I stopped to admire views of Quail Island far below and beyond to Port Hills, Canterbury Plains and Southern Alps. Closer were Banks Peninsula views over Purau, Mt Evans, The Monument and Port Levy.<br />
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I saw 5 more walkers way behind. I passed a dead lamb and 5 black cows with 2 brown calves standing by an empty, round water trough. Beside the track a black plastic pipe joined small, black plastic water tanks and lighter coloured water troughs for stock.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Port Hills from Mt Pleasant to Godley Head. Pegasus Bay backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Diamond Harbour, Lyttelton & Port Hills from The Tors to Evans Pass. Hazy Christchurch, Pegasus Bay & Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Port Hills from Scott Scenic Reserve to Mt Pleasant. Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Port Hills from Cass Peak to Witch Hill. Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Port Hills from Gebbies Pass to Hoon Hay Reserve above Governors Bay. Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Mt Bradley & Gebbies Pass. Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury Plains & Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Gorse Polluted Mt Bradley. Lake Ellesmere backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway dip slope going up to Mt Herbert Summit<br />
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Where the track flattened briefly, I stopped to coolpix Banks Peninsula, Port Hills and views of Canterbury Plains and hazy Alps, which floated in long white clouds. Mt Bradley (855m) southwards was pollluted with golden gorse.<br />
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The 5 walkers caught up, 3 blokes, 2 women, so I sat on a rock, drank my CocaCola, and watched them pass, a bloke pushing an MTB.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway dip slope view of Charteris Bay, Head of the Bays, Governors Bay, Port Hills & Southern Alps<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of The Monument & Port Levy<br />
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I plodded higher, Mt Herbert slopes infested with gorse. The 3 girls jogged past, going down.<br />
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By stile 12, a gate sign stated:<br />
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WALKERS WELCOME<br />
NO DOGS! NO SHOOTERS!<br />
MOUNTAIN BIKES!<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Summit stile view of Mt Bradley<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Walkers below Mt Herbert Summit<br />
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Way behind me two more walkers plodded. Just below Mt Herbert summit a sign stated:<br />
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<- SUMMIT 10 MINS<br />
SHELTER & TOILET 15 MINS -><br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway Sign below Mt Herbert Summit<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway: Walker descending Mt Herbert Summit dip slope to Diamond Harbour. Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island, Port Hills & Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit Sign & MTB<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit Walkers coming & going by Summit Radio Masts<br />
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2009. Trig Beacon, Mt Herbert Summit. Port Hills & Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit Walkers, Radio Masts, Trig Beacon. Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit & Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Bradley summit. Pacific & Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Bradley Summit, Lake Ellesmere, Kaitorete Spit & Pacific. Mt Herbert Shelter: green speck left<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of lower Kaituna Valley, Lake Ellesmere, Kaitorete Spit, Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of upper Kaituna Valley & Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Kaituna Valley Head & Banks Peninsula<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of ridge to Port Levy Saddle, Banks Peninsula<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of The Monument & Port Levy. Mt Evans left<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Purau below Mt Evans, Lyttelton Harbour & Port Hills from The Tors to Godley Head. Pegasus Bay backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Purau, Lyttelton Harbour & Port Hills from Dyers Pass to Evans Pass. Pegasus Bay & Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Port Hills from Cass Peak to The Tors. Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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I didn't bother to go down to the shelter, as I saw it from the summit plateau, which I reached in 3 hours 40 minutes. Twelve other walkers, coming and going, shared the windy summit with me - lots of space.<br />
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I coolpixed 360 degree views: Kaituna Valley, Banks Peninsula and Pacific eastwards; Mt Bradley, Lake Ellesmere, Kaitorete Spit, Canterbury Plains southwards; Mt Herbert dip slope, Diamond Harbour, Lyttelton Harbour, Quail Island, Port Hills, Canterbury Plains, Alps westwards; More Alps, Pegasus Bay, Port Hills, Lyttelton Harbour, Purau, Mt Evans, The Monument, Port Levy, Banks Peninsula northwards.<br />
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2009. Walker Summiting Mt Herbert. Dip Slope, Lyttelton Harbour, Lyttelton, Port Hills, Christchurch, Pegasus Bay & Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Walkers Summiting Mt Herbert. Port Levy backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Port Hills from The Tors to Godley Head. Pegasus Bay & Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbour & Port Hills from Mt Ada to Mt Cavendish. Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Port Hills from Gebbies Pass to Marleys Hill. Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Bradley & Gebbies Pass, Port Hills. Southern Alps backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Mt Bradley with Lake Ellesmere, Southern Alps, Gebbies Pass, Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Lake Ellesmere, Kaitorete Spit, Pacific & Mt Bradley<br />
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Mt Herbert summit was polluted with a long-legged, pyramid trig beacon; a stash of DOC marker poles; a DOC sign; 2 radio shacks; 3 radio masts with 11 solar panels. On a shack metal door, walkers had scratched their names, and someone had tried to scratch out a sign on the door:<br />
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THIS IS A RADIO<br />
REPEATER STATION<br />
USED FOR SEARCH<br />
AND RESCUE<br />
PLEASE DO NOT DAMAGE IT<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit Trig Beacon & Radio Repeater Station<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Charteris Bay, Head of the Bay, Governors Bay, Port Hills, & Southern Alps<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit dip slope view of Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbour, Port Hills, Pegasus Bay & Southern Alps<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of The Monument, Port Levy & Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit view of Port Levy & Pacific<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Summit dip slope view of Purau Valley below Mt Evans. Lyttelton Harbour, Port Hills & Pegasus Bay backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of tussock hill & Lyttelton below Mt Pleasant, Port Hills. Pegasus Bay backdrop<br />
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I sat by a rock sheltering me from the wind, and texted Leah. I lunched: CocaCola, 2 ham buns, 2 snack bars, apple. I watched walkers come and go, most doing the circuit Mt Herbert Walkway: Diamond Harbour - Mt Herbert summit - Shelter - Orton Bradley Park - or vice versa.<br />
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Trouble with the circuit walk was $3 to park your car at Orton Bradley Park, then a long stretch of road walking along Charteris Bay between Orton Bradley Park and Diamond Harbour, depending on where transport was parked. No buses.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway tussock hill above Purau Valley, backdropped by Port Hills & Pegasus Bay<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway tussock land view of Purau, Lyttelton, Port Hills & Pegasus Bay<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway dead sheep view of tussock land, Lyttelton, Port Hills & Pegasus Bay<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Lyttelton below The Tors, Mt Cavendish & Mt Pleasant, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of gorse valley overlooking Lyttelton Harbour, Evans Pass & Godley Head, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway dead sheep view of Mt Pleasant & Evans Pass, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway sheep view of Evans Pass, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway dead sheep view of Lyttelton Harbour, Mt Pleasant, Evans Pass, Godley Head, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway gorse valley view of Lyttelton Harbour, Mt Pleasant, Evans Pass, Godley Head, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway gorse valley view of Mt Cavendish, Mt Pleasant, Evans Pass, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Diamond Harbour, Lyttelton Harbour, Mt Pleasant & Evans Pass, Port Hills<br />
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By the time I'd finished my lunch I'd cooled off, with the wind on the back of my neck. I watched walkers depart until I had Mt Herbert summit to myself.<br />
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I returned to my car down the dip slope I'd climbed, except for the tussock hill which I rounded the opposite way. I coolpixed three dead sheep with spook views over hills and many live sheep. I passed after-lunch walkers plodding upwards. By the gorse valley another bloke pushed his MTB upwards.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Lyttelton Harbour from Governors Bay below Coronation Hill to Rapaki below Mt Vernon & Cass Bay below Witch Hill, Port Hills<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Diamond Harbour & Lyttelton below The Tors & Mt Cavendish, Port Hills. Bridle Path seen snaking above Lyttelton<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway view of Diamond Harbour & Lyttelton Harbour with Mt Pleasant & Evans Pass, Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway, Diamond Harbour view of Lyttelton Harbour & Godley Head<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert Walkway wooden fencing below Henderson's property, Diamond Harbour<br />
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I reached my car after 2 hours 35 minutes, down hill all the way. Driving back to Burnside, via Teddington, Gebbies Pass and Port Hills Summit Road, I stopped several times to coolpix Mt Herbert beyond Lyttelton Harbour. Mt Herbert glowed gold in late afternoon sun, another monument to golden gorse pollution.<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley, seen from Port Hills Coopers Knobs, Summit Road<br />
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2009. Dip Slope below Mt Herbert, seen from Port Hills Coopers Knobs, Summit Road<br />
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2009. Head of the Bay & Dip Slope going up Mt Herbert, with Mt Evans backdrop, seen from Port Hills Coopers Knobs, Summit Road<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley seen from Port Hills Cass Peak, Summit Road<br />
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2009. Dip Slope going up Mt Herbert, seen from Port Hills Cass Peak, Summit Road<br />
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2009. Bit of Governors Bay, Head of the Bay, Charteris Bay, Diamond Harbour below Dip Slope of Mt Herbert. Mt Evans Backdrop. Seen from Port Hills Cass Peak, Summit Road<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley, seen from Port Hills Mt Ada, Summit Road<br />
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2009. Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley, seen from Port Hills Marleys Hill farm, Summit Road<br />
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2009. Dip Slope & The Monument going up Mt Herbert, seen from Port Hills Marleys Hill farm, Summit Road<br />
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2009. Dyers Pass, Quail Island, Diamond Harbour, The Monument, Mt Herbert, seen from Port Hills Coronation Hill, Summit Road<br />
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2009. Sign of the Kiwi, top of Dyers Pass, Port Hills view of The Monument & Mt Herbert, Banks Peninsula<br />
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Coda: Within less than a year, the idyllic scenes I'd seen from the top of Mt Herbert would convulse in a series of earthquakes, causing huge damage to Canterbury, Lyttelton, Christchurch & nearby towns. The main quakes were on 04.09.10; 26.12.10; 22.02.11 (185 deaths) 13.06.11; 23.12.11 Xmas swarm & many 1000s of aftershocks continuing till the end of 2013. The epicentre of the lethal 22.02.11 quake was 5 km below Heathcote Valley, the other side of the Port Hills from Lyttelton.<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-31278575906505040842009-10-14T15:20:00.000-07:002013-03-31T21:09:53.291-07:002009. A Bit of Pegasus Bay<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpKr6AuQRmmdICvBx4_qh5Sx3FkOVmprqhhyphenhyphena9mD2lMW6zeBPC-U0Mw8wov1elYAAKPvyJOvPTo57FD2wEaNKQuuu0g5x7NPb2ug_sJ0ntpSBJlk5UKCnjpDBg6Cx93IgvjvNd5iiEDM/s1600-h/Picture+8082.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393036725649683282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpKr6AuQRmmdICvBx4_qh5Sx3FkOVmprqhhyphenhyphena9mD2lMW6zeBPC-U0Mw8wov1elYAAKPvyJOvPTo57FD2wEaNKQuuu0g5x7NPb2ug_sJ0ntpSBJlk5UKCnjpDBg6Cx93IgvjvNd5iiEDM/s320/Picture+8082.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;" /></a><br />
2009. Broad Park Carpark, Waimairi Beach, Christchurch<br />
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As I wanted to walk a bit of Pegasus Bay from Broad Park to Spencer Park, I parked my car by Broad Park kids' playground near Waimairi Beach. By several Broad Park signs, a sign stated:<br />
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SOUTHERN PEGASUS BAY TRACK<br />
SPENCER PARK 7 KM<br />
WAIMAKARIRI RIVER MOUTH 13 KM<br />
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2009. Southern Pegasus Bay Track Sign & Other Signs, Broad Park, Christchurch<br />
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In drizzly weather, along a wide shingle track, I walked northwards between houses on my left and grassy dunes on my right. By macrocarpas, a bearded jogger passed going to the carpark.<br />
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2009. Start of Southern Pegasus Bay Track, Broad Park, Waimairi Beach, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Waimairi Beach Access, Southern Pegasus Bay Track, Christchurch. Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Bottle Lake Forest Park Sign, Southern Pegasus Bay Track, Christchurch<br />
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I passed several BEACH ACCESS signs with side tracks going over dunes to Pegasus Bay. While I read a BOTTLE LAKE FOREST PARK sign, a couple about my age greeted me while walking northwards.<br />
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2009. Side Tracks from Southern Pegasus Bay Track to Bottle Lake Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Southern Pegasus Bay Track: Dune Access to Pond by Bottle Lake Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Southern Pegasus Bay Track: Broom on Grassy Dunes. Banks Peninsula backdrop<br />
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2009. Southern Pegasus Bay Track: Purple Groundsel, <span style="font-style: italic;">Senecio elegans</span> & Lupins on Dune<br />
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I climbed a dune and saw ducks in a pond in wasteland by Bottle Lake Forest. Besides ubiquitous grass, the dunes grew scattered cabbage trees, yellow flowering broom, lupins and iceplants, <span style="font-style: italic;">Carpobrotus edulis,</span> also SA purple groundsel, <span style="font-style: italic;">Senecio elegans</span>, blackberry brambles and pines.<br />
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2009. Southern Pegasus Bay Track north-eastern view of Pegasus Bay. Iceplant, <span style="font-style: italic;">Carpobrotus edulis</span> in foreground<br />
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2009. Southern Pegasus Bay Track southern view of Grassy Dunes & Bottle Lake Forest. Banks Peninsula / Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Southern Pegasus Bay Track going north<br />
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As my Nikon memory card was full, I sat on shelter belt pine needles while deleting old coolpix. Westwards I saw the high green bank of Bottle Lake Landfill Site, which wafted Christchurch rubbish pongs on the north-west wind. Below the Landfill Site I saw dying pines, and wondered if toxic leachate was killing them?<br />
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2009. Southern Pegasus Bay Track looking west<br />
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2009. Southern Pegasus Bay Track western view of Dying Pines below Bottle Lake Landfill Site<br />
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2009. Direction Signs, Southern Pegasus Bay Track, Bottle Lake Forest<br />
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Passing another Bottle Lake Forest Park sign, I continued northwards through pines along a shared MTB / walking track, hardened by shingle and road rubble, which was hard on my feet.<br />
