To Truscott St, Johnsonville Local Walking Tracks April 2018 Bell’s Track KorimakoTrack Orleans Makererua Reserve Chelmsford Park Ngaio Playcentre k c ra y T ersk Silv T o Sk ylin e W al kw a y To S ky lin e W Crofton alkw a Downs School y Built-up land Open private land Chelmsford Park, Ngaio Churchill Drive Shopping Northern Walkway Centre Cataract www.ngaio.org.nz www.tracks.org.nz Open 1- 4pm Sunday 4pm 1- Open 86 Khandallah Road Khandallah 86 phone 0800 801 700 801 0800 phone www.teararoa.org.nz Onslow Historical Society Historical Onslow www.metlink.org.nz http://wellington.govt.nz and bus timetables: timetables: bus and Cummings Park Library, Ngaio Library, Park Cummings connect Wellington CBD and Ngaio. Metlink has both train train both has Metlink Ngaio. and CBD Wellington connect More Information More Downs, Ngaio and Awarua Street. Several bus routes also also routes bus Several Street. Awarua and Ngaio Downs, Local train stations on the Johnsonville Line are Crofton Crofton are Line Johnsonville the on stations train Local How to Get There Get to How seen in many Ngaio road cuttings. road Ngaio many in seen www.adventuresmart.org.nz the hillsides. This debris (and the underlying bedrocks) can be be can bedrocks) underlying the (and debris This hillsides. the Adventure Smart has outdoor safety information safety outdoor has Smart Adventure water-logged mantle of mud and rock fragments that flowed down down flowed that fragments rock and mud of mantle water-logged essential if you plan to walk on the exposed skyline ridges. skyline exposed the on walk to plan you if essential years ago) freeze/thaw action during an Ice Age produced a a produced Age Ice an during action freeze/thaw ago) years weather. Tell someone your plans. These precautions are are precautions These plans. your someone Tell weather. existed over much of the Wellington area. More recently (10-20,000 (10-20,000 recently More area. Wellington the of much over existed jacket and warm clothing carried in case of a change in the the in change a of case in carried clothing warm and jacket and has given its name to the extensive flat surface that originally originally that surface flat extensive the to name its given has and of the original land surface or peneplain still remains on Mt Kaukau Kaukau Mt on remains still peneplain or surface land original the of Stout shoes or boots should be worn and a waterproof waterproof a and worn be should boots or shoes Stout southern spurs between the track and Mt Kaukau. A flat remnant remnant flat A Kaukau. Mt and track the between spurs southern Safety a shallow valley behind The Crow’s Nest and small notches in the the in notches small and Nest Crow’s The behind valley shallow a is the fault line that crosses the upper part of Bells Track to create create to Track Bells of part upper the crosses that line fault the is Road Reserve and Odell’s Reserve. Reserve. Odell’s and Reserve Road have left their mark elsewhere on the land. A good example of this this of example good A land. the on elsewhere mark their left have off Lower Chelmsford Street, Cummings Park, Silverstream Silverstream Park, Cummings Street, Chelmsford Lower off allowed streams to erode valleys, such as the Ngaio Gorge, or or Gorge, Ngaio the as such valleys, erode to streams allowed Crofton Downs: the whole of Trelissick Park, Chelmsford Park Park Chelmsford Park, Trelissick of whole the Downs: Crofton black mudstone (argillite). Subsidiary earthquake fault lines have have lines fault earthquake Subsidiary (argillite). mudstone black There are five off-the-leash dog exercise areas in Ngaio and and Ngaio in areas exercise dog off-the-leash five are There Ngaio rocks are raised sedimentary sandstone (greywacke) and and (greywacke) sandstone sedimentary raised are rocks Ngaio Dog Exercise Areas Exercise Dog Geology www.ngaio.org.nz karaka and rewarewa. and karaka Ngaio Gorge, the bush is regenerating with tawa, mahoe, titoki, titoki, mahoe, tawa, with regenerating is bush the Gorge, Ngaio a protective canopy of gorse. In other cut over areas, such as the the as such areas, over cut other In gorse. of canopy protective a on the higher slopes where some areas of bush are regenerating under under regenerating are bush of areas some where slopes higher the on sively cleared for dairy farming. Sheep and cattle are still grazed grazed still are cattle and Sheep farming. dairy for cleared sively - progres was land the logged, was area the After courts. Club providing logs for milling at a site which is now the Ngaio Tennis Tennis Ngaio the now is which site a at milling for logs providing area and there were extensive bush workings in Awarua Street Street Awarua in workings bush extensive were there and area trees. Vast quantities