Circling a City: Journeys on the Christchurch 360 Trail

 A  visit to Travis Wetlands along the Christchurch 360 Trail Over the weekend I completed another short section of the Christchurch 360 Trail. As I've previously said the Christchurch 360 is a series of urban trails that encircle Christchurch. It is approximately 130 km in length and encompasses urban tracks as well as the Port Hills, the beach and Waimakiriri River banks. The Port Hills from Travis Wetlands, near Marahau Road The section I walked on Saturday was from Burwood Road, through Travis Wetlands and then down to Waimairi Beach skirting Bottle Lake Forest Park. Bower Avenue to Travis Wetland entrance, Travis Road This section is approximately 6 km's long, about two fairly easy walking hours in total. Because the ends of the section are so far apart it makes sense to use the local bus services to get yourself down to the Travis Road entrance to Travis Wetlands.  Map: Travis Wetlands to Bottle Lake Forest. Circles denote other entrances to wetlands The start of this sec