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My Favourite Walks: A day tramp in Akaroa
A day tramp in Akaroa: Curry
Track/Purple Peak Track
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By Yvonne van Eerden
We have all been through lockdown again and our tramping group started venturing out of Christchurch after a couple of weeks in Level 2. We headed to Akaroa for a days tramping. It was a very nice day and the forecast was for cool weather with possible light winds and a high of 12 degrees. That was good enough for us. It was an adventure to just head out of Christchurch.
We started from the main road in Akaroa where we parked our cars and headed up the hill via Rue Grehan which was still a hike to the start of our walk via Grehan Link Track joining the Curry track to the Heritage Park where we had spectacular views,
This was definitely well worth the slight detour as the regenerating native bush along the way was incredible to see with the totara, the very old fusia trees in a little grove Above: A great view of Akaroa Harbour from the track.
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Above left: The group before the walk. Above right: The sign says it all. Middle left: Time for lunch.
and also the kahikatea (white pine). The signs were very educational to us all, as we made a point of stopping and looking.
We then headed back up the Curry Track which was rather steep but we took one step at a time making good progress and we had all day. We were all reasonably quiet on the way up the steep grade as we were
all saving our breath and energy to get to the top and eventually we realised we were at the top of the Curry Track. We continued from the top to the other side where we knew there was a picnic table for lunch. Everyone had time to recharge after our climb with a good lunch and many had taken some fantastic photos.
The weather was perfect for tramping. We had the views of Akaroa and beyond and once we got to the top and had lunch we had the views of the other side facing Stony Bay and Hinewai.
We headed down via Purple Peak Track with stunning views once again. All of us were pleased at what we had achieved. It was a great day had by all and extra special as we had not been tramping for some weeks.
Above: The Akaroa Harbour with Akaroa in the middle. Below left: A tree with roots spread around a rock.
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