The reserve and the surrounding area have high ecological value providing a corridor of protection from a freshwater river and estuarine area to the marine environment that extends to Kapiti Island.
The area has undergone extensive restoration with sections of boardwalk and bridging over oxbow and salt marsh, all by local volunteers under the direction of The Department of Conservation. The Department hopes to introduce visitors to new parts of the reserves estuarine environment.
โOxbowโ refers to a U-shape in a river, caused as it meanders and cuts a substantial channel, but then returns to a straighter course, usually after flooding, leaving the old meander cutoff.ย
The oxbow can be seen at the right of the survey plan ML 4533, from 1952.
An older plan, ML 4075 from 1928, shows the area when it was still part of the Waikanae River.
If you return in the years to come, I'm sure you will notice the changes in the area as the re-vegetated natives take hold. I know every time I re-visit the area it changes considerably.
Please help maintain this cache, as I will no longer be able to.
The cache is a 500ml sistema container
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