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Southern Pegasus Bay Track meandered through boring monoculture pines, and on a dune crest I had northern views across Pegasus Bay to Kaikouras, and southern views of Port Hills and Banks Peninsula covered by a long white cloud.<br />
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2009. Southern Pegasus Bay Track north-eastern view over Pegasus Bay<br />
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2009. Southern Pegasus Bay Track south-eastern view over Pegasus Bay. Cloudy Banks Peninsula backdrop<br />
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2009. Southern Pegasus Bay Track side track to Bottle Lake Forest<br />
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2009. Southern Pegasus Bay Track going north through Bottle Lake Forest<br />
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An MTB passed northwards. A dune gap on my left led to Uniform Road, Zulu Road and Tango Road, which served Bottle Lake Forest.<br />
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2009. Southern Pegasus Bay Track side track view of Uniform Road & Tango Road, Bottle Lake Forest<br />
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2009. Zulu Rd & Uniform Rd Signs, Bottle Lake Forest<br />
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2009. Fire Scorched Pines, Bottle Lake Forest<br />
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Another MTB passed northwards. Pines became wasteland where fire had destroyed trees: scorched stumps, branches, logs, wood chip heaps lay by the track. Live pine trunks were scorched too.<br />
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2009. Southern Pegasus Bay Track north-eastern view of Pegasus Bay<br />
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2009. Southern Pegasus Bay Track south-eastern view of Pegasus Bay & long white cloud over Banks Peninsula<br />
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Ambling along dune crests again, with more Pegasus Bay and long white cloud over Banks Peninsula views, two yelling MTBs passed northwards. I wondered why they didn't cycle along the beach? As I'd wandered past so many pollinating pines during the last month, pine pollen definitely didn't give me hay fever. I had yet to discover what gave me hay fever. I suspected it was windblown poisons like 1080, Brodifacoum, Cholecalciferol, potassium cyanide, prolifically used in NZ.<br />
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2009. Broom beside Southern Pegasus Bay Track, south of Spencer Park<br />
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2009. Male Pine Cones, Southern Pegasus Bay Track<br />
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2009. Shared Use Track / Southern Pegasus Bay Track Fork, south of Spencer Park<br />
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I walked through broom wasteland before more pines before Spencer Park. I passed two MTB track signs pointing in opposite directions. I continued northwards along a softer pine track away from hardened shared use tracks.<br />
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At the first Spencer Park picnic spot below pines, I kicked my jandals off and crossed dunes to the beach. I passed pink flowering tamarisks hidden behind dunes. It had taken me 2 hours to dawdle from Broad Park along Southern Pegasus Bay Track to Spencer Park.<br />
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2009. Spencer Park Dune view of Pegasus Bay & long white cloud over Banks Peninsula. Tamarisk in foreground<br />
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2009. Spencer Park Dune view of Pegasus Bay & long white cloud over Banks Peninsula<br />
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2009. Pegasus Bay Beach Driftwood south-eastern view of long white cloud over Banks Peninsula<br />
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As I preferred beach walking, I returned southwards to Broad Park along the beach.<br />
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2009. Gulls, Pegasus Bay near Spencer Park<br />
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2009. Dead Fish, Pegasus Bay near Spencer Park<br />
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2009. Pegasus Bay: South Island Pied Oystercatchers' southern view of Redcliffs, Port Hills & Banks Peninsula<br />
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2009. Footprints, Pegasus Bay & Gull. Kaikoura Range backdrop<br />
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On the shoreline I disturbed two gulls pecking a dead fish. A black oystercatcher with red beak flew overhead northwards. Two south island pied oystercatchers looped behind me, keeping their distance while I plodded south.<br />
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2009. Pegasus Bay southern view of long white cloud over Banks Peninsula<br />
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A bloke my age wearing joggers waved a greeting while plodding northwards. We passed a driftwood pyramid which someone had stuck in the sand.<br />
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I had the beach to myself for a while: I passed waves, and seaweed, and shells, and driftwood below dunes. Groups of gulls stood on the shoreline watching water receding, revealing prey.<br />
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2009. Pegasus Bay Gulls view of long white cloud over Lyttelton between Port Hills & Banks Peninsula<br />
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2009. Footprints by Pegasus Bay<br />
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2009. Pegasus Bay Dune Access to Southern Pegasus Bay Track<br />
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Southwards I saw Adderley Head, Godley Head, Scarborough, Redcliffs, Mount Pleasant, stretching into Pegasus Bay, the long white cloud over Mt Herbert & Banks Peninsula.<br />
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2009. Pegasus Bay Dune Access to Southern Pegasus Bay Track & Bottle Lake Forest<br />
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Near Waimairi Beach a tall girl with short black hair, jeans and a dog passed northwards. We smiled. We looked back. I passed a mother playing amongst driftwood with her four kids.<br />
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2009. Waimairi Beach southern view of Pegasus Bay & Banks Peninsula<br />
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2009. Waimari Beach northern view of Pegasus Bay Joggers<br />
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By a smelly concrete outflow pipe, a man jogged with two dogs northwards. Despite starting my walk in drizzle, a fresh nor-wester on my back and late afternoon sun shoved clouds off Banks Peninsula. In the distance above Lyttelton Port Hills, I watched the last few clouds evaporate on their way to Sign of the Bellbird.<br />
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2009. Waimairi Beach Driftwood view of Pegasus Bay & Banks Peninsula<br />
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After my 1.5 hours southern beach ramble I reached my car at Broad Park. Walking a bit of Pegasus Bay was quicker than meandering MTB tracks in the pine forest.<br />
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2009. Waimairi Beach Dune view of Pegasus Bay & Banks Peninsula. Iceplant, <span style="font-style: italic;">Carpobrotus edulis</span> in foreground<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-12863219066701757992009-10-06T14:25:00.001-07:002012-07-16T14:39:17.029-07:002009. Alpacas, Oxford, NZ<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgnOeIHvbw8hwjrTgr7I_szPYZp0LFYjO31EwUPprBT68zKjf1_RvFPRcIKB5rBwkUzvU4_kSSlHIcOsG6hFRVurVjM2UxHWUUka_srHJDBgowBalYUw7e3PMG8Jamnq5ukQMuOv-1hr4/s1600-h/Picture+7815.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389627479238143522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgnOeIHvbw8hwjrTgr7I_szPYZp0LFYjO31EwUPprBT68zKjf1_RvFPRcIKB5rBwkUzvU4_kSSlHIcOsG6hFRVurVjM2UxHWUUka_srHJDBgowBalYUw7e3PMG8Jamnq5ukQMuOv-1hr4/s320/Picture+7815.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 228px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
2009. Alpacas, Oxford, NZ (1)<br />
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2009. Alpacas, Oxford, NZ (2)<br />
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2009. Alpaca, Oxford, NZ (3)<br />
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2009. Alpaca, Oxford, NZ (4)<br />
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2009. Alpacas, Oxford, NZ. Mt Oxford backdrop (5)<br />
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2009. Alpaca, Oxford, NZ (6)<br />
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2009. Alpaca, Oxford, NZ (7)<br />
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2009. Alpacas, Oxford, NZ (8)<br />
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Content & Pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-12136937599758734552009-10-04T03:21:00.000-07:002014-11-15T17:50:34.263-08:002009. Oxford Alpacas, Mears Bush and Glentui Waterfall<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihoj0LjQG1wp_X0_cwlg-sLwcGGPsFGBb8dMuNbgN5NG2USrD67bXWZPjehK-88Dk_iP53xKgBe6v_2-3-aqBz9XHe4MoNXZ2my-tBJN-apdG6wL8GowpIrtSTWUMMTFucyF28FgWrSN0/s1600-h/Picture+7758.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihoj0LjQG1wp_X0_cwlg-sLwcGGPsFGBb8dMuNbgN5NG2USrD67bXWZPjehK-88Dk_iP53xKgBe6v_2-3-aqBz9XHe4MoNXZ2my-tBJN-apdG6wL8GowpIrtSTWUMMTFucyF28FgWrSN0/s320/Picture+7758.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389321316839158002" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 169px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
2009. Cottage, Main Street, Oxford, NZ<br />
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Leah's work colleague kindly lent us her Oxford holiday cottage for a few days:<br />
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Thursday morning: I drove from Christchurch via Tram Road to Oxford. Our holiday cottage was off Oxford's Main Street, where Leah's colleague had four male alpacas on her land.<br />
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2009. Alpacas, Oxford. Cow With Calves hill backdrop<br />
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2009. Alpacas, Oxford, NZ<br />
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Our cottage bay window had magnificent views of Mount Oxford and The Cow With Calves hill. Our neighbour was Oxford's butcher, with a sheep slaughter-shed at the bottom of his garden. Another neighbour had a horse and stable in a paddock at the bottom of his garden. Early afternoon, he gassed us out by cleaning his stable with buckets of carbolic acid: toxic pong.<br />
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2009. Alpaca Al Pacino & Alpacas, Oxford, NZ<br />
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2009. Alpacas Berty & Goofy, Oxford, NZ<br />
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2009. Four Male Alpacas. Mt Oxford backdrop<br />
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2009. Alpacas: Goofy, Berty, Tiamak. Oxford, NZ<br />
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Late afternoon we observed the alpacas: Al Pacino, white; Goofy, black; Berty, brown; Tiamak, beige with a white mop head. Their grazing ground was a large L shaped paddock below the cottage: the L base went below two neighbours' plots, part of old Oxford's railway track.<br />
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The alpacas' feed shed was behind our cottage, and two alpaca sleeping sheds were on their grazing paddock, used only during extreme weather, as the alpacas preferred sheltering below fence gums and pines.<br />
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2009. Four Male Alpacas, Oxford, NZ<br />
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2009. Alpacas Goofy & Berty, Oxford, NZ<br />
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We watched alpacas graze; dust bath; gnaw fence wire and gate posts; urinate; defaecate; ruminate and stare at us with big quizzical eyes and pursed lips; their hairy ears erect or laid back. Smart animals, keeping their distance, as they thought we were shearers, or the vet.<br />
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2009. Alpacas, Oxford, NZ<br />
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2009. Gate Gnawed by Alpacas, Oxford, NZ<br />
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We drove to Coopers Creek to find Mount Oxford Track, as I planned to summit Mt Oxford (1364m) in summertime.<br />
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2009. Mt Oxford Sunset, Oxford, NZ<br />
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Twilight: Back at our cottage, we relaxed watching sunset over Mt Oxford.<br />
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2009. Mt Oxford Morning, Oxford, NZ<br />
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2009. Butcher Slaughter Shed, Oxford, NZ<br />
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Friday morning: While drinking early morning tea, through our lounge glass door, I watched our neighbour butchering in his slaughter-shed: In quick succession he slaughtered, decapitated, hung, gutted and skinned a dozen sheep.<br />
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He and his son loaded 12 carcasses onto a utility vehicle, covered the meat with a plastic sheet, then drove off, the son driving a 4x4 with a trailer load of barrelled and bucketed offal and heads.<br />
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2009. Mears Bush Entrance / Exit, Crallans Drain Road, Oxford<br />
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2009. Mears Bush Plaque, Oxford<br />
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2009. Potassium Cyanide Warning Sign, Mears Bush, Oxford<br />
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2009. No Dogs Sign, Mears Bush, Oxford<br />
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2009. National Trust Sign, Other Signs, Mears Bush, Oxford<br />
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We drove along Mill Road, then turned right up Crallans Drain Road to Mears Bush, remnant beech forest, preserved in 1980 by Lorna and Peter Mears with a Queen Elizabeth II National Trust Covenant.<br />
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2009. Picnic Table & Mears Bush Track<br />
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2009. Mears Bush Track Fork & Beeches<br />
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2009. Mears Bush Understory & Beech Canopy<br />
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I coolpixed a bronze memorial plaque on a rock to the Mears, and several gate signs at the start / end of Mears Track. By the gate we passed a bench under beeches, then walking uphill we passed a picnic table below more beeches.<br />
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Dawdling uphill, we passed diverse understorey with beech canopy. Beech trunks and mature branches were blackened by fungi, feeding off mites' and scale insects' honeydew, hanging as viscous strands on blackened branches.<br />
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2009. John Moffett Memorial Plaque, Mears Bush<br />
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2009. Mears Bush & Crallans Drain Road. Mt Thomas & Canterbury Plains Backdrop<br />
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2009. Mears Bush & Alpine Backdrop<br />
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At the top of Mears Track we sat on John Moffett memorial bench, and admired views down Crallans Drain Road and beyond to Canterbury Plains and snowy Southern Alps.<br />
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2009. Top Track view of Mears Bush<br />
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2009. Top Track view of Mears Bush & Gorse Pollution<br />
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2009. Mears Bush Beech Trunks<br />
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Further on, we passed a PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB THE ANIMALS sign, presumably red deer, or sheep, which we didn't see in nearby paddocks, or bee hives, which we did see beyond Mears Bush fence.<br />
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A NO ENTRY sign on a beech trunk forbade us disturbing bee hives, which produced honeydew honey from beech mites, and manuka honey from understorey manukas.<br />
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2009. Honeydew on Beech Branch, Mears Bush<br />
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2009. Mears Bush Ladder Bridge.<br />
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2009. Cabbage Tree Flat, Mears Bush<br />
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2009. Ron Boocock Memorial Plaque, Mears Bush<br />
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We crossed a dry creek on a wooden ladder-bridge, then on CABBAGE TREE FLAT by cabbage trees, we passed a memorial bench to Mears Bush conservationist Ron Boocock. I liked dappled light in the understorey amongst blackened beech trunks.<br />
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Leah was fascinated by different coloured bracket fungi on rotting beech logs. Amongst leaf litter and blackened roots, we passed a dark poison dispenser filled with blue bags of potassium cyanide to kill possums. Around Oxford, we'd already seen several potassium cyanide warning signs on fences.<br />
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2009. Mears Bush Glade<br />
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2009. Golden Bracket Fungus on Beech Log, Mears Bush<br />
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2009. Multi-Coloured Bracket Fungus on Beech Log, Mears Bush<br />
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2009. Mears Bush Understorey<br />
