Rare access to an important scientific reserve, featuring coastal kanuka and pohutakawa forest, rare species (including Hebe speciosa), and a number of significant archaeological sites. Following our visit to the dunes at the southern end of the reserve in 2015, this year we will visit the rocky coastline at the northern end, accessed over private farmland. Four wheel drives are needed to get across the farm so you must register for the trip, and volunteers with four wheel drives are welcome.
Meet: End of Phillips Road, meeting time to be advised. Please let Mike know that you are coming so we can arrange car pooling with four-wheel drive vehicles to the site.
Grade: Hard. The site is quite challenging as there are steep gullies, climbing, small streams, a real adventure that people need to be relatively fit for and not too creaky.
Bring: Bring sturdy foot wear, clothing that you can climb through bush, streams and steep areas, and whatever the weather is forecasting.