A photo of part of Latters Spur track, heading down towards the city. Bowenvale Valley is on the right. This section of track is grass with sheep pasture on the right and a weedy mess of Scotch broom, boneseed, tree lucerne, and wilding pines on the right (mostly out of view of this photo).
A photo of the walking track heading up into Victoria Park. There's a park sign ahead, next to a bush (of prostrate kowhai).
This is the good stuff. Here's part of one of the walking tracks through the real native forest on Sugarloaf peak. Some rock steps are in the middle of the photo. The trees in this photo are mostly mahoe, a kind of native NZ tree violet.
A photo of track down off the top of Sugarloaf peak through sheep grazed native grassland. In the background are the forests of Victoria Park and behind them the built city of Christchurch spreads out across the Canterbury Plains. The Southern Alps mountains rim the horizon.
Here are some photos of the route to give you an idea of the terrain. The Port Hills is an incredible asset to Christchurch city, and it's a large part of why our city's gardens are visited by native birds.
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