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H. G. Ell Track

Location

The Harry Ell walking track commences about 200 metres above the Sign of the Takahe on Dyers Pass Road

Description

Situated on Cracroft Reserve, the Sign of the Takahe is an historic building of national importance, planned by Harry (H.G.) Ell as the major building of a series of buildings. The buildings, envisaged as a series of staging points along an unbroken route to the Akaroa Summit, include the Victoria Park stone rotunda, the Sign of the Kiwi, the Sign of the Bellbird (1914) and the Sign of the Packhorse (1916), a stone hut lying on Crown land to the south of Mt. Bradley.

The Harry Ell walking track commences about 200 metres above the Sign of the Takahe on Dyers Pass Road. This track runs along the edge of Elizabeth Park and Victoria Park, just above Dyers Pass Road, until it reaches Summit Road and the Sign of the Kiwi. From here a number of further walks can be embarked upon.

Visit the below website for more information on the history.

Source

www.ccc.govt.nz

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