of timber and firewood were taken from the the from taken were firewood and timber of quantities Vast trees. and shortcuts through the suburbs. the through shortcuts and forays or longer extended walks for fitness and magnificent views. magnificent and fitness for walks extended longer or forays and kahikatea in association with a rich assortment of broadleaf broadleaf of assortment rich a with association in kahikatea and complement the track system and provide interesting walks walks interesting provide and system track the complement Ngaio Gorge to the Skyline walkway. There are short tracks for family family for tracks short are There walkway. Skyline the to Gorge Ngaio kohekohe with some emerging podocarps such as matai, totara totara matai, as such podocarps emerging some with kohekohe many accessible bush reserves and walking tracks running from the lower lower the from running tracks walking and reserves bush accessible many shown on the map as dotted lines linking streets. They They streets. linking lines dotted as map the on shown - podocarp forest. There were extensive stands of tawa and and tawa of stands extensive were There forest. podocarp - Ngaio and Crofton Downs, two of Wellington’s northern suburbs, have have suburbs, northern Wellington’s of two Downs, Crofton and Ngaio access for pedestrians to shops and transport. These are are These transport. and shops to pedestrians for access Pre-European vegetation was generally a mixed broadleaf broadleaf mixed a generally was vegetation Pre-European walkways and steps between streets. These provide easier easier provide These streets. between steps and walkways Local Walking Tracks Walking Local Botany Ngaio and Crofton Downs have a large number of zigzag zigzag of number large a have Downs Crofton and Ngaio Suburban Walkways Suburban (Kaukau is a corruption of kaka, the native parrot). native the kaka, of corruption a is (Kaukau area and bird snaring was done on the slopes of Mt Kaukau. Kaukau. Mt of slopes the on done was snaring bird and area Wilton Road. It is within walking distance of both suburbs. both of distance walking within is It Road. Wilton had gardens in the present Kenya Street - Trelissick Crescent Crescent Trelissick - Street Kenya present the in gardens had Churchill Drive, John Witton Drive and the main entrance on on entrance main the and Drive Witton John Drive, Churchill from Winchester Street to Khandallah. The Kaiwharawhara Pa Pa Kaiwharawhara The Khandallah. to Street Winchester from Access points close to Ngaio and Crofton Downs are from from are Downs Crofton and Ngaio to close points Access track to the north following the route of the present Bridle Track Track Bridle present the of route the following north the to track cases of native flora in the country and is a national treasure. treasure. national a is and country the in flora native of cases Pas via various tracks that passed near Otari. There was also a a also was There Otari. near passed that tracks various via Pas - show finest the of one is This areas. picnic and spaces open wharawhara Stream. There were links to the Ohariu and Makara Makara and Ohariu the to links were There Stream. wharawhara Zealand plants. It has a range of tracks through forest, gardens, gardens, forest, through tracks of range a has It plants. Zealand - Kai the of mouth the at Pa Atiawa Te a was Kaiwharawhara This sanctuary in nearby Wilton is devoted to indigenous New New indigenous to devoted is Wilton nearby in sanctuary This Otari - Wilton’s Bush Wilton’s - Otari Maori Early Trelissick Park Northern Walkway Bell’s Track The park covers a large area of rugged landscape extending The track in Trelissick Park from Hanover Street to Waikowhai This re-established route starts at the top of Awarua Street from the lower Ngaio Gorge to Waikowhai Street with an extensive Street is part of the Northern Walkway. From Waikowhai and joins a farm track up to a saddle on the ridge. It originally network of walking tracks. Cared for by a dedicated group of Street a short road walk leads to Cummings Park. From provided access between farms in Ohariu Valley and Ngaio volunteers in co-operation with the Wellington City Council Awarua Street the walkway goes along Khandallah Road railway station. From the top there are fantastic views over for over 20 years, the park has regenerating bush and a and Simla Crescent to Khandallah Park where it ascends to Wellington and the South Island. A dedicated care group is number of heritage trees. the top of Mt Kaukau. restoring the vegetation. There are five main entrances to Trelissick Park: Te Araroa Trail Orleans Makererua Reserve (Pukatea Track) Ngaio Gorge / Kaiwharawhara Road, Ngaio Gorge Road, Te Araroa stretches 3,000km from Cape Reinga to Bluff.