Seventeen of us headed with the Karori Walking Group to the Karori hills on Tuesday 11 June, under grey and misty skies. An attraction may have been the morning tea back at KACC after the walk, courtesy of Centre Manager Margaret, who joined us for the walk. We welcomed four new walkers-- three who were guests and one already a KACC member.
From the northwest corner of the park, we took the path to Khouri Street, then from the end of Khouri Street took a short bush track through to Makara Road, walking up to the start of the Skyline Track. The first part of the Skyline track is over grassy farmland and is shared with cyclists. A short distance along, we branched off the Skyline to the right, onto the Wahine Track that is named after the storm that sank the Lyttelton–Wellington ferry Wahine on the 10 April 1968. On a fine day there are views over South Karori and Ohariu Valley, but it was also beautiful to see the trees outlined against the misty skyline and plenty of opportunities for photos of native plants and trees.
We walked through regenerating bush and pine forest, arriving back at Karori Park a little over an hour after we started, then leaving to go to morning tea at KACC. Thanks so much to Margaret for your generous hospitality.
As a footnote, 51 lost their lives on the day of the sinking of the Wahine in what was Aotearoa’s worst modern maritime disaster, another died several weeks later and a 53rd victim died in 1990 from injuries sustained in the wreck. In another storm of July 2013, fallen trees closed this track and several others.
-John Maindonald and Linda Pears.
We walked through regenerating bush and pine forest, arriving back at Karori Park a little over an hour after we started, then leaving to go to morning tea at KACC. Thanks so much to Margaret for your generous hospitality.
As a footnote, 51 lost their lives on the day of the sinking of the Wahine in what was Aotearoa’s worst modern maritime disaster, another died several weeks later and a 53rd victim died in 1990 from injuries sustained in the wreck. In another storm of July 2013, fallen trees closed this track and several others.
-John Maindonald and Linda Pears.