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2009. Fresh Fallen Beech Branch, Mears Bush<br />
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2009. Brown Bracket Fungus on Beech Log, Mears Bush<br />
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2009. Yellow Bracket Fungus on Beech Log & Young Beech, Mears Bush<br />
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2009. Yellow & White Bracket Fungi on Beech Log, Mears Bush<br />
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We crossed another wooden bridge over a trickling stream and passed several tree fuchsias, <span style="font-style: italic;">Fuchsia excorticata,<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span>in the dark understory. Till then, I'd never seen real tree fuchsia flowers and had imagined them to be longer than their 2-3cms. Possums browsed tree fuchsia flowers, which were depleted on trees I saw, and possums seemed to thrive on potassium cyanide, as there was no stink of dead possums.<br />
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2009. Tree Fuchsia, <span style="font-style: italic;">Fuchsia excorticata, <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span>Mears Bush<br />
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2009. Potassium Cyanide Dispenser, Mears Bush<br />
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2009. Mears Bush Track<br />
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2009. Mears Bush Bridge<br />
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2009. Mears Bush Exit / Entrance<br />
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Afternoon: We drove to Ashley Gorge, which we'd visited several times over the years on picnics and fishing trips. We walked briefly on Ashley River bank.<br />
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2009. Oxford Millennium Lookout Plaque, Oxford, NZ<br />
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2009. Lookout eastwards view: Oxford & Canterbury Plains, NZ<br />
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2009. Lookout View, Oxford, NZ<br />
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We drove to Oxford Millennium Lookout on a hill above Oxford, to look over Oxford and Canterbury Plains. Leah liked coolpixing a yellow flowering sophora tree, and closer to Oxford, coolpixing a colourful row of rural letterboxes.<br />
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2009. Sophora Flowers, <span style="font-style: italic;">Sophora tetraptera,</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"></span>Oxford Lookout, NZ<br />
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2009. Rural Letter Boxes, Oxford, NZ<br />
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2009. Mt Thomas Camping Ground view over Canterbury Plains<br />
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Saturday morning: I drove to Mount Thomas to find Summit Track, as I wanted to summit Mt Thomas (1023m) in summertime. We picnicked by a Mt Thomas stream near Cherry Orchard Walk, and enjoyed Canterbury Plains views from the empty camp ground.<br />
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2009. Glentui Waterfall Track<br />
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2009. Glentui Waterfall, NZ<br />
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Afternoon: I drove to Glentui to find Richardson Track, as I planned to summit Mount Richardson (1047m) in summertime. Richardson Track started together with much shorter Glentui Waterfall Track, which we walked through beech forest. On the track we found two dead mice, poisoned by cyanide.<br />
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2009. Mt Richardson Sign<br />
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2009. Glentui Waterfall Track / Mt Richardson Track<br />
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From a gorge lookout we looked down on Glentui Waterfall, which had a gorge pool above it. On our walk back to the carpark, we had glimpses of Canterbury Plains and Southern Alps through beech trees down Glentui River valley.<br />
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2009. Glentui River Valley Alpine View<br />
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2009. Beeches at Glentui Carpark<br />
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2009. Farm Gate near Glentui Carpark<br />
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Leah coolpixed a farm gate welded together with old farm implements, tools and junk-metal, like spanners, spade, farm fork, car bumper and bicycle. On the winding road out of Glentui, past the schools' camping hostel, gorse infested the hillside. Where forestry disturbed NZ hills, gorse polluted the land.<br />
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2009. War Memorial, Pearson Park, Oxford, NZ<br />
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Sunday morning: Oxford Farmers Market near Pearson Park. I liked the grey granite obelisk war memorial in Pearson Park:<br />
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"They lie in many lands<br />
That we may live in peace..."<br />
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English names...<br />
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2009. Protea Stall, Oxford Farmers Market, NZ<br />
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2009. Oxford Farmers Market. Mt Oxford Backdrop, NZ<br />
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Leah liked shopping and chatting to youngish farmers selling proteas, honey, coffee, pork pies, Cornish pasties, fish, venison, vegetables, cakes, plants, eggs... Prices were steep. e.g. 1 doz Free Range Eggs: NZ$5.00. Cheaper at Pak 'n Save supermarket.<br />
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Oxford Farmers Market was cold and windy, as a late winter storm was blowing over the Alps. A USA expat told Leah that he'd emigrated to NZ, as he didn't like USA wasteful consumerism and pressures on his kids to grow up too fast in USA.<br />
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2009. Oxford Farmers Market, Oxford, NZ<br />
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Craft Market, Oxford Town Hall: I liked two wooden WW "Roll of Honour" boards on a wall, and revarnished floors and the wooden gallery.<br />
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2009. WW1 Roll of Honour, Oxford Town Hall, NZ<br />
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2009. Craft Market, Oxford Town Hall, NZ<br />
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2009. WW2 Roll of Honour, Oxford Town Hall, NZ<br />
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Thereafter, Leah pilloried me by the old wooden gaol on Main Street.<br />
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2009. Pillory, Old Oxford Gaol, NZ<br />
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Afternoon: I drove back to Christchurch via Old Main Road.<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.<br />
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<a href="http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/southern-beech-forest/1">See Southern Beech Forest</a>Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-51836432444691756092009-09-29T04:47:00.001-07:002012-07-16T14:39:58.142-07:002009. Whitebaiters, Waimakariri River Mouth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcnTMGgzuXxtJX9ErTt5ad7zcOef9MfCsSg0UciWQmvOXZzIxRce81kUopMm3-c2lxsuHUF5PDKwXPwrydvzgPC-OjMBPgm0wV8zJdru4cWQHXUHtO1n61nxkGaERi8_OYOBcWjOVAviA/s1600-h/Picture+7495.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386857017810610914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcnTMGgzuXxtJX9ErTt5ad7zcOef9MfCsSg0UciWQmvOXZzIxRce81kUopMm3-c2lxsuHUF5PDKwXPwrydvzgPC-OjMBPgm0wV8zJdru4cWQHXUHtO1n61nxkGaERi8_OYOBcWjOVAviA/s320/Picture+7495.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 173px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
2009. Whitebaiters, North Bank Waimakariri River Mouth (1)<br />
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2009. Whaitebaiter, Set Net & SUVs, North Bank Waimakariri River Mouth (2)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiters & Set Net, North Bank Waimakariri River Mouth (3)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiters, Set Net & Caravan, North Bank Waimakariri River Mouth (4)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter & Set Nets, North Bank Waimakariri River Mouth (5)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiters & Set Net, North Bank Waimakariri River Mouth (6)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiters & Set Net, North Bank Waimakariri River Mouth (7)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter SUV & Trolley, Brooklands Spit, Waimakariri River Mouth (8)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiters & Set Net, Brooklands Spit & North Bank Waimakariri River Mouth (9)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiters & Gulls, Brooklands Spit & North Bank Waimakariri River Mouth (10)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter & Drag Net, Brooklands Spit & North Bank Waimakariri River Mouth (11)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter & Drag Net, Brooklands Spit & North Bank Waimakariri River Mouth (12)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter & Drag Net, Brooklands Spit, Waimakariri River Mouth (13)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter & Drag Net, Brooklands Spit, Waimakariri River Mouth (14)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter Trolley & Set Nets, Brooklands Spit, Waimakariri River Mouth (15)<br />
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<a href="http://www.fishingmag.co.nz/whitebait-methods.htm">See Whitebaiting Nets and Methods (Fishingmag)</a>Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-23723166652504484422009-09-27T13:54:00.000-07:002014-11-15T17:19:38.438-08:002009. Brooklands Spit and Waimakariri River Mouth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhw9OwMY3qymgX2rzVPgVQVbKnlSfMSXMYQdufvhyphenhyphen1qGXaoBU4YIQyhZ_5Mm8asQColvu3aFXLookSqPkrJL44WHzHW_BMzBcDw29WQXaU2N_KojnR3dQVIX4zWyDVDDyUFioSoW28Woc/s1600-h/Picture+7463.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhw9OwMY3qymgX2rzVPgVQVbKnlSfMSXMYQdufvhyphenhyphen1qGXaoBU4YIQyhZ_5Mm8asQColvu3aFXLookSqPkrJL44WHzHW_BMzBcDw29WQXaU2N_KojnR3dQVIX4zWyDVDDyUFioSoW28Woc/s320/Picture+7463.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386664437299469842" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 298px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
2009. Waimakariri Walkway by Spencer Park, Brooklands Spit<br />
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I drove to Spencer Park about 18 kms from my Burnside Christchurch home, as I wanted to walk north along Brooklands Spit to Waimakariri River mouth. By dunes I parked at the end of Heyders Road, where Waimakariri Walkway began.<br />
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2009. Waimakariri Walkway & Flax overlooking Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Waimakariri Walkway & Cabbage Trees, Brooklands Spit<br />
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I walked sandy Waimakariri Walkway with pines and grassy dunes on my right, and Brooklands Lagoon, flax and sea rushes, <span style="font-style: italic;">Juncus krausii,</span> on my left. With sentinel cabbage trees eastwards<span style="font-style: italic;">, </span>I passed low tide salt marsh westwards, with Mount Thomas further north-westwards<span style="font-style: italic;">.</span> A bearded walker passed, then a female jogger passed.<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><br />
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2009. Brooklands Spit south-eastern view of Pegasus Bay, Banks Peninsula & Port Hills<br />
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Side tracks went into Brooklands Lagoon salt marshes and mudflats. Other side tracks climbed dunes to the Pacific beach. Through dune-binding pines, I took a side track over a spongy pine needle mat to admire the great curve of Pegasus Bay and southern views of Banks Peninsula and Port Hills. Pacific-side pines were wind sculptured. Brooklands Lagoon-side pines gave wind shelter. I wondered when conservationists would plant native dune-binding trees?<br />
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2009. Waimakariri Walkway western view of Maimai in Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Closeup of Maimai in Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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Along south-eastern Brooklands Lagoon, I passed 9 maimais - duck-shooting hides - sprouting like reeds in lagoon waters. By saltmarsh wetland, I passed a picnic table and two benches with western views over maimais and distant Seafield Park.<br />
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2009. Waimakariri Walkway 2 km Sign<br />
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I passed a wooden 2 km sign (weathered)...<br />
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2009. Waimakariri Walkway Grassy Dune & 3 km Sign<br />
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I passed a wooden 3 km sign (unweathered). A male walker nodded when passing, wearing a hat, Swanndri tartan shirt, longs and joggers. I wore a shirt, windcheater, longs and walked bare feet. I'd slipped my jandals off as sand irritated, aggravated by pulverised powder, caused by SUV and motorbike tracks, despite vehicle prohibition signs. I passed fresh side tracks, where motor- bikers had ripped over dunes.<br />
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2009. Waimakariri Walkway north-western view of Brooklands Housing, Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Waimakariri Walkway Fork, Brooklands Spit<br />
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2009. Waimakariri Walkway Pine Track, Brooklands Spit<br />
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2009. Waimakariri Walkway 4 km Sign, Pine Forest, Brooklands Spit<br />
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On the far side of Brooklands Lagoon I saw Brooklands houses. By a muddy ditch, Waimakariri Walkway forked right into a pine forest, guided by orange plastic markers. By wooden 4 km... then 5 km signs, I still strode through pines, with glimpses of Brooklands Lagoon through pines. I wandered through dark pines and thought of symbiotic mycorrhizae on pine roots.<br />
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2009. Waimakariri Walkway Salt Marsh, Brooklands Spit opposite Brooklands. Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Waimakariri Walkway south-western view of Salt Marsh, Brooklands Spit<br />
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2009. Waimakariri Walkway 5 km Sign, Brooklands Spit Pine Forest<br />
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2009. Dry Creek Driftwood, Brooklands Spit Pine Forest<br />
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2009. Waimakariri Walkway Markers, Brooklands Spit Pine Forest<br />
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2009. Brooklands Spit End, Waimakariri River Mouth<br />
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I crossed salt marshes for a while near Brookands Lagoon, with views of the lagoon and further south to the Port Hills. After crossing a muddy creek filled with driftwood, I broke through dark pines into sunlight at the end of Brooklands Spit.<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter & Vehicles, Waimakariri River Mouth North Bank<br />
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2009. Whitebaiters & Caravan, Waimakariri River Mouth North Bank<br />
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2009. Whitebaiters & Set Net, Waimakariri River Mouth North Bank<br />
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2009. Whitebaiters & Trolley, Waimakariri River Mouth North Bank<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter, Set Net & SUVs, Waimakariri River Mouth North Bank<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter, Sets Nets & SUV, Waimakariri River Mouth North Bank<br />
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About 200m away on the north bank of Waimakariri River mouth, I watched whitebaiters tending their set-nets in the water. On the south bank by fallen pines and masses of driftwood, I sat on a fallen trunk and counted 14 rows of set-nets, with whitebaiter SUVs and trolleys parked on the mudflat, backdropped by Pines Beach pines.<br />
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It took me 1 hour 35 minutes to walk Brooklands Spit from Spencer Park to Waimakariri River mouth. Southshore Spit further south by New Brighton was much longer and wider.<br />
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2009. Duck, Brooklands Spit, Waimakariri River Mouth<br />
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2009. Fallen & Live Pines, Brooklands Spit End, Waimakariri River Mouth<br />
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2009. Brooklands Spit End: Driftwood westwards view of Brooklands Lagoon Mouth left & upstream Waimakariri River right<br />
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2009. Whitebaiters, Waimakariri River Mouth North Bank<br />
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I watched three shags and a duck floating in the current, and diving for prey. I examined south bank driftwood, and coolpixed north bank whitebaiters.<br />
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2009. Brooklands Spit south-westwards view: Brooklands Lagoon near Waimakariri River Mouth<br />
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2009. Brooklands Spit southern view: Brooklands Lagoon near Styx River Mouth. Banks Peninsula Mnt Herbert & Mnt Bradley backdrop<br />
