New track on track

Volunteers at Shakespear Open Sanctuary, including visiting groups staying at the YMCA Shakespear Lodge, are continuing to work on a new track, which should be complete by Christmas.

The track is an extension to the Kanuka track that runs parallel to the road into the sanctuary, just before the picture frame.

The new extension is 250m long and will connect with the pedestrian gate at the pest proof fence, and eventually to the Waterfall Gully track.

It will feature a 40m-long raised boardwalk that leads past four young kauri trees, kahikateas, and a lovely section of ponga ferns.