http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/ Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:21:28 -0700 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:21:28 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7283/buddyicons/50247176@N03.jpg?1369099826#50247176@N03 http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/6091481301/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wgtncc/">Wellington City Council</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/6091481301/" title="National Mountain Bikes Hill Climb at Mount Victoria"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6181/6091481301_26f9df73dc_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="National Mountain Bikes Hill Climb at Mount Victoria" /></a></p> <p>Lots of people enjoy the recreational activities afforded by the Town Belt. Mountain biking has become very popular over recent years. Although this photo is of an organised mountain biking event (formal recreation in Town Belt Management Plan parlance), most mountain biking is just individuals or mates having fun.</p> Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:21:28 -0700 2008-02-21T11:40:31-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Wellington City Council) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6091481301 -41.302168 174.787502 -41.302168 174.787502 22726465 National Mountain Bikes Hill Climb at Mount Victoria <p>Lots of people enjoy the recreational activities afforded by the Town Belt. Mountain biking has become very popular over recent years. Although this photo is of an organised mountain biking event (formal recreation in Town Belt Management Plan parlance), most mountain biking is just individuals or mates having fun.</p> Wellington City Council “naturalcharacter”“forall”recreation townbeltalwaysbe” http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/6091480997/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wgtncc/">Wellington City Council</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/6091480997/" title="Tree planting on Mount Victoria 1884"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6071/6091480997_9547f9f6a5_m.jpg" width="240" height="186" alt="Tree planting on Mount Victoria 1884" /></a></p> <p>This 1884 shot of the pine plants on Pirie and Ellice Streets doesn’t really look like today’s Town Belt or Wellington. Nice shot of what is now the Governor General’s house – originally a lunatic asylum. Now we’re starting to replace old pines with natives.</p> Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:21:20 -0700 2011-06-09T12:39:41-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Wellington City Council) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6091480997 -41.300467 174.788199 -41.300467 174.788199 22726465 Tree planting on Mount Victoria 1884 <p>This 1884 shot of the pine plants on Pirie and Ellice Streets doesn’t really look like today’s Town Belt or Wellington. Nice shot of what is now the Governor General’s house – originally a lunatic asylum. Now we’re starting to replace old pines with natives.</p> Wellington City Council townbelt“alwaysbe” “naturalcharacter”history http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/6091481177/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wgtncc/">Wellington City Council</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/6091481177/" title="Tree planting on Ahumairangi Hill"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6087/6091481177_3cf72ea83b_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Tree planting on Ahumairangi Hill" /></a></p> <p>The Town Belt is for everyone and is for a range of recreational activities. Is this about enhancing the Town Belt’s natural character, community service, or running and jumping down hill?!</p> Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:21:24 -0700 2006-06-18T11:06:24-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Wellington City Council) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6091481177 -41.268823 174.775485 -41.268823 174.775485 2351054 Tree planting on Ahumairangi Hill <p>The Town Belt is for everyone and is for a range of recreational activities. Is this about enhancing the Town Belt’s natural character, community service, or running and jumping down hill?!</p> Wellington City Council townbelt“alwaysbe” “naturalcharacter”“forall”recreation http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/6020022395/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wgtncc/">Wellington City Council</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/6020022395/" title="Newtown Park"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6016/6020022395_a5e6b6c311_m.jpg" width="240" height="162" alt="Newtown Park" /></a></p> <p>Opened in 1881, Newtown Park was the first public park on the Town Belt. It is currently used for athletic and soccer. In 1900 it was used as a military camp for troops going to the Boer War – see <a href="http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/newtown-park-camp" rel="nofollow">www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/newtown-park-camp</a>.