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I backtracked through pines to more driftwood on the east bank of Brooklands Lagoon, where I watched waters flow into Waimakariri River, past a gull perched on the end of a fallen pine, backdropped by a north bank yacht club.<br />
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2009. Brooklands Spit northern view: Brooklands Lagoon Mouth into Waimakariri River<br />
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2009. Brooklands Spit northern view: Brooklands Lagoon Mouth into Waimakariri River. Yacht Club backdrop<br />
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Back on Waimakariri Walkway, I passed the 5 km sign again, and cut across dunes and several SUV tracks to whitebaiters on the south bank of Waimakariri River mouth.<br />
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2009. Brooklands Spit End Whitebaiters, Waimakariri River Mouth<br />
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2009. Brooklands Spit Drag Net Whitebaiter. Waimakariri River Mouth North Bank backdrop<br />
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2009. Brooklands Spit Drag Net Whitebaiter & Gulls. Waimakariri River Mouth North Bank backdrop<br />
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2009. Drag Net Whitebaiter, Brooklands Spit, Waimakariri River Mouth<br />
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I saw 6 SUVs on the mudflat and 6 rows of whitebaiter set-nets in south bank waters. Whitebaiters wandered the mudflat, checking their set-nets. I watched a whitebaiter drag his net in shallows upstream, haul his drag-net out of the water, look for whitebait, then drag his net downstream, then haul and inspect, and repeat...<br />
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2009. Whitebait Trolleys, Brooklands Spit, Waimakariri River Mouth<br />
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2009. Whitebait Trolleys & Caravan, Brooklands Spit, Waimakariri River Mouth<br />
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I looked at 33 whitebaiter trolleys parked higgledy-piggledy below spit dunes, with metal-framed set-nets stacked on each trolley, with box nets on top. Each wire-mesh set-net had frame prongs for pressing into river mud. Two small whitebaiter caravans were parked by trolleys. Whitebaiter boots and waders lay by a caravan stool.<br />
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2009. Banded Dotterel Nesting Area Sign, Brooklands Spit, Waimakariri River Mouth<br />
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My walk back to Spencer Park along Brooklands Spit beach took 1 hour 10 minutes. Near the end of Brooklands Spit I saw more BANDED DOTTEREL NESTING AREA signs (two) than banded dotterels (one). Leaving Waimakariri River mouth, I passed big driftwood logs below dunes. Driftwood became smaller and smaller the further south I walked from Waimakariri River mouth.<br />
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2009. Driftwood, Brooklands Spit, Waimakariri River Mouth, south-eastern Banks Peninsula backdrop<br />
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On the low tide beach, I passed a lone southern pied oystercatcher and several gulls. I had the late afternoon beach to myself, except for shells, driftwood, kelp, footprints, gull tracks, dog paw prints, deep horse hoof prints and SUV tracks.<br />
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2009. Foot Prints & Gull Prints, Brooklands Spit<br />
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2009. SUV, Brooklands Spit. Pacific & Banks Peninsula backdrop<br />
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Three noisy SUVs passed south, belching diesel fumes.<br />
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2009. Brookland Spit southern view of Mt Pleasant & Mt Cavendish, Port Hills. Banks Peninsula Mt Herbert & Mt Bradley backdrop<br />
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While the sun set behind dunes, lengthening beach shadows, Pacific waves glowed red. Northwards, a vapour plume flew east of Waimakariri River mouth. Southwards, another plume flew offshore, obscuring Banks Peninsula views. Mount Pleasant loomed ahead, speckled by houses, with Mount Herbert and Mount Bradley behind.<br />
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2009. Brooklands Spit view of Brooklands Lagoon Sunset<br />
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I crossed a dune for a last look over twilight Brooklands Lagoon. Back on the twilight beach near Heyders Road exit, I saw three couples: fisher folk casting into surf; lovers holding hands; photographers flashing.<br />
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2009. Heyders Road Beach Entry, Spencer Park by Waimakariri Walkway<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.<br />
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<a href="http://www.fishandgame.org.nz/Site/HuntingNZ/HuntingMaiMai.aspx">See Maimai Construction (Fish & Game New Zealand)</a>Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-89412599818582921292009-09-22T05:15:00.000-07:002012-07-16T14:40:45.504-07:002009. Whitebaiters, Styx River Mouth, Brooklands Lagoon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcA5m7iZZ43brPjOaXAx9mLuFGlumzvYxSv12LA7klXH_X4Qvx7qZ8SKOKYogLtywLVxCpAISkX8iZ-PbG_sDkkaWZ_rdADB-3CeKMMjvmpfmyMcqvjhLhfgGVXQFYfG1qcgwMgqf4TBw/s1600-h/Picture+7227.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384268063492308898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcA5m7iZZ43brPjOaXAx9mLuFGlumzvYxSv12LA7klXH_X4Qvx7qZ8SKOKYogLtywLVxCpAISkX8iZ-PbG_sDkkaWZ_rdADB-3CeKMMjvmpfmyMcqvjhLhfgGVXQFYfG1qcgwMgqf4TBw/s320/Picture+7227.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 136px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
2009. Whitebait Set Net, Styx River Mouth, Brooklands Lagoon (1)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiters, Styx River Mouth, Brooklands Lagoon (2)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiters, Styx River Mouth, Brooklands Lagoon (3)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiters, Styx River Mouth, Brooklands Lagoon (4)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiters & Gull, Styx River Mouth, Brooklands Lagoon (5)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiters, Styx River Mouth, Brooklands Lagoon (6)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiters, Styx River Mouth, Brooklands Lagoon (7)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter & Gulls, Styx River Mouth, Brooklands Lagoon (8)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter & Set Net, Styx River Mouth, Brooklands Lagoon (9)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter, Styx River Mouth, Brooklands Lagoon (10)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter, Styx River Mouth, Brooklands Lagoon (11)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter, Set Net & Gulls, Styx River Mouth, Brooklands Lagoon (12)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter, Set Net & Gulls, Styx River Mouth, Brooklands Lagoon (13)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter, Brooklands Lagoon, Christchurch (14)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter, Brooklands Lagoon, Christchurch (15)<br />
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2009. Whitebaiters, Brooklands Lagoon, Christchurch (16)<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-45469492994561347942009-09-21T15:45:00.000-07:002014-11-15T17:02:07.121-08:002009. Brooklands Lagoon and Styx River Mouth, Christchurch<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTq2_Qhe1qHuc4K51nnIwrHOCMCHw_0VwApiipNpjPBjuRgtHIiLteUudA_15enXtrMP_CLD5AsKdQEGtmEjj4J7kq7HAKNF4-UQjNU6QvrZhQ4wFs0fn0zaDvwIiZSAd_Gc3px16xvVI/s1600-h/Picture+7167.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTq2_Qhe1qHuc4K51nnIwrHOCMCHw_0VwApiipNpjPBjuRgtHIiLteUudA_15enXtrMP_CLD5AsKdQEGtmEjj4J7kq7HAKNF4-UQjNU6QvrZhQ4wFs0fn0zaDvwIiZSAd_Gc3px16xvVI/s320/Picture+7167.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384099630978117362" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 245px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
2009. Spencerville, Lower Styx Road turnoff to Spencer Park right<br />
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2009. Spencer Park Sign, Spencerville, Christchurch<br />
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As I wanted to walk northwards along the west side of Brooklands Lagoon to Styx River mouth, I drove along Lower Styx Road to Spencerville, turned right into Heyders Road, and parked my car below macrocarpas at Seafield Park, opposite Spencer Park entrance.<br />
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2009. Spencer Park Map<br />
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2009. Seafield Park Sign opposite Spencer Park entrance<br />
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2009. Picnic Table northwards view of Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon Map<br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon Info Board<br />
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2009. Wildlife Park Sign, Seafield Park, Spencerville<br />
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2009. Bird Viewing Platform, south-west end Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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At the start of Seafield Park and its Wildlife Park, I coolpixed info boards. While our sons grew up in Christchurch, we'd visited the Wildlife Park to see aviary birds and kune kune pigs.<br />
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2009. Direction Sign, Brooklands Lagoon Walk, Seafield Park<br />
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2009. Flax, south-west end Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Duckboards, Brooklands Lagoon Walk, South-West Bank<br />
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By Brooklands Lagoon, I looked at a bird watching platform, and walked northwards past the Adrenalin Forest for those paying to climb pines. I strolled sandy Brooklands Lagoon Walk past pines, poplars, flax, native bush plantings, sedges and sea rushes, <span style="font-style: italic;">Juncus maritimus. </span>(Later renamed <span style="font-style: italic;">Juncus krausii</span>). I passed a wooden bench and crossed duckboards over a dry ditch by pines, spring green willows, pittosporums and cabbage trees.<br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon Walk, bench low tide, eastern view of Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon Walk: Marsh Ribbonwoods, Meadows & Sea Rushes, <span style="font-style: italic;">Juncus krausii</span><br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon Walk: Marsh Ribbonwood Flowers, <span style="font-style: italic;">Plagianthus divaricatus</span><br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon Walk: Bird Hide on grassy dune<br />
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I passed two more wooden benches overlooking low tide Brooklands Lagoon. I saw salt marsh sedges, and sea rushes, and marsh ribbonwoods, <span style="font-style: italic;">Plagianthus divaricatus, </span>with millions of tiny yellow flowers, like beads on divaricating twigs, before spring leaves sprouted.<br />
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2009. Bird Hide Steps, Brooklands Lagoon Walk<br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon Bird Hide, southern view of Bottle Lake Forest<br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon Bird Hide, western view of Cattle Paddock<br />
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2009. Bird Hide low tide, north-eastern view of Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Bird Hide low tide, southern view of Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Bird Hide low tide, eastern view of Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon low tide, north-eastern view, seen from Bird Hide<br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon Walk, Bird Hide & southern Bottle Lake Forest<br />
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By a lagoon meadow I passed a foraging white faced heron. At the bird hide on a grassy dune top, I watched a pied stilt in the water and three pukekos foraging in meadow grass. I saw few birds, as it was early afternoon with a chilly north-easterly wind. Not a cloud in the sky.<br />
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2009. Wetland Boardwalk, Brooklands Lagoon Walk<br />
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2009. Boardwalk, eastern view of Brooklands Lagoon Salt Marsh<br />
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Northwards beyond the hide, I passed a farm gate, dodged horse dung, and scuffed my way through horse hoof prints on the shared track, which had muddy ditches and puddles near lagoon waters.<br />
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On a boardwalk above slimy, still waters I looked at marsh ribbonwoods, sedges and flax. The shared horse / walking track forked, with pink signs directing horses left to horse paddocks and new Brooklands houses by pines, and blue signs directing walkers right along Brooklands Lagoon bank.<br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon Walk, Seafield Park Horse Paddock<br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon Walk, southern view of Bottle Lake Forest & distant Port Hills<br />
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By two more wooden benches with their backs to Brooklands Lagoon, I sat on one bench with my back to the Pacific wind and scoffed my lunch: apple, CocaCola, salami. I looked at Brooklands pines, and looked southwards to Bottle Lake pines, and beyond to distant Port Hills and Banks Peninsula.<br />
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I watched two Australian harriers flapping - soaring - flapping... into the nor-easter, one high, one low over mud flats: hunting. Both harriers swooped and vanished into sea rushes in the middle of Brooklands Lagoon.<br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon Walk, Bench & Lookout Sign<br />
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2009. Dune Lookout south-eastern view, low tide Brooklands Lagoon. Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Dune Lookout Bush, eastern view Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Dune Lookout, eastern view Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Dune Lookout, north-eastern Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Dune Lookout, northern Salt Marsh, Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Dune Lookout, Brooklands Lagoon Walk<br />
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2009. Picnic Tables near Dune Lookout, Brooklands Lagoon Walk<br />
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The track circled grassy dunes to a Lookout picnic table on top. Beyond the Lookout, I saw two more picnic tables near trees. Further on, I passed another picnic table and two small wooden benches.<br />
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2009. Barkers Brook, Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Horse Track / Brooklands Lagoon Walk Fork<br />
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2009. Horse Track Sign, Brooklands Lagoon Walk<br />
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By Barkers Brook culvert, wetland water trickled into Brooklands Lagoon. The shared track forked again with horses directed left to Brooklands housing, and walkers directed right along Brooklands Lagoon bank.<br />
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2009. Housing / Wetland Development, Brooklands: no new housing in recession<br />
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On my left I passed a Brooklands / wetland new housing development, with native plantings on a graded dune, new roads and drains, but no houses due to the recession.<br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon Walk low tide, north-eastern view of Salt Marsh, Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon, low tide Mudflats, north-eastern view of Pine Shelter Belt<br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon, Salt Marsh low tide, south-eastern view. Banks Peninsula backdrop<br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon, Salt Marsh Creek western view, Macrocarpas & Brooklands House<br />
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2009. Salt Marsh Creek House, south-eastern view Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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As it was still low tide, I left the track and crossed a slippery mudflat to dune pines near Styx River mouth. On the way, I walked through sea rushes and dodged mudflat snails. Crabs scuttled to their mud holes when I approached.<br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon Whitebaiters, near Styx River Mouth<br />
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2009. No Vehicle Access, Brooklands Lagoon Walk, Harbour Road, Brooklands<br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon Walk Sign, Harbour Road, Brooklands<br />
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2009. Maori Carving on Garage Lintel, Harbour Road, Brooklands<br />
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Through pines I crossed the dune, and watched two whitebaiters tending their set-nets in Brooklands Lagoon. Recrossing the grassy dune, I rejoined the walkway, which ended by Harbour Road.<br />
