Beynons Break

Sunday 10 December 2023

The warm day and proximity to Christmas resulted in a mere three turning up, so instead of going to the scheduled Onepunga Falls we settled for this walk on the north side of the Waimakariri River. It’s billed as a horse walking circuit but we saw no horses, though two horse floats were in the car park as we departed around noon. Efforts have been made to plant natives in a few places, with about 50% surviving. The area seems to favour hemlock, willows and other weeds. The saw Kerry took, intending to tame Boby Stream vegetation, came in handy when we saw a weed pine tree, and with space in the car, it got carried away as a reasonably shaped Christmas tree. Beynons Break is not a scenic wonder but is close to Chch and is interesting enough. Keen gardeners could take a bucket and gather horse manure. Don’t worry if no one wants to ride home in your car.
We were: Wang, Hilaire and Kerry    (KM)