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Tree Planting on Quail Island, Christchurch New Zealand
2009.08.16
Åtamahua/Quail Island - Canterbury’s largest island is an inner harbour island, formed 11-15 million years ago. It is just a 8-minute ferry ride away from Lyttelton Harbour, Christchurch, New Zealand.
11 volunteers braved wintery rain to plant trees and shrubs on Quail Island on Sunday 16 August 2009.
Photo: Ellen Yule and Amelia Homs Ferrer
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Ōtamahua/Quail Island - Canterbury’s largest island is an inner harbour island, formed 11-15 million years ago. It is just a 8-minute ferry ride away from Lyttelton Harbour, Christchurch, New Zealand.
11 volunteers braved wintery rain to plant trees and shrubs on Quail Island on Sunday 16 August 2009.
Photo: Ellen Yule and Amelia Homs Ferrer
www.newzealand2ways.com
www.photoblog.com/2ways
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The Maori name for Quail Island is Otamahua, which means 'place to gather sea-bird eggs'. The island was used for the collection of food - seabird eggs and fishing mostly by Maori children.
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The Maori name for Quail Island is Otamahua, which means 'place to gather sea-bird eggs'. The island was used for the collection of food - seabird eggs and fishing mostly by Maori children.
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320 native trees and shrubs were planted by 11 volunteers, part of 6000 new plants in the winter season 2009.
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320 native trees and shrubs were planted by 11 volunteers, part of 6000 new plants in the winter season 2009.
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Thanks to the native shrubs and trees planted by volunteers in the past ten years, the landscape of Quail Island is restored.
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Thanks to the native shrubs and trees planted by volunteers in the past ten years, the landscape of Quail Island is restored.
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It took two months to collect the used carpets from the local business and households and chop them to small pieces with a triangle cut in the middle.
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It took two months to collect the used carpets from the local business and households and chop them to small pieces with a triangle cut in the middle.
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Firstly, dig a hole deep enough to cover the entire root of a baby plant.
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Firstly, dig a hole deep enough to cover the entire root of a baby plant.
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Like raising a new born baby, extra care is essential to keep the new plant survive from frost and blast. The four corners of a carpet must be pushed firmly into the groud.
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Like raising a new born baby, extra care is essential to keep the new plant survive from frost and blast. The four corners of a carpet must be pushed firmly into the groud.
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Earthworms - great underground volunteers also look after the plants all the time.
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Earthworms - great underground volunteers also look after the plants all the time.
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Ellen and Amelia believe that everyone can do something to contribute to the natural beauty and tranquillity of Quail Island from which we benefit as visitors.
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Ellen and Amelia believe that everyone can do something to contribute to the natural beauty and tranquillity of Quail Island from which we benefit as visitors.
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In addition to tree planting in winter, maintanence is required all year round - weed eradication, nursery work, monitoring the success of plant and animal re-introduction.
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In addition to tree planting in winter, maintanence is required all year round - weed eradication, nursery work, monitoring the success of plant and animal re-introduction.
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Volunteers rest comfortably on ''carpet stool'' and ''flax sofa'' during 15-minute lunch break.
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Volunteers rest comfortably on ''carpet stool'' and ''flax sofa'' during 15-minute lunch break.
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A ship's graveyard - the hulks of disused ships were beached in this bay from 1902 until 1951.
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A ship's graveyard - the hulks of disused ships were beached in this bay from 1902 until 1951.
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Tree planting is an alternative way to offset the carbon emissions that you cannot reduce of your travel.
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Tree planting is an alternative way to offset the carbon emissions that you cannot reduce of your travel.
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For 40 years, cockle shell collected from Walker's Beach was crushed into grit and added to poultry feed to strengthen eggshell until 1970 when shell-grit was replaced by lime.
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For 40 years, cockle shell collected from Walker's Beach was crushed into grit and added to poultry feed to strengthen eggshell until 1970 when shell-grit was replaced by lime.
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Quail Island has two sheltered beaches and it is used frequently during the spring and summer months as a popular site for picnics, swimming and boating.
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Quail Island has two sheltered beaches and it is used frequently during the spring and summer months as a popular site for picnics, swimming and boating.
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Quail Island has water supplied from Lyttelton, Christchurch and tracks across the island.
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Quail Island has water supplied from Lyttelton, Christchurch and tracks across the island.
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Remember to clean your shoes prior to boarding the ferry.
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Remember to clean your shoes prior to boarding the ferry.
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More details of Quail Island Walk, please check it out at: http://www.photoblog.com/2ways/2008/10/02/christchurch-quail-island-walknz.html
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More details of Quail Island Walk, please check it out at: http://www.photoblog.com/2ways/2008/10/02/christchurch-quail-island-walknz.html
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Photo: Ellen Yule & Amelia Homs Ferrer
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