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At the last house, I coolpixed a Maori carving on a garage lintel. I squelched through mud to Styx River mouth, my jandals becoming so sludged, it was easier walking bare feet.<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter, Styx River Mouth, Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter Boat, Styx River Mouth, Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Styx River Mouth, Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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I watched more whitebaiters tending their set-nets. One man stood by his SUV parked near the boatramp, and watched his green set-net in Styx River. I coolpixed two more whitebaiters in wetsuits hauling their set-nets from Styx River to their SUV. A whitebaiter boat chugged upstream to the boat ramp doing 5 knots. Several cars were parked by the boat ramp, viewing the show.<br />
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2009. Warning Signs, Styx River Mouth, Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Styx River Mouth, Boat Ramp Rule Board, Brooklands Lagoon<br />
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2009. Blue Lagoon Drive / Harbour Road Corner, Brooklands<br />
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I looked at Waimakariri River & Brooklands Lagoon boat rules board, and read the noticeboard. My dawdle from Spencer Park to Styx River mouth took me 2 hours. My return was faster: 1 hour. I returned via new housing on Blue Lagoon Drive.<br />
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2009. Brooklands Lagoon Walk, northern dune view: Salt Marsh & Pine Shelterbelt, Brooklands<br />
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Back on Brooklands Lagoon Walk, southwards, as it was late afternoon, I saw more birdlife: ducks, gulls, white faced herons and many pukekos. I saw two horse riders, and three walkers passed me too. The nor-easter and cloudless, sunny sky left my face wind-burnt, despite my windcheater hood.<br />
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2009. Rubbish Free Parks Sign, Seafield Park, Spencerville<br />
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Coda: With all that Brooklands Lagoon, Styx River, Waimakariri River water, Spencerville and Brooklands were badly damaged by 2010-2011 quakes.<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-72485855039927134402009-09-15T17:52:00.000-07:002012-07-16T14:41:33.562-07:002009. Kaiapoi River and Pegasus Bay Walkway<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVn0eso5jRO1fTGVLmZLAhWFGGDBDGf0Cifl4I8nMCjZCKHEEWs-Pjpg-nqlg8umeuxt_Zfii1J3QzyxiVhrPhvvwfe-qbQe4puvXut_yRmnSfyXnB1YHpFkP-lNxrVHFeuXC1c4Va-U/s1600-h/Picture+6926.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382266042407818594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVn0eso5jRO1fTGVLmZLAhWFGGDBDGf0Cifl4I8nMCjZCKHEEWs-Pjpg-nqlg8umeuxt_Zfii1J3QzyxiVhrPhvvwfe-qbQe4puvXut_yRmnSfyXnB1YHpFkP-lNxrVHFeuXC1c4Va-U/s320/Picture+6926.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 211px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
2009. Charles St view of old Kaiapoi Railway Station Building, Kaiapoi Wharf, Kaiapoi. The Kaiapoi Railway Station bldg was badly damaged by the 4 Sept 2010 quake<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi Railway Station Plaque, Kaiapoi Wharf, Kaiapoi<br />
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2009. MV Tuhoe moored by Kaiapoi Wharf, Kaiapoi. The Kaiapoi Railway Station bldg left & wharf were badly damaged by the 4 Sept 2010 quake<br />
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I drove to Kaiapoi, about 20kms from Burnside Christchurch, and parked my car at Kaiapoi Wharf by Charles St on the north bank of Kaiapoi River. I wanted to walk downstream on the stopbank Pegasus Bay Walkway, beyond Kaiapoi River / Waimakariri River confluence towards Waimakariri River mouth by Pines Beach on the Pacific.<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi River Boats moored by Kaiapoi Wharf, Kaiapoi. The wharf was damaged by the 4 Sept 2010 quake<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi Wharf, Waimakariri Harbour Sign, Kaiapoi Wharf, Kaiapoi<br />
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2009. Pleasure Boat, Kaiapoi Wharf, Kaiapoi River, Kaiapoi<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi Wharf view of Whitebaiter & Moored Boats in Kaiapoi River, Kaiapoi<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi Coastguard Building, Kaiapoi Wharf, Kaiapoi. The Coastguard bldg & wharf were damaged by the 4 Sept 2010 quake<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi Coastguard Door Sign, Kaiapoi Wharf, Kaiapoi<br />
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I lingered at Kaiapoi Wharf while looking at old Kaiapoi Railway Station; Kaiapoi Wharf and Waimakariri Harbour sign; MV Tuhoe; other boats; whitebaiter; Coastguard building; boatramp.<br />
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A concrete path along the stopbank top led me beside Kaiapoi River willows and birches, and houses on the north bank, and new houses by Raven Quay. Opposite Raven Quay I passed a waterlogged willow island, as it was high tide.<br />
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2009. Stopbank, Pegasus Bay Walkway, Kaiapoi River, Kaiapoi. The stopbank was damaged by the 4 Sept 2010 quake<br />
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2009. Pegasus Bay Walkway view of Houses by Raven Quay, Kaiapoi River, Kaiapoi<br />
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2009. Stopbank Concrete Path, Pegasus Bay Walkway, Kaiapoi River, Kaiapoi. The stopbank path was damaged by the 4 Sept 2010 quake<br />
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Further on, I found a concrete and mosaic plinth by a bench. On top of the plinth an iron bird wheeled in the northwest wind. At the bottom on four sides words said:<br />
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* Walk the path *<br />
* the river flows *<br />
* the days pass *<br />
* all is one *<br />
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2009. Stopbank, Pegasus Bay Walkway view of Bird Statue by Kaiapoi River, Kaiapoi. The stopbank walkway & statue were damaged by the 4 Sept 2010 quake<br />
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A raven-haired woman passed, wearing joggers, black pants, red vest and iPod. I wore jandals, shorts, T shirt and green wind-cheater, as the nor-wester chilled the stopbank. By Askeaton Park, at a bend in the river, a boatie chugged upstream between willows.<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi River Boat, Askeaton Park, Kaiapoi<br />
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I passed a public loo on the stopbank, then sidled down to another boatramp by Kaiapoi River, near the BMX Track. By the boatramp, I looked at a Waimakariri River Harbour and Brooklands Lagoon sign, with many boatie rules and a warning "...Swimming in Waimakariri River is dangerous and not advised..." I passed a "Dumping Prohibited" sign by the boatramp carpark.<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi BMX Track near Kaiapoi River<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi River Boatramp near Kaiapoi BMX Track<br />
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2009. Kaipoi River Boatramp Info Board, Boatramp near Kaiapoi BMX Track<br />
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2009. Dumping Prohibited Sign, near Kaiapoi River Boatramp & BMX Track<br />
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2009. Stopbank, Pegasus Bay Walkway Stile near Kaiapoi BMX Track & Boatramp<br />
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Back on the stopbank, Pegasus Bay Walkway, at the end of Kaiapoi I crossed a stile, and found a sign stating:<br />
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Pegasus Bay<br />
Walkway<br />
1 hour 30 minutes to Pines Beach<br />
5 hours to Waikuku<br />
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2009. Stopbank Bridge, Pegasus Bay Walkway view of Whitebaiters by a Creek near Kaiapoi River<br />
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On my right I passed a Kaiapoi River swamp, on my left a series of paddocks, the first with black cattle. By a creek I coolpixed two whitebaiters.<br />
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2009. Stopbank, Pegasus Bay Walkway eastwards view of Stile by Paddocks near Kaiapoi River<br />
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I crossed another stopbank stile, and near Ferry Road cul de sac a young man with iPod and friendly, leashed pitbull passed. They left the stopbank by parked cars. I sidled down to Waimakariri River to look at Kaiapoi River / Waimakariri River confluence upstream on my right. I watched a whitebaiter with his big net wandering through willows.<br />
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2009. Waimakariri River upstream view of Waimakariri River / Kaiapoi River Confluence<br />
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2009. White Faced Heron in Raupo Swamp, between Kaiapoi Sewage Farm & Waimakariri River<br />
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2009. Whitebaiters, Waimakariri River. Kaiapoi River Confluence right behind Whitebaiters<br />
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2009. Waimakariri River Mouth seen from Ferry Road river track, Kaiapoi<br />
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I walked downstream along a track beside Waimakariri River. I watched a white faced heron perched on a branch in a raupo swamp. Three bearded whitebaiters passed, laden with gear. One sported a ponytail. Lots of whitebait fishermen during the recession, on the dole. Grim faced, they must've thought I was a fishery officer coolpixing their catch.<br />
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At a 5 knots sign beside Waimakariri River, I watched another whitebaiter camped on the opposite bank, about 200m away. Waimakariri River flowed fast, deep, green and dangerous past a distant Yacht Club towards the Pacific.<br />
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2009. Stopbank, Pegasus Bay Walkway eastwards view of Raupo Swamp near Ferry Rd, Kaiapoi<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi Sewage Treatment Plant Info Board by Pegasus Bay Walkway<br />
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2009. Pegasus Bay Walkway eastwards view of Kaiapoi Sewage Farm left & Raupo Swamp right<br />
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2009. Jockey Baker Creek below Kaiapoi Sewage Farm. Waimakariri River & Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Duck in wetland below Kaiapoi Sewage Farm, Jockey Baker Creek. Waimakariri River & Port Hills / Banks Peninsula backdrop<br />
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When the track ended by the raupo swamp beside Waimakariri River, I returned to the stopbank, Pegasus Bay Walkway. With raupo swamp on my right, I passed Kaiapoi Sewage Farm on my left, the wind wafting a nasty smell.<br />
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In oxidation ponds, gulls, ducks and two black swans floated in cruddy waters. "Clean" water flowed into Jockey Baker Creek below Kaiapoi Sewage Farm. I coolpixed a duck in wetland below Kaiapoi Sewage Farm.<br />
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2009. Jockey Baker Creek by Waimakariri River. Port Hills backdrop<br />
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2009. Pegasus Bay Walkway view of Raupo Swamp. Waimakariri River & Port Hills / Banks Peninsula backdrop<br />
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"Crappy river again!" I thought. "I bet tourists don't visit this spot!" At least Christchurch city engineers were completing their ocean outlet sewage pipe from Bromley Ponds, trying to cleanse Avon-Heathcote Estuary toxic waters.<br />
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I passed more Waimakariri River wetland on my right, with raupo matrixed by Jockey Baker Creek, and distant views of Port Hills and Banks Peninsula.<br />
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As Kaiapoi was on the northern Ashley River floodplain, I thought if a tsunami hit, or if Ashley River flooded, or Kaiapoi River flooded, or Waimakari River flooded, or Styx River flooded, or several rivers and creeks flooded simultaneously, and stopbanks broke, Kaiapoi residents would be swimming in deep crap.<br />
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Later the 4 Sept 2010 quake caused great damage to Kaiapoi. Waterlogged soil caused much liquefaction damage.<br />
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2009. Pegasus Bay Walkway eastwards view of Jockey Baker Creek<br />
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2009. Pegasus Bay Walkway eastwards view of Jockey Baker Creek / Waimakariri River Confluence<br />
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2009. Westwards view of Jockey Baker Creek below Stopbank, Pegasus Bay Walkway<br />
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2009. Jockey Baker Creek below Stopbank, Pegasus Bay Walkway & Kaiapoi Sewage Farm<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi Sewage Treatment Plant Oxidation Pond<br />
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By pine trees and another stile overlooking Jockey Baker Creek / Waimakariri River confluence, distant Pines Beach and Waimakariri River mouth, I turned back, as I'd had wind in my face for over an hour. I'd dawdled for 1 hour 40 minutes from Kaiapoi Wharf. My return was quicker: 1 hour.<br />
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2009. Stopbank, Pegasus Bay Walkway, westwards view near Ferry Road, Kaiapoi<br />
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2009. Stopbank Creek Bridge near Kaiapoi, Pegasus Bay Walkway<br />
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2009. Pegasus Bay Walkway view of "Clean Green NZ" paddock near Kaiapoi, & hazy Aussie dust obscuring Mount Thomas<br />
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2009. Walkers on Stopbank, Pegasus Bay Walkway near Kaiapoi<br />
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On my way back Southern Alps were obscured by haze, caused by desert dust blown over the Tasman Sea from Australia. It reminded me of an Aussie beige haze over Christchurch in February, when bush fires burned Victoria. On my return to Kaiapoi, all I could see of the Alps was hazy Mount Thomas.<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi River upstream view, near BMX Track & Boatramp, Kaiapoi<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi River upstream view, Askeaton Park, Kaiapoi<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter, Kaiapoi River, near Charles Street, Kaiapoi<br />
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On the concrete path back at Kaiapoi, I watched a whitebaiter below willows haul his net from Kaiapoi River onto the riverbank. An elderly couple strolled past, back to their car, while I coolpixed the whirling bird statue below louring clouds. A fat man on his electric wheelchair nodded in greeting while he passed.<br />
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2009. Bird Statue on Stopbank, Pegasus Bay Walkway, Charles St, Kaiapoi. The stopbank & Charles St were damaged by the 4 Sept 2010 quake<br />
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2009. Walkers, Pegasus Bay Walkway, Kaiapoi River Stopbank, Kaiapoi. The Pegasus Bay Walkway & stopbank were damaged by the 4 Sept 2010 quake<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-74754268811461036822009-09-10T18:23:00.000-07:002014-11-15T12:52:35.881-08:002009. Waimakariri River and Kaiapoi River Confluence<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFjX8e3qhGL4L3l4kDQQM8EV2vxdR3iL-JNSjXBVe08D0QAIp4t_GhyphenhyphenfjUwiq8RPDTuAYvBdW-G_ZjwufLVwmOrK4l4ly-0pPBBzURdqWtGj7BMcUShf57051tESstkdQgVW9VKEPUMY/s1600-h/Picture+6319.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFjX8e3qhGL4L3l4kDQQM8EV2vxdR3iL-JNSjXBVe08D0QAIp4t_GhyphenhyphenfjUwiq8RPDTuAYvBdW-G_ZjwufLVwmOrK4l4ly-0pPBBzURdqWtGj7BMcUShf57051tESstkdQgVW9VKEPUMY/s320/Picture+6319.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380082040008243266" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 208px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
2009. Wrights Road Carpark, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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I parked my car at Wrights Road carpark, entrance to Waimakariri River Regional Park. I wanted to walk down Waimakariri River north bank, through Poynter Nature Reserve to the confluence with Kaiapoi River, walk up Kaiapoi River south bank to Raven Quay, then return to my car on the stopbank track called Kaiapoi Island Trail East.<br />
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2009. Dobson Drive Warning Signs, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Kiwirail Engine on Bridge 17 over Waimakariri River, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi Island Trail East Sign on Stopbank by Waimakariri River Railway Bridge 17, Christchurch<br />
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I walked eastwards along Dobson Drive, under Waimakariri River Main North Road Bridge, and coolpixed a Kiwirail goods train while it rumbled across Bridge 17 over Waimakariri River.<br />
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2009. Poynter Nature Reserve Sign, Dobson Drive, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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I passed POYNTER NATURE RESERVE sign and walked along the shared bike / walking track beside Waimakariri River. I passed poplars beside Dobson Drive and the stopbank on my left, with willows, concrete blocks and Waimakariri River on my right.<br />
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2009. Shared Use Track, Dobson Drive left, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Shared Use Track view of Waimakariri River, Dobson Drive, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Waimakariri River north bank downstream view, Dobson Drive, Christchurch<br />
