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Jenny's Lake
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This lovely bushwalk is relatively new. The prisoners who carry out their community work in Walpole, and live at the end of Allen Road where it adjoins North Walpole Road, did the work of establishing the trail. They did a wonderful job - as they have done at the Silver Chain garden, painting and tidying up around the St John Ambulance Centre, and at the Telecentre. Horseyard
Hill was where the horses were kept until they were passed on to the To find Horseyard Hill, walk behind the Tourist Bureau and across the boardwalk over the swamp. Don't forget to call into the Tourist Bureau to collect a set of laminated notes. If you bear right on leaving the boardwalk, the path wanders anti-clockwise around the hill. If you bear to the left, you can obviously wander in an anti-clockwise direction - but the slope is a bit more demanding. As you walk around Horseyard Hill Trail, you will see little yellow plaques with numbers on them. The numbers relate to photographs of trees and bushes on the laminated notes you collected from the Tourist Bureau. We found that our knowledge of the bush increased dramatically after our guided walk! You will hear and see plenty of birds through the bush. If you don't recognise them all, you can either call into the Tourist Bureau to ask for help or look them up in the bird books at Jenny's Lake. There are several seats available for a few moments' respite on the 2 km walk. Contact details
Jenny and Gerry Edghill |
early
settlers of Walpole. It was a sheltered place but, being in the centre
of town, was convenient.