</p> Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:25:08 -0700 2007-07-27T10:36:10-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Wellington City Council) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6020022395 -41.319921 174.783468 -41.319921 174.783468 22726472 Newtown Park <p>Opened in 1881, Newtown Park was the first public park on the Town Belt. It is currently used for athletic and soccer. In 1900 it was used as a military camp for troops going to the Boer War – see <a href="http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/newtown-park-camp" rel="nofollow">www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/newtown-park-camp</a>.</p> Wellington City Council history recreation townbelt all” “for be” “always http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/6020021991/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wgtncc/">Wellington City Council</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/6020021991/" title="Beautifying the Mount Victoria lookout"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6128/6020021991_e261951c24_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Beautifying the Mount Victoria lookout" /></a></p> <p>Council staff beautifying the Town Belt with natives on a stunning Wellington day.</p> Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:25:00 -0700 2007-09-28T10:07:17-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Wellington City Council) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6020021991 -41.296094 174.79425 -41.296094 174.79425 22726484 Beautifying the Mount Victoria lookout <p>Council staff beautifying the Town Belt with natives on a stunning Wellington day.</p> Wellington City Council townbelt“alwaysbe” “naturalcharacter”“forall”recreation http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5980297448/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wgtncc/">Wellington City Council</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5980297448/" title="Mount Victoria lookout"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6021/5980297448_35ef133db5_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Mount Victoria lookout" /></a></p> <p>Lots of people visit Mount Victoria/Matairangi. From the lookout, you can see most of Wellington Harbour and the central city framed by the Town Belt. The lookout is on land that was taken out of the original Town Belt by the Crown for a telegraph service. It is currently managed ‘as Town Belt’ and Council plans to have it formally reinstated as Town Belt.<br /> <br /> Legend has it that two taniwha lived in the harbour (which at that time was an enclosed lake). One was a restless, energetic taniwha named Ngake, who longed to escape its confinements and swim to open sea. It sped about in the north east corner of the harbour, using its tail to build up the shallow area (Waiwhetu), and then hurled itself at the rocks encircling the lake, and smashed through to escape to the freedom of Raukawamoana (Cook Strait). <br /> The other taniwha, Whataitai, decided to make his escape through another exit. Pushing off with its tail, and in doing so forming the Ngauranga gorge, Whataitai headed off down the other side of the island of Motu Kairanga (now Miramar Peninsula) only to get stuck by the receding tide Ngake had let in. Whataitai's body thus forms the isthmus between the former island of Motu Kairanga and the western side of the harbour, where the airport is now situated. It is believed Tangi-te-keo (the Mt Victoria summit) was named after the soul of Whataitai, which, after leaving the taniwha's body, flew up to the top of this hill in the shape of a bird and proceeded to tangi (weep and mourn).</p> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:15:28 -0700 2008-12-22T19:10:44-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Wellington City Council) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5980297448 -41.296042 174.794111 -41.296042 174.794111 22726484 Mount Victoria lookout <p>Lots of people visit Mount Victoria/Matairangi. From the lookout, you can see most of Wellington Harbour and the central city framed by the Town Belt. The lookout is on land that was taken out of the original Town Belt by the Crown for a telegraph service. It is currently managed ‘as Town Belt’ and Council plans to have it formally reinstated as Town Belt.<br /> <br /> Legend has it that two taniwha lived in the harbour (which at that time was an enclosed lake). One was a restless, energetic taniwha named Ngake, who longed to escape its confinements and swim to open sea. It sped about in the north east corner of the harbour, using its tail to build up the shallow area (Waiwhetu), and then hurled itself at the rocks encircling the lake, and smashed through to escape to the freedom of Raukawamoana (Cook Strait). <br /> The other taniwha, Whataitai, decided to make his escape through another exit. Pushing off with its tail, and in doing so forming the Ngauranga gorge, Whataitai headed off down the other side of the island of Motu Kairanga (now Miramar Peninsula) only to get stuck by the receding tide Ngake had let in. Whataitai's body thus forms the isthmus between the former island of Motu Kairanga and the western side of the harbour, where the airport is now situated. It is believed Tangi-te-keo (the Mt Victoria summit) was named after the soul of Whataitai, which, after leaving the taniwha's body, flew up to the top of this hill in the shape of a bird and proceeded to tangi (weep and mourn).