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By Jury's Outlet, I coolpixed flax and tussock grass plantings along a sludgy creek taking swamp water from Jury's Wetland behind the stopbank to Waimakariri River.<br />
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2009. Jury's Outlet to Waimakariri River, Dobsons Drive, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Stopbank view of Dobson Drive & Jury's Outlet to Waimakariri River, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Stopbank view of Dobson Drive & Waimakariri River north bank, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Stopbank view of Macrocarpa Shelterbelt, Pines & Willows, near Dobson Drive, Christchurch<br />
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Bored by riverside willows, I sidled up a track and walked eastwards along the top of the stopbank, with a macrocarpa shelterbelt and farmland leftwards. Pine trees leftwards and willow trees rightwards wafted spring pollen in arboreal orgy. Pornographer broom behind pines spoilt the show.<br />
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2009. <span style="font-style: italic;">Pinus radiata</span> Male & Female Cones, Waimakariri River Stopbank, Dobson Drive, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Willow Catkins, Waimakariri River Stopbank, Dobson Drive, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Pines & Willows, Waimakariri River Stopbank, Dobson Drive, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Shared Use Track by Monopoli's Pond & Dobson Drive, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Monopoli's Pond by Waimakariri River north bank, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Railway Reserve by Waimakariri River north bank, Christchurch<br />
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On the shared track again, I snapped Monopoli's Pond beside Waimakariri River and the RAILWAY RESERVE sign in the picnic site. By Dobson Drive / Anglers Causeway an angler angled by his SUV. On a Waimakariri River island I saw shags and gulls. On the opposite bank I saw more anglers and SUVs.<br />
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2009. Dobson Drive / Anglers Causeway Junction, Waimakariri River north bank, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Waimakariri River north bank upstream view, Railway Reserve, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Yellow Eyed Mullet, Waimakariri River north bank, Railway Reserve, Christchurch<br />
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As fishing looked good from shingle banks, I made a mental note to bring Leah and Luke another time to try our luck at salmon fishing. On the riverbank, I snapped a dead yellow eyed mullet.<br />
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2009. End of Dobson Drive, Waimakariri River, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Start of Poynter Track by Waimakariri River, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Poynter Track Info Boards & Native Bush Plantings by Waimakariri River, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Poynter Track Info Board, Waimakariri River, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Wooden Bridge & Native Plantings, Poynter Track, Waimakariri River, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Duckboard Bridge, Poynter Track, Waimakariri River, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Sprayed Grass, Native Plantings & Willows, Poynter Track, Waimakariri River, Christchurch<br />
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At the end of Railway Reserve beyond Dobson Drive carpark, I looked at signs showing POYNTER NATURE WALK. I passed willows and native bush plantings, and crossed a wooden bridge over a slimy creek.<br />
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At one point I found sprayed weedkiller had killed grass by native plantings. Many willows were dead, reminding me of WW1 Delville Wood battleground, and I wondered whether they were poisoned too?<br />
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2009. Dead Willows in Swamp, Poynter Track, Waimakariri River, Christchurch<br />
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2009. The Crossing Info Board, Poynter Track, Waimakariri River, Christchurch<br />
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2009. The Crossing, Poynter Track, Waimakariri River, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Boardwalk leaving The Crossing, Poynter Track, Waimakariri River, Christchurch<br />
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Through the swamp I walked THE CROSSING boardwalk, where in the centre an info board gave Maori and European settler history: Maori foraged wildfowl, fish and native plants, while European settlers planted swamp-sucking crack willows. At the crossing, in the middle of the swamp I late-lunched on CocaCola, Pam's Chunky Steak Pie and a Flemings Chewy Muesli Bar.<br />
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2009. Stopbank View of Farmlands & Alps: near Waimakariri River / Kaiapoi River Confluence<br />
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2009. Poynter Track Swamp View of Waimakariri River Stopbank near Kaiapoi River<br />
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2009. Duckboard Bridge, Poynter Track near Waimakariri River / Kaiapoi River Confluence<br />
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I climbed the stopbank again to look at farmland and distant Alpine views. Back in the low tide swamp I crossed another duckboard bridge. At the LOOKOUT by Waimakariri River / Kaiapoi River confluence, I walked another boardwalk and admired rivers and distant Pacific views from a wooden bench.<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi River / Waimakariri River Confluence Lookout, South Island, NZ<br />
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2009. Whitebaiter, Kaiapoi River, near Waimakariri River, Mainland, NZ<br />
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2009. Maori Boaties, Kaiapoi River, near Waimakariri River, South Island, NZ<br />
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Again I saw anglers and SUVs on the opposite Waimakariri River bank. I watched a whitebait fisherman in gumboots wading Kaiapoi River by the opposite bank, and sliding his big net into shallows. He stopped whitebaiting for a while, when 5 Maori men in a boat chugged by at 5 knots.<br />
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2009. Warning Signs, Kaiapoi River / Waimakariri River Confluence Lookout<br />
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2009. Boardwalk to The Landing near Lookout, Kaiapoi River,<br />
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By THE LANDING info board at the Lookout, I read more Maori and European history: use of wildlife foods by Maori and draining of swamps and building of stopbanks by European settlers. I made another mental note to weekend-cruise the Kaiapoi River in MV Tuhoe.<br />
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The info board mentioned more Mainland rivers - Rakaia, Rangitata, Waitaki - and informed me that Waimakariri meant, "Cold Water," and Kaiapoi meant, "Swung Food," in Maori.<br />
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2009. The Landing Info Board, Kaiapoi River<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi River South Stopbank, western view to Kaiapoi<br />
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On top of the stopbank, I walked up the Kaiapoi River for about 1 km, with swamp on my right and grassy farmland and snowy Alps on my left...<br />
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2009. Raven Quay over Courtenay Stream view of Kaiapoi housing along Courtenay Dr<br />
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2009. Raven Quay view of Kaiapoi housing & upstream Kaiapoi River<br />
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2009. Raven Quay Maori Whitebaiter, Courtenay Stream near Kaiapoi River<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi River, low tide upstream view near Raven Quay<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi River, high tide upstream view near Raven Quay<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi River, downstream view near Raven Quay<br />
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2009. Courtenay Lake Fishing Rules, Kaiapoi<br />
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2009. Courtenay Lake, Kaiapoi<br />
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2009. Courtenay Lake Ducks, Kaiapoi<br />
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2009. Courtenay Lake Black Swan, Kaiapoi<br />
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At Raven Quay I watched 2 Maori men patiently whitebaiting by sliding their nets into Courtenay Stream. I snapped Kaiapoi River views, and lingered at nearby Courtenay Lake, where I birdwatched ducks and black swans. Kids 17 years and under were allowed licensed salmon and trout fishing all year round at Courtenay Lake.<br />
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2009. Raven Quay, Start of Kaiapoi Island Trail East & Poynter Track<br />
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2009. Raven Quay view of Maori Whitebaiter, low tide Courtenay Stream near Kaiapoi River<br />
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2009. Raven Quay view of high tide Courtenay Stream near Kaiapoi River<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi River South Stopbank view of Swamp Willows, near Raven Quay<br />
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2009. South Stopbank view of a Swamp Creek entering Kaiapoi River<br />
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2009. South Stopbank view of Swamp by Kaiapoi River<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi River South Stopbank view of Paddock, Kaiapoi & Southern Alps<br />
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I returned to my car via the track on top of the stopbank, a long L shaped walk, with rivers, swamps, farmlands and Alpine views. Along the way, 2 male bikers and a man and brown dog passed. Besides me, they were the only people on the tracks that still Thursday afternoon.<br />
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My dawdle from Wrights Road carpark to Raven Quay took 2.5 hours. My faster return along the stopbank took 1 hour 10 minutes.<br />
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2009. Corner of Kaiapoi River & Waimakariri River Stopbanks<br />
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2009. Waimakariri River Stopbank view of Swamp near Poynter Track<br />
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2009. Waimakariri River Stopbank view of a Kaiapoi Paddock & Southern Alps<br />
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2009. Waimakariri River Stopbank view of Irrigation Pivot in a Kaiapoi Paddock<br />
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2009. Walker on Waimakariri River Stopbank going from Christchurch to Kaiapoi<br />
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2009. Stopbank view of Waimakariri River, near Poynter Track<br />
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2009. Waimakari River Stopbank going from Kaiapoi to Christchurch<br />
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2009. Waimakariri River Stopbank view of end of Railway Bridge 17, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Mark JS Esslemont, Swamped, Poynter Track, Waimakariri River, Christchurch<br />
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In the weekend Leah and I walked Poynter Track to see high tide rivers. Kaiapoi River and Courtenay Stream were about 1 metre higher than low tide waters I'd seen three days before. An Australian harrier circled above the swamp. I wondered what it was hunting?<br />
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After The Crossing on the return loop going to Railway Reserve, I was impressed with native plantings beside Poynter Track, but gorse, broom and blackberries were ghastly: more than elsewhere on Poynter Track.<br />
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2009. Boardwalk, Poynter Track, Waimakariri River, Christchurch<br />
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Coda: The 4 Sept 2010 quake badly damaged Kaiapoi, leaving many quaked trashed houses & quake displaced people. There was liquefaction damage by Raven Quay, Courtenay Stream & Courtenay Lake. Raven Quay had wide quake cracks & Kaiapoi River bank slumped towards the river. Houses along Courtenay Dr near Raven Quay were badly damaged by the quake.<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.<br />
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<a href="http://www.visitwaimakariri.co.nz/new-zealand/main/">See "Visit Waimakariri"</a>Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-90389342016630916302009-09-03T18:48:00.000-07:002012-07-16T14:42:18.907-07:002009. Waimakariri River Willows and Stopbank<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOHj7SgpHWVkr_WI17eB-Py6B-jk_J6_G6kmcOm-aez_MPNQTPqi0XU4mBQfg3sYeG0Wsj6pqN4peooQKSd7_aD2W9dwI0gwHC0TNOQ0SgdOk_Y3jNOVq8CpIdy2HKDLTifmhHHRDl6M/s1600-h/Picture+6060.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377857774754616418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOHj7SgpHWVkr_WI17eB-Py6B-jk_J6_G6kmcOm-aez_MPNQTPqi0XU4mBQfg3sYeG0Wsj6pqN4peooQKSd7_aD2W9dwI0gwHC0TNOQ0SgdOk_Y3jNOVq8CpIdy2HKDLTifmhHHRDl6M/s320/Picture+6060.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 209px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
2009. Wrights Road Entrance, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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I drove along Marshlands Road and Main North Road, crossed the Waimakariri River, then immediately after the bridge turned left into Wrights Road entrance to Waimakariri River Regional Park. I wanted to walk upriver through willows on Waimakariri River north bank, below the stopbank, then loop downstream back to my car. At the park gate I saw signs:<br />
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* GATE CLOSED 7 pm. Gate Closed 10 pm during daylight saving hours.<br />
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2009. Fish & Game NZ Sign, Wrights Road, Christchurch<br />
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* FISH & GAME NZ with fishing rules for Chinook salmon, brown trout, rainbow trout.<br />
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* PROTECT OUR WATERS from Didymo alga, rock snot.<br />
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2009. Didymo Rock Snot Warning Sign, Wrights Road, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Old Kaiaipoi Island Map, Waimakariri River Regional Park Information, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Maori History, Kaiapoi Island, Waimakariri River Regional Park Information, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Early European History, Kaiapoi Island, Waimakariri River Regional Park Information, Christchurch<br />
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I parked at the carpark, looked at the new public loo, and read WELCOME TO KAIAPOI ISLAND info boards giving maps and Kaiapoi Island Maori and Early European settler history. Below riverbank willows were more signs:<br />
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* TREATED INDUSTRIAL LIQUID WASTE PRESENT IN WATER BELOW THIS POINT<br />
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2009. Toxic Water Sign, Kaiapoi Island, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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* WARNING DRINKING OR SWIMMING IN THIS WATER IS A HEALTH HAZARD<br />
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2009. Toxic water / Swimming Sign, Kaiapoi Island, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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While tourists were lured with "Clean Green NZ" images, locals had to put up with toxic waters. No way would I eat salmon or trout caught in Waimakariri River, which flowed too fast and cold for safe swimming.<br />
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2009. Shared Track going below State Highway 1 Waimakariri River Bridge, Christchurch<br />
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As it was Thursday afternoon, I had the shared bike / walking track to myself. I walked on shingle and mud through leafless willows and Yunan poplars, crossed gravelly Hamilton Quay, passed under the double State Highway 1 Waimakariri River Bridge, and continued along the track beside the stopbank through thousands of willows, some poplars, a few cabbage trees and karamu, <span style="font-style: italic;">Coprosma robusta.</span> The willows looked old, and had already been chopped down, but most swamp stumps had grown new willow branches.<br />
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2009. Willows, Shared Track, Kaiapoi Island, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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Early spring male catkins gushed pollen, leaf buds burst, and in a week Waimakariri willows would green again. I understood the need for willows and poplars to soak up swamp water, and trap flood silt, and protect the stopbank from erosion, but I wondered when Environment Canterbury would eradicate exotic willow weeds and replace them with riparian native shrub and tree succession?<br />
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2009. North Bank Stopbank north-eastern view, Kaiapoi Island, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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I crossed a duckboard bridge over a dry creek, and watched a rabbit hopping along the track. Side-tracks on my right enabled me to climb the stopbank to the freshly graded shingle road on top, and look at farmland and willow / poplar views. Distant Southern Alps were covered in snow.<br />
