This short track provides access up to Findlay's picnic area.
Start | The main entrance, Halswell Quarry, Kennedys Bush Road |
Finish | Findlay's Picnic Area |
Time | 10 minutes one way |
Toilets | Located in the main car park area and Findlay's picnic area |
Dogs | Must be kept on a leash |
Description | From the main entrance, follow the path alongside the road, up past the Visitor Centre and the main car park until you reach Findlay's picnic area. |
A popular park in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor (OARC) will be upgraded and expanded as restoration work continues in the former red zone.
6 May 2025Fifty years after it was built, the elephant slide in Bishopdale Park has been immortalised in a new children’s book called Elephant Park.
9 Jan 2025It was another bumper planting season with over 150,000 trees put in the ground across Christchurch and Banks Peninsula.
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Request, report and pay for Council services.
Apply for building and resource consents.
Manage your library borrowing.
Receive your rates invoice by email.
Take full control of your Rec and Sport membership.
List your events on What’s On Christchurch