</p> Wellington City Council history recreation partnership townbelt forall alwaysbe http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5979739125/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wgtncc/">Wellington City Council</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5979739125/" title="Te Ahumairangi (Tinakori Hill) lookout "><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6005/5979739125_c5bf11285b_m.jpg" width="240" height="151" alt="Te Ahumairangi (Tinakori Hill) lookout " /></a></p> <p>Mayor Celia Wade-Brown opened the new lookout at Te Ahumairangi Hill with representatives from the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust in November 2010. According to Mayor Wade-Brown, the view from the award-wing lookout “is absolutely stunning. The hill has always been well used and enjoyed by local people, but it is a treasure that belongs to all Wellingtonians. The hill itself forms part of a view of our unbuilt Town Belt, providing a wonderful backdrop to the inner harbour and helping us be seen as the coolest little capital in the world.&quot;<br /> <br /> Tinakori Hill was officially renamed Te Ahumairangi Hill as a result of the Port Nicholson Block (Taranaki Whanui ki Te Upoko o te Ika) Claims Settlement Act 2009. Before European settlement the entire ridgeline was known as Te Ahumairangi. The name Tinakori is reputed to have become established when workmen building the road along the foot of the hill, now Tinakori Road, complained about their lack of meal breaks - 'tina (dinner) kahore (none)&quot;.</p> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:15:31 -0700 2010-11-10T12:54:46-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Wellington City Council) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5979739125 -41.276427 174.764263 -41.276427 174.764263 2349752 Te Ahumairangi (Tinakori Hill) lookout <p>Mayor Celia Wade-Brown opened the new lookout at Te Ahumairangi Hill with representatives from the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust in November 2010. According to Mayor Wade-Brown, the view from the award-wing lookout “is absolutely stunning. The hill has always been well used and enjoyed by local people, but it is a treasure that belongs to all Wellingtonians. The hill itself forms part of a view of our unbuilt Town Belt, providing a wonderful backdrop to the inner harbour and helping us be seen as the coolest little capital in the world.&quot;<br /> <br /> Tinakori Hill was officially renamed Te Ahumairangi Hill as a result of the Port Nicholson Block (Taranaki Whanui ki Te Upoko o te Ika) Claims Settlement Act 2009. Before European settlement the entire ridgeline was known as Te Ahumairangi. The name Tinakori is reputed to have become established when workmen building the road along the foot of the hill, now Tinakori Road, complained about their lack of meal breaks - 'tina (dinner) kahore (none)&quot;.</p> Wellington City Council history recreation partnership townbelt forall alwaysbe naturalcharacter http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875293067/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wgtncc/">Wellington City Council</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875293067/" title="Berhampore to harbour"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5196/5875293067_42f5461677_m.jpg" width="161" height="240" alt="Berhampore to harbour" /></a></p> <p>Down at the bottom of the ‘U’ of the ‘horseshoe’, the Town Belt cuts across Newtown and Berhampore. Lots of sporting activities take place on the Town Belt including golf. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:56:42 -0700 2011-06-14T12:47:21-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Wellington City Council) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5875293067 -41.327277 174.766173 -41.327277 174.766173 22726421 Berhampore to harbour <p>Down at the bottom of the ‘U’ of the ‘horseshoe’, the Town Belt cuts across Newtown and Berhampore. Lots of sporting activities take place on the Town Belt including golf. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Wellington City Council recreation townbelt forall alwaysbe naturalcharacter http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875293539/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wgtncc/">Wellington City Council</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875293539/" title="Kelburn Park"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5314/5875293539_cec7ca5d40_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Kelburn Park" /></a></p> <p>Kelburn Park was completed in the early 1900s and is still part of the Town Belt. The land on which Victoria University was built was removed from the Town Belt in the early 1870s. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:56:52 -0700 2006-10-07T08:35:28-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Wellington City Council) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5875293539 -41.286497 174.770121 -41.286497 174.770121 2349023 Kelburn Park <p>Kelburn Park was completed in the early 1900s and is still part of the Town Belt. The land on which Victoria University was built was removed from the Town Belt in the early 1870s. