Katrina Muir

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View over Lyttelton Harbour

Thursday 13th Mar

The Bridle Path Walk

Thursday 13th Mar

I have joined the Earth hour challenge today.

What difference does an hour make? To the earth itself I cannot imagine a big difference, being that the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old.

I walked up the Bridle Path after work today. The Bridle Path is located in Christchurch on the Port Hills. I walked from the car park near the base of the Gondola to the Summit Road then back down again. When you get to the Summit Road you have views of Lyttelton Harbour and also of Christchurch City.

I saw a Pīhoihoi (New Zealand Pipit) at the top of the Summit Road. Pīhoihoi numbers have declined in parts of New Zealand. Here is my INaturalist observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/265130148

A very special insect that I have seen about the Bridle Path is the Wide Banded Tiger Beetle, Neococindela latecincta. This beetle is endemic to New Zealand. I did not see any this afternoon, perhaps it was too cold for them to come out. Here is an observation I made some time ago https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/210456603

When I am on the top of the Bridle Path looking down into the Lyttelton Harbour I like to think about how it once was an active volcano and where I am standing is the eroded rim of the crater. Banks Peninsula where my walk was, formed about 12 million years ago. It is older than the Southern Alps which only started forming 5 million years ago.