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On one side-track I found hindquarters of a dead rabbit. As I'd passed several discarded Magnum shotgun cartridges, the rabbit was blown to bits.<br />
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2009. Half Rabbit Carcass, Northern Stopbank, Kaiapoi Island, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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2009. North Bank Stopbank western view, Kaiapoi Island, Waimakariri Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Shared Track Willows overlooking grass towards Hays Road, Kaiapoi Island, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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From the stopbank I saw noisy quarry trucks churning dust clouds on Hays Road. Dust settled on wide grass strips both sides of Hays Road. The quarry trucks were extracting shingle from Waimakariri River bed.<br />
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More willows lined the river banks. An hour of trudging over muddy MTB tracks and dog paw prints, willow after willow... became boring. Beyond an electricity pylon a direction board gave me the option:<br />
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<- SMITH STREAM LOOP<br />
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RETURN VIA STOPBANK -><br />
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2009. Shared Track Smith Stream / Stopbank Direction Sign, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Smith Stream Flax & Willows, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Smith Stream, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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2009. North Bank Stopbank View of Willows by Smith Stream, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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I walked beside Smith Stream still waters, clogged with water weeds and lined with willows. I disturbed two ducks which flew off. They were the only bird life I saw amongst the willows. The track climbed the stopbank, which gently S-bended for about 300 metres, with willows on one side and farmland on the other, wafting cow dung smell.<br />
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2009. North Bank S Bend in Stopbank near western end of Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Gate on Stopbank Road, western end of Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Concrete Block, Waimakariri River North Bank western view, Trail Bike Park, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Waimakari River River North Bank western view, Kaiapoi Island, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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Beyond a locked gate across the road on top of the stopbank, with strong cable fencing each side, I sidled back to Waimakariri River. Intermittently I walked through riverbank willows and big concrete blocks to look at fast flowing waters. In some places riverbank shingle was steeply eroded.<br />
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2009. Smith Stream Sign, Trail Bike Carpark, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Trail Bike Learners Area Sign, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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I crossed a dusty trail bike circuit and looped back to Smith Stream by the trail bike carpark, where I saw two more ducks in Smith Stream. I passed a trail bike rule board and a couple of easier trail bike circuits: "Learners Area 16 years and under only..." While I coolpixed an info board a quarry truck barrelled by covering me in dust.<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi Trail Bike Park Sign, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Hays Road, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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I walked on grass beside Hays Road back to my car. Every step I took, puffs of dust blew up. After several quarry trucks roared past carrying Waimakariri River shingle, and flinging dust clouds at me, I hated those trucks.<br />
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2009. Shingle Extraction Quarry Truck, Hays Road, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Recreations Sign, Hays Road, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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After a long trek over dusty grass, with some tree plantings between riverbank willows, all with planting tops chopped off, and past a mixed recreational area - kayaking, birdwatching, fishing, biking, walking - I arrived at old Hamilton Quay where I stopped at a memorial bench and cross for Marie Davis (1992-2008).<br />
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Marie was a Papanui schoolgirl murdered by a local creep, recently judged quilty at Christchurch Courts. I placed a stone on a cairn below the cross, glanced at the friendly message book in a plastic box on the cross, and watched Waimakariri waters flow downstream.<br />
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2009. Marie Davis Memorial Cross, Hamilton Quay, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Bully's Rock Plaque, by Jet Boat Ramp, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Jet Boat Info Board, Jet Boat Ramp near State Highway 1 Waimakariri River Bridge, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Jet Boat Rules Sign, Jet Boat Ramp near State Highway 1 Waimakariri River Bridge, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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I looked at a bronze plaque below a rock commemorating "Bully's Rock..." I lingered at the Jet Boat Ramp near the state highway bridge and coolpixed boatie rule boards.<br />
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Across the river I saw Otukaikino Creek mouth spewing waters over shingle into Waimakariri River. As Otukaikino Creek went past Belfast oxidation ponds, I wondered how many fishermen, water skiers and boaties got doses of <span style="font-style: italic;">Escherichia coli</span> downstream of Waimakariri River bridges?<br />
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2009. Jet Boat Ramp, Waimakariri River, opposite Otukaikino Creek Mouth, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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2009. North Bank Waimakariri River view of Main North Road Bridge, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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Back at my car, my walk time was 3 hours 15 minutes, several coolpix stops en route.<br />
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2009. Kaiapoi Island Sign & State Highway 1 Waimakariri River Bridge, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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<a href="http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/didymo">See Didymo Rock Snot (Biosecurity NZ)</a>Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-77204890362973860762009-08-30T20:53:00.000-07:002018-02-24T19:18:30.124-08:00Post Apartheid: Alleman's August 2009 SA DispatchIn South Africa you now have the season of Great Expectations. The expectation has been created that president Zuma is going to be Father Christmas to the poor. Everyone is suffering with tremendous food, electricity, petrol... prices. So now everyone is striking for higher wages - the mines, army, post office... Of course many businesses have closed down and there is a general downturn in the economy. Whoops! The tax receipts will be down by about 60 to 80 billion Rands. The government has over committed itself on benefits for the unemployed, poor, pregnant... Huge infrastructure developments take place in country. Massive upgrading of roads, airports, new sports stadiums, underground railway for Joburg, new rapid transport systems for the cities...<br />
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Other side of the coin is that South Africa is going backwards as a manufacturing country. Now a food importer (first time in a hundred years). Education an absolute shambles. Millions of illegal immigrants streaming across borders. Borders a shambles. Half air force grounded, no pilots, no technical staff. Crime out of control. Crime syndicates thriving. Chinese everywhere. Nigerians everywhere. Government hospitals absolute shambles. Corruption widespread in government. Our neighbour Zimbabwe totally bankrupt and still no real improvement...<br />
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Ysterplaat air force base near Milnerton: Next to it has risen Century City, massive mall, offices, flats, (thousands of people)... You will not recognise the Cape Flats. About 2 million people have moved there from the Transkei. We are not counting the Somalis, Nigerians, Congolese, Angolans, Zimbabweans, Chinese...<br />
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You had a plot at Pringle Bay. That is also a sizeable small town with its own shopping centre...<br />
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<a href="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/ottsun/090828/canada/white_south_african_granted_refugee_status"><br /></a>Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-35701692948807811032009-08-28T18:20:00.000-07:002012-07-16T14:42:45.065-07:002009. Waimakariri River Stopbanks and McLeans Forest<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx60bi0ZP4W7cbn_wLTf7JLshTKYAGIZl4BYhhaULmo4KDoaEPAex26CQAsvAfM1mFGHxCN2i5P4QrvhMZ5cIWkQKIKr0iXlTWVpsq6Luk9XFl2R4TqpaW5cJFuElHTH5ivP3Z8_rKJ1w/s1600-h/Picture+5739.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375561053315479042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx60bi0ZP4W7cbn_wLTf7JLshTKYAGIZl4BYhhaULmo4KDoaEPAex26CQAsvAfM1mFGHxCN2i5P4QrvhMZ5cIWkQKIKr0iXlTWVpsq6Luk9XFl2R4TqpaW5cJFuElHTH5ivP3Z8_rKJ1w/s320/Picture+5739.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
2009. McLeans Forest Sign, McLeans Island Road, Christchurch<br />
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North of Christchurch, I drove along McLeans Island Road to McLeans Forest beside Waimakariri River, in Waimakariri River Regional Park, opposite Orana Wildlife Park. I wanted to explore huge stopbanks which lined both banks of Waimakariri River to its mouth, thus protecting Christchurch in the south and Kaiapoi and Rangiora in the north from flooding.<br />
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2009. Track Directions, Waimakariri River Regional Park, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Waimakariri River Regional Park Development Plan, Christchurch<br />
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By the carpark under pines I saw spur-winged plovers and bikers coming and going. I stopped to coolpix info boards by the carpark, which described the reclamation of Waimakariri River banks and the gradual extension of Waimakariri River Regional Park from McLeans Forest along both river banks to Waimakariri River mouth by 2012.<br />
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2009. Flood Warning, Waimakari River, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Bike & Walking Tracks, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Walking Track, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Beware Golf Balls, McLeans Island Golf Club, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Main stopbank, McLeans Island Golf Club, Christchurch<br />
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I walked through a pine plantation belt beside McLeans Island Golf Club where a sign warned: BEWARE GOLF BALLS. Three paunchy men lugged their golf carts over the golf course. A male jogger and a couple walking their two leashed beagles passed me. They were the only walkers I saw that early Friday afternoon. Many MTBs passed me on various tracks. Some bikers were kids, and I wondered why they weren't at school?<br />
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2009. Bikers, main stopbank, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Waterhole by Waterhole Road, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Waterhole Road Sign, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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I crossed the main stopbank and looped beside a bike track through pines to Waterhole Road and back to the stopbank near a waterhole. In the next couple of hours I'd see several waterholes in McLeans Forest, where water was stored to fight fires.<br />
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2009. Main stopbank view of NZ Equestrian Centre Paddock, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Main stopbank south-western view of young pines, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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I walked westwards along the road on top of the main stopbank. Below on my right were young pines, with gorse infestation between every pine row.<br />
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2009. Main stopbank north-western view of Young Pines, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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Trouble with exotic pine plantations was their boring monoculture; no native plant diversity; neglect of noxious weeds like gorse; little bird song. Having passed one straight stripe of pruned pines, after a few minutes all pines looked the same, thousands of them: green pollution. I wondered when Environment Canterbury would plant native riparian trees like kahikatea black pines?<br />
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2009. Angle Avenue, Young Pines & Gorse, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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I left the 20 degree Centigrade nor'wester by angling right down Angle Avenue, where mature pines sheltered me from dessicating winds. I walked through pines along Norton Avenue, where a smaller stopbank paralleled the main stopbank.<br />
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2009. Angle Avenue / Norton Avenue Junction, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Small Stopbanks off Norton Avenue, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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I left Norton Avenue along a pine needle track towards the smaller stopbank, where bike and walking tracks became confusing: shingle tracks too close, criss-crossing, and a plethora of bike and walker / jogger plastic signs beside tracks, with many WRONG WAY signs, which irritated me, as I had a good sense of direction.<br />
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2009. Small stopbank off Norton Avenue, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. River Loop Track off Norton Avenue & Farm Road, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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I walked westwards along a shingle path on top of the smaller stopbank, with glimpses of farm paddocks through pines on my right. I turned right on RIVER LOOP TRACK, 2 km return, as I wanted to see Waimakariri River. I crossed Farm Road, and strolled along the edge of farm paddocks on my right, with pines on my left.<br />
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2009. Farm Road, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Waimakariri River Flood Warning, River Loop Track, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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In the pine plantation again, I found a direction board and an exclamation mark ! warning sign, with a notice warning about being quickly cut off by flooding Waimakariri River by River Road. Thereafter I looked for unpruned pines for quick climbing.<br />
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I continued along the MTB RIVER LOOP TRACK with distant glimpses of Waimakariri River through pines.<br />
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2009. Farm Road Gate view of Miners Bank Road Stopbank, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. River Road / Miners Bank Road Corner, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Waimakariri River & Southern Alps, River Road, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Waimakari River western view, River Road, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Waimakari River & Alps, River Road, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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I looped through pines back to Farm Road, where I walked west to the gate at the end of the park by Miners Bank Road. I walked along the road to River Road and its end gate at a corner, and coolpixed braided Waimakariri River from the stony river bank, where someone had illegally dumped rubble and rubbish below willows.<br />
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Waimakariri River wasn't flooding, but was swollen with brown water snow-melt from distant snowy Alps, westwards over Canterbury Plains.<br />
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2009. Waimakari River eastern view, River Road, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Illegal Dumping by Waimakariri River, River Road, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Miners Bank Road Stopbank eastern view, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Farm Road Gate, Miners Bank Road, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Miners Bank Road Stopbank view of Norton Avenue Gate, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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As I didn't want to be bogged by more MTB / walker paths and annoying plastic signs in Waimakariri River Regional Park, I walked back along Miners Bank Road past fencing with wide iron standards and thick iron cables.<br />
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I walked along the road on top of the stopbank, parallel to Miners Bank Road. I passed poplars and young pines on my right and older pines and gates at the ends of Farm Road and Norton Avenue on my left.<br />