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Wellington City Council history recreation townbelt forall alwaysbe naturalcharacter http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875293735/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wgtncc/">Wellington City Council</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875293735/" title="Horseshoe Town Belt"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5142/5875293735_d40fea118d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Horseshoe Town Belt" /></a></p> <p>In 1840, the Town Belt was marked on a New Zealand Company plan of Wellington as ‘land … reserved for the enjoyment of the public and not to be built upon’. While it’s no longer the unbroken belt of land separating ‘town’ from ‘country’, you can still see the basic horseshoe shape: Mount Victoria, Mount Albert, Newtown Park, the Hockey Stadium, Berhampore Golf Links, Wakefield and Macalister Parks, Brooklyn Hills, Central and Kelburn Parks and Te Ahumairangi (Tinakori Hill).<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:56:56 -0700 2006-11-11T10:18:04-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Wellington City Council) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5875293735 -41.287932 174.786386 -41.287932 174.786386 28676779 Horseshoe Town Belt <p>In 1840, the Town Belt was marked on a New Zealand Company plan of Wellington as ‘land … reserved for the enjoyment of the public and not to be built upon’. While it’s no longer the unbroken belt of land separating ‘town’ from ‘country’, you can still see the basic horseshoe shape: Mount Victoria, Mount Albert, Newtown Park, the Hockey Stadium, Berhampore Golf Links, Wakefield and Macalister Parks, Brooklyn Hills, Central and Kelburn Parks and Te Ahumairangi (Tinakori Hill).<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Wellington City Council townbelt alwaysbe naturalcharacter http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875294627/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wgtncc/">Wellington City Council</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875294627/" title="Alexandra Road, Mount Victoria, 1931"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3287/5875294627_ee9ab86057_m.jpg" width="240" height="188" alt="Alexandra Road, Mount Victoria, 1931" /></a></p> <p>View along Alexander Road on a pretty barren Mount Victoria towards Melrose and the southern end of the Town Belt. Nice cabbage trees but it doesn’t look like there were many natives or big pines on the Town Belt in 1931.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:57:12 -0700 2011-06-09T12:39:44-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Wellington City Council) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5875294627 -41.297863 174.792823 -41.297863 174.792823 22726465 Alexandra Road, Mount Victoria, 1931 <p>View along Alexander Road on a pretty barren Mount Victoria towards Melrose and the southern end of the Town Belt. Nice cabbage trees but it doesn’t look like there were many natives or big pines on the Town Belt in 1931.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Wellington City Council history townbelt alwaysbe naturalcharacter http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875852732/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wgtncc/">Wellington City Council</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875852732/" title="Botanic Garden to Mount Victoria"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3047/5875852732_4829fc0bdd_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Botanic Garden to Mount Victoria" /></a></p> <p>A classic view across the Botanic Garden and the city to the dark green of the Mount Victoria Town Belt with the Orongorongos behind. Land for the Botanic Garden was taken out of the Town Belt in 1869.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:56:46 -0700 2003-06-27T08:18:28-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Wellington City Council) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5875852732 -41.279209 174.76849 -41.279209 174.76849 28642762 Botanic Garden to Mount Victoria <p>A classic view across the Botanic Garden and the city to the dark green of the Mount Victoria Town Belt with the Orongorongos behind. Land for the Botanic Garden was taken out of the Town Belt in 1869.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Wellington City Council history townbelt alwaysbe naturalcharacter http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875294435/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wgtncc/">Wellington City Council</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875294435/" title="Te Ahumairangi Lookout"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3206/5875294435_90aa8bd12e_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Te Ahumairangi Lookout" /></a></p> <p>The new Te Ahumairangi (Tinakori Hill) lookout is a good place to contemplate, enjoy the Town Belt and admire Wellington.