The following photos are taken from exactly the same photo point.

The first one was taken in March 2018 when we started our journey. The area was infested with Old Man’s Beard (Clematis Vitalba), a creeping vine that seeks to smother and eventually kill its host in order to overtake the forest canopy.

We have removed the Old Man’s Beard (OMB) and replanted with native trees that were endemic to this area and included a walking/access track which is periodically spread with mulch.

Native birds are now populating the Point and benefitting from the planting and natural regeneration that is occurring as well as some concerted pest control (rats and possums). Kereru, tui, bellbirds, whiteheads, fantails, grey warblers, moreporks, shining cuckoos (in the summer) and the occasional falcon.