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2009. Main stopbank eastern view of Miners Bank Road & stopbank, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Main stopbank eastern view from Miners Bank Road, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Waterhole, main stopbank & Miners Bank Road, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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I crossed Miners Bank Road at main stopbank gate, and looked at another waterhole with ducks swimming in it. I watched a SUV raising dust while driving on top of Miners Bank Road stopbank.<br />
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As the nor'wester was drying me out, and my CocaCola was being quickly quaffed, I walked back to my car along the top of main stopbank, back through Mcleans Forest.<br />
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2009. Main stopbank eastern view, South Poplar Crescent left, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Main stopbank eastern view near Tresillian Road, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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I glimpsed Roydvale Pony Club paddock through a pine strip on my right. On my left through pines, I glimpsed the walking track and South Poplar Crescent below main stopbank.<br />
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2009. Main stopbank eastern view near Angle Avenue, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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I passed Tresillian Road on my left, and entered an avenue of mature pines beside main stopbank. Spring was in the air, millions of male pine cones opening, releasing pollen to the dry nor'wester. Fallen pollen lined puddles on top of the stopbank.<br />
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2009. Bike Track near carpark, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Bike & Walking Tracks near carpark, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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Leaving pines at Angle Avenue again, I passed NZ Equestrian Centre paddock again, and coolpixed more plastic signs, forcing MTB and walking tracks apart below pines by McLeans Island Golf Club. Compared to pine needles, roots, and dark clay on walking tracks, lighter coloured tracks worn by MTBs showed rapid erosion. Asian ladies lugged their golf carts over the golf course.<br />
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2009. Bike Hire Sign, McLeans Forest Carpark, Christchurch<br />
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Back at the carpark I went to the public loo. People could hire MTBs at a shed. An info board stated that stopbank and flood protection works had been going on since the 1850s, and much pick and shovel work was done during the 1930s Great Depression, constructing stopbanks beside Waimakariri River.<br />
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2009. Waimakariri River Stopbank Information, McLeans Forest, Christchurch<br />
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My walk time: 3 hours 15 minutes, many pit stops en route.<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.<br />
<a href="http://www.ecan.govt.nz/home/"><br />See Environment Canterbury</a>Mark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-5372699604921734912009-08-22T21:33:00.000-07:002014-11-15T11:54:00.962-08:002009. Travis Wetland Walkway, Christchurch<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzuDLJtftJBcuWg01XzG-eSOEI6hyhTL72e0-fiOHmHH7lkubcRGT6NGOAISa-pFuqdoOq5rQcwWx1hUUG_b79LyBLtWyFVz8HQcDsFIuzAEgqNm0U1hN_AlNVZe9DbSV5wvsLnPzmgU/s1600-h/Picture+5457.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzuDLJtftJBcuWg01XzG-eSOEI6hyhTL72e0-fiOHmHH7lkubcRGT6NGOAISa-pFuqdoOq5rQcwWx1hUUG_b79LyBLtWyFVz8HQcDsFIuzAEgqNm0U1hN_AlNVZe9DbSV5wvsLnPzmgU/s320/Picture+5457.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373671972993854082" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 202px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
2009. Barkers Lane view of Travis Wetland Waterway parallel to Anzac Drive, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Gulls, Travis Wetland Waterway, Barkers Lane, Christchurch<br />
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Christchurch was mostly built on ancient swamps, so I parked my car on Barkers Lane, off New Brighton Road, as I wanted to walk around Travis Wetland, which long ago had been Avon River Estuary. Ancient dune encroachment over the estuary mouth had moved Avon River Estuary mouth south-eastwards.<br />
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Travis Wetland spring-fed water drained southwards to Avon River through a culvert under New Brighton Road. High tide brackish water flowed northwards along a waterway between Avon River and Travis Wetland.<br />
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2009. Noxious Fish Sign, Travis Wetland, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Pukeko, Travis Wetland, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Canada Goose, Travis Wetland, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Waterway, Anzac Drive, Christchurch<br />
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At a small wooden pier I snapped a noxious fish sign: Rudd; Koi carp; Gambusia (mosquito fish); catfish. I snapped waterbirds: pukekos; gulls; black swans; Canada geese; ducks, then I walked the grassy track towards Travis Wetland, with houses on my right and the waterway with noisy Anzac Drive on my left. Native plantings lined the track. On a creek boardwalk, I heard irritating Anzac Drive traffic noise.<br />
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2009. Boardwalk, Travis Wetland Waterway, opposite Anzac Drive, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Canada Geese, Travis Road, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Swamped Willows, Travis Wetland, Frosts Road, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Road Sign, Frosts Road, Christchurch<br />
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I crossed busy Anzac Drive traffic circle towards Frosts Road with QEII Golf Park on my right. On Frosts Road / Travis Road corner, I coolpixed foraging Canada geese, then I walked up Frosts Road with Travis Wetland inundated willows close to my left and Queen Elizabeth 11 Park on my right.<br />
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Although Frosts Road had a tarsealed track beside the golf course, on Travis Wetland side I waded through muddy grass and litter: fruit peels; paper; cardboard; aluminium cans; plastic packets and bottles; plastic hub caps. I picked up 3 golf balls and wondered how many golf balls were in Travis Wetland? A road sign stated:<br />
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TRAVIS<br />
WETLAND<br />
TURN<br />
LEFT<br />
300m<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Sign, Frosts Road Entrance, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Rules, Christchurch<br />
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Further along Frosts Road, by the park entrance a navy blue sign with a pukeko pic stated:<br />
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TRAVIS WETLAND<br />
NATURE HERITAGE PARK<br />
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2009. Native Plantings & Willows, Travis Wetland, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Pukeko Road Sign, Travis Wetland, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Gate Signs, Travis Wetland, Christchurch. Info Kiosk Backdrop<br />
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The pukeko was Christchurch's emblem. I walked along a gravel road to the info kiosk past a sign stating: "Pedestrians welcome during daylight." Beyond a pukeko road sign, a wooden gate had prohibition signs stating:<br />
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NO DOGS. Many birds rest, nest and feed on the ground and are easily harmed.<br />
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NO BIKES<br />
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AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY BEYOND THIS POINT<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Info Board, near Info Kiosk, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland, Save the Swamp, Info Kiosk, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Info Board, Info Kiosk, Christchurch<br />
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By the carpark, I looked at a TRAVIS WETLAND info board, with prohibitions, and WARNING POISON Brodifacoum for rats & mice sign. I went to the public loo. I lingered in the info kiosk, glancing at info boards giving the history and ecology of Travis Wetland. I looked at Travis Wetland through kiosk windows.<br />
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2009. Bird Hide Track, Travis Wetland, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Bird Hide, Travis Wetland, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Bird Hide Southern View, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Bird Hide North-Western View, Christchurch<br />
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I walked a gravel road to Travis Wetland Bird Hide. I passed another noxious fish sign: Rudd... Around swamped willow trunks I saw Azolla aquatic ferns. In the Bird Hide I looked at 5 info boards: waders; ducks; bird guide; swans, geese, shags and gulls; other birds of Travis Wetland.<br />
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Through Hide windows I looked at birds: pukekos; Canada geese; black swans; scaups; paradise shelducks... Two early swallows with rufous breasts flew in and out of the Hide. I coolpixed Travis Wetland through Hide windows.<br />
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2009. Wading Pukeko, Travis Wetland, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Farm Shed, Travis Wetland, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland view of Port Hills, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Tavis Wetland paths, Christchurch<br />
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I walked northwards along a gravel track around Travis Wetland towards Mairehau Road, past houses on my right, and in the wetland: masses of bullrushes, willows and a derelict corrugated-iron farm shed.<br />
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An old man and several women pushing prams walked briskly past, while I deleted old coolpix from my Nikon memory card. I passed many pukekos and Canada geese while they foraged in the grassy swamp.<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland seen from Mairehau Road, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland southern view. Port Hills backdrop, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Pukeos foraging, Travis Wetland. Port Hills backdrop, Christchurch<br />
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From Mairehau Road, I looked over bullrushes and tussock sedges towards distant Port Hills. On Travis Wetland's northern edge, I passed another Travis Wetland info board, with prohibitions, and Warning Poison Brodifacoum for rats & mice sign.<br />
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I passed through a wooden gate into Anne Flanagan Dell, filled with swamped willows and native bush curving around the northern edge of Travis Wetland. I walked a boardwalk, while thinking about Anne Flanagan who'd campaigned to Save the Swamp from housing development.<br />
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I watched two Australian harriers (swamp harriers) <span style="font-style: italic;">Circus approximans,</span> soaring above the swamp, searching for prey.<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Gate to Anne Flanagan Dell, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Boardwalk near Anne Flanagan Dell, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Boardwalk Eastern View, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Boardwalk near Viewing Tower, Christchurch<br />
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Along another meandering boardwalk over rushes and tussock sedges, 3 codgers passed me, blowing in the wind, while I coolpixed southern views over Travis Wetland to the Port Hills.<br />
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I caught up with the codgers at the metal Viewing Tower. A woman jogger puffed past, and another woman pushing a pram strode past. I pushed past 2 teenage boys blocking my way up the Viewing Tower.<br />
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On top, 2 info boards described the history of Travis Wetland and the value of willows as nursery trees for native plantings like kahikatea black pines. Over the years, female willows would be destroyed to make way for native swamp trees.<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Viewing Tower, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Viewing Tower Profile, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Landscape History, top of Viewing Tower, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Viewing Tower view, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Willows & Native Trees Conservation, Christchurch<br />
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Several men passed me along the gravel track, and a man pushing his dad in a wheelchair passed too. I walked past houses on my right with views over the swamp. I passed a metal gate showing a track through the swamp back to the Bird Hide.<br />
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I passed through another wooden gate into Clarevale Reserve, where I watched pukekos foraging on grass by Travis Country Drive. I read another Travis Wetland info board, with prohibitions, and Warning Poison Brodifacoum for rats and mice sign.<br />
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2009. Foraging Pukeko, Travis Wetland, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Bench Plaque, Suzanne Quirk, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Native Plantings, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Track to Bird Hide, Christchurch<br />
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I continued southwards along Travis Wetland perimeter track, and passed a bench with a bronze plaque remembering Suzanne Quirk. I'd passed several benches beside the walkway and several navy blue plastic poles with white numbers on top, showing Christchurch City Council self-guided walk stops. I coolpixed a cattle paddock in the swamp: cattle hooves churned mud, for waterbirds hunting prey.<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Cattle Paddock, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Track between Travis Wetland & Travis Road, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Road Culvert view of Travis Wetland, Christchurch<br />
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I joined a tarsealed track beside busy Travis Road, which went eastwards towards Anzac Drive traffic circle. I stopped at Travis Road culvert and watched ducks swimming into the swamp. Canada geese still foraged on the grass at Travis Road / Frosts Road corner.<br />
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2009. WW1 "Poppies Over Gallipoli" Plaque, Anzac Drive / Travis Road Corner, Christchurch<br />
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2009. WW1 "Poppies Over Gallipoli" Memorial, Anzac Drive / Travis Road Corner, Christchurch<br />
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On the opposite Travis Road / Anzac Drive corner, I stopped to see the iron "Poppies Over Gallipoli" memorial: I read a bronze memorial plaque on a stone, and looked at the 6 giant red poppies on iron poles joined by 6 rusty iron strips below, on which Kemal Ataturk's 1934 Anzac Cove memorial words were cut, so that light shone through iron words:<br />
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"These heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives,<br />
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You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country.<br />
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Therefore rest in peace.<br />
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There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours.<br />
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You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are at peace.<br />
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After having lost their lives on this land, they have become our sons as well."<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Waterway, Anzac Drive, Christchurch<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Waterway, Barkers Lane, Christchurch<br />
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Back at my car, I'd finished the walk in about 3 hours, with many coolpix and birdwatching stops.<br />
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2009. Travis Wetland Waterway, New Brighton Road, Christchurch<br />
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Coda: During the 2010-2011 Christchurch quakes, Barkers Ln, New Brighton Rd, Anzac Dr, Travis Rd, Frosts Rd, Mairehau Rd, side roads & houses were damaged, due to quake shaking & liquefaction. Damage by liquefaction was widespread in Christchurch, wherever there was river water, swamp water or groundwater.<br />
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Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.<br />
<a href="http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/threats-and-impacts/animal-pests/animal-pests-a-z/fish/facts/rudd/"><br />See Noxious Fish NZ: Rudd; Koi Carp; Gambusia (Mosquito fish); Catfish (DOC)</a><br />
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