A successful final leg of the Mountain to Sea Walk today…
Andrew Mackintosh October 13th, 2018
Thanks to Roy, Venus, Rowan, Lochie, Liz, Sel, Neil and Mac for coming along and taking part. A great adventure discovering new places and things.
Archive for October, 2018
Mountain to Sea Walk – On Today
Andrew Mackintosh October 13th, 2018
The planned Mountain to Sea Walk is on today. Please bring a good wind proof layer as the Meola Reef part of the walk may be a breezy.
Details of todays walk can be found here: http://www.meolacreek.org.nz/2018/10/02/mountain-to-sea-walk-october-2018/
Hope to see you at 10am!
Wetlands of Waitītiko
Liz October 2nd, 2018
STEPS gave a talk on our Meola wetland at the National Wetland Symposium on 26 September.
Waitītiko Meola creek is a small stream perched above a volcanic aquifer – the largest under Auckland Council’s protection. Historically it connected many wetlands as shown below.
(BACKHOUSE, JOHN PHILEMEMAN 1845-1908 CABBAGE TREE SWAMP Ca.1880 ALEXANDER TURNBALL LIBARY (E-052-Q-015))
Because of their role in filtering pollutants, STEPS advocates many more urban wetlands, especially here in Auckland where stormwater and sewage regularly flood our catchment. You can read our talk and see historic photos of the STEPS wetland as it has evolved over 3-4 decades, under the leadership of Roy Clements and Nick Goldwater here.
