Bottle Lake open day

Press, 8 December 1976, Page 6

Bottle Lake open day

The Christchurch City); (Council’s Bottle Lake Forest ; will ger. its first widespread!) public recreational use on;] Sunday in an open day. i Car parking will be available in the sawmill site in : Burwood Road, opposite the ; Waitikiri and Windsor golf 1 courses. Only walkers will be i allowed in the forest on Sun- ; day. Tracks have not yet been improved for normal ; vehicles, and some areas of , the plantation are still ' swampy from a wet spring. 1 Plantation staff will patrol 1

(the forest to answer- questions and help those who [might lose their way. Temporary signposts will indicate routes and approximate distances to points of interest, such as the thick pine stands and sand dunes along Pegasus Bay. Access to the little-visited stretch of beach will also be possible. Walkers will be asked to keep to the tracks because of safety 7. It. would be possible to get lost in some of the forest stands.

Because of extensive wind ) damage during the August, - 1975, gale, walkers will be ; able to see a forest in several - stages of growth. More than , 48,000 young pines have been 5 planted to take the place of ; lost tree?. Eventually, Bottle Lake 1 will have a winding vehicle J road through the trees, with small parking and picnic > areas in the park which will f connect yvith walking tracks. > The park will probably be ; open from about 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.