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:57:09 -0700 2010-11-10T12:10:39-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Wellington City Council) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5875294435 -41.276451 174.76716 -41.276451 174.76716 22726576 Te Ahumairangi Lookout <p>The new Te Ahumairangi (Tinakori Hill) lookout is a good place to contemplate, enjoy the Town Belt and admire Wellington.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Wellington City Council recreation partnership townbelt forall alwaysbe naturalcharacter http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875294199/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wgtncc/">Wellington City Council</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875294199/" title="Mount Victoria over the city"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3185/5875294199_febde4c3a1_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Mount Victoria over the city" /></a></p> <p>The Town Belt isn’t all trees. Here’s a shot from some scruffy grassland on Mount Victoria out across the city and Lambton Harbour.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:57:04 -0700 2009-03-18T14:17:55-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Wellington City Council) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5875294199 -41.293833 174.790506 -41.293833 174.790506 22726484 Mount Victoria over the city <p>The Town Belt isn’t all trees. Here’s a shot from some scruffy grassland on Mount Victoria out across the city and Lambton Harbour.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Wellington City Council townbelt alwaysbe naturalcharacter http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875854258/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wgtncc/">Wellington City Council</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875854258/" title="Brooklyn Road, 1907"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3258/5875854258_b162c96da6_m.jpg" width="240" height="178" alt="Brooklyn Road, 1907" /></a></p> <p>Although the Town Belt was largely covered in forest in 1840, this had been cleared by the late 1860s. This photo shows how barren Mount Victoria was in 1907. It also shows a tram winding up Brooklyn Road, which crosses the Town Belt.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:57:16 -0700 2011-06-09T12:39:43-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Wellington City Council) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5875854258 -41.303667 174.767632 -41.303667 174.767632 22726461 Brooklyn Road, 1907 <p>Although the Town Belt was largely covered in forest in 1840, this had been cleared by the late 1860s. This photo shows how barren Mount Victoria was in 1907. It also shows a tram winding up Brooklyn Road, which crosses the Town Belt.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Wellington City Council history townbelt alwaysbe naturalcharacter http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875293423/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wgtncc/">Wellington City Council</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875293423/" title="Western Arm"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3014/5875293423_80e65a1191_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Western Arm" /></a></p> <p>The western arm of the Town Belt, an almost unbroken chain of green from Berhampore to Brooklyn.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:56:49 -0700 2006-10-07T08:16:33-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Wellington City Council) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5875293423 -41.287932 174.786386 -41.287932 174.786386 28676779 Western Arm <p>The western arm of the Town Belt, an almost unbroken chain of green from Berhampore to Brooklyn.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Wellington City Council townbelt alwaysbe naturalcharacter http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875293985/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wgtncc/">Wellington City Council</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgtncc/5875293985/" title="Monastery to Te Ahumairangi"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3192/5875293985_009ba68fc0_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Monastery to Te Ahumairangi" /></a></p> <p>A postcard shot from the Catholic Church Monastery of St Gerard on Mount Victoria over Lambton Harbour and the city to the other end of the ‘horseshoe’, Te Ahumairangi (Tinakori Hill).<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:57:00 -0700 2008-12-14T10:51:38-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Wellington City Council) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5875293985 -41.291544 174.790613 -41.291544 174.790613 22726484 Monastery to Te Ahumairangi <p>A postcard shot from the Catholic Church Monastery of St Gerard on Mount Victoria over Lambton Harbour and the city to the other end of the ‘horseshoe’, Te Ahumairangi (Tinakori Hill).<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html" rel="nofollow">www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/new/townbelt.html</a></p> Wellington City Council townbelt alwaysbe naturalcharacter