Town Belt Traverse – 6 April 2025
Today’s Town Belt Traverse was a great success!! Settled autumnal weather provided the perfect platform for 500 walkers to enjoy this popular event. Many positive comments were to be heard about how...
View ArticleSEAT AT FLAGSTAFF SUMMIT REINSTATED AND REPAIRED – 7 March 2025
We are pleased to report that the seat at the top of Flagstaff, recently damaged, has now been repaired and installed on new foundations. For further details, please read the full report under the...
View ArticleAnother successful planting mission carried out by members and friends of the...
Lovely sunny morning for our planting bee at Mornington Park near the historic tram shed along Eglinton Road. A great response from members and friends of the Society who made light work of the 200 or...
View ArticleMick Field – Obituary
It is with sadness that we announce the death of Douglas (Mick) Field, who was a Life Member and former president of the Dunedin Amenities Society. He passed away peacefully on 25 April 2023 at Dunedin...
View ArticleANOTHER SUCCESSFUL TOWN BELT TRAVERSE COMPLETED 16 APR 2023
The 2023 Town Belt Traverse happened on a beautiful autumnal Dunedin day. The weather was glorious and the walk along the Queens Drive showed the Town Belt, and indeed Dunedin, at its stunning best....
View ArticleMarket Reserve Planting Day
On Sunday, 2 October, a total of approximately twenty volunteers from the Amenities Society, the Town Belt Kaitiaki group and associated guests, met at the Market Reserve on the corner of Princes...
View ArticleMosgiel – Dunedin Tunnels Trail
Call for submissions to DCC Annual Plan 2022 Aerial view showing route and other details of proposed Tunnels trail from Mosgiel through to Caversham The Council is proposing to design and build the...
View ArticleProject Gold With Kavanagh College
Kavanagh College year 8 pupils were in the Town Belt at Maori Road on Monday planting trees as part of the annual Project Gold for the reserve. Nearly 30 pupils and staff planted around 200 native...
View ArticleThe Town Belt Traverse 2019
Its time to get your walking shoes on again and explore one of Dunedin’s great natural and historical landscapes. The Town Belt Traverse is an 8.2 kilometre from the Southern Cemetery to Woodhaugh...
View ArticleGolden Weather for Trees
A fine but frosty start to Sunday 12th and the Society hosted its fourth annual Project Gold Planting at Woodhaugh Gardens in the Town Belt. The date was chosen to celebrate the original date of Arbor...
View ArticleThe Town Belt as a Classroom
More than 70 student leaders, parents and link teachers undertook a guided walk through the beautiful Dunedin Town Belt on Sunday 18th February as part of the student led Town Belt Education...
View ArticlePakiki Kids at Craigieburn
For three days Craigieburn was alive with the excitement and chatter of the Pakiki Kids visiting the site and learning more about its history as a special place in Dunedin’s cultural and biodiversity...
View ArticleGood as Gold
August 8th has special significance for the Dunedin Amenities Society as it was the official national day of Arbor Day established by our co-founder Alexander Bathgate in 1892. Bathgate believed that...
View ArticleThe 2017 Traverse Was Wild
When you wake up early on the morning of any event you’re planning the first instinct is to check the weather, and Sunday, April 23rd did not disappoint. With a warm autumn day bathed in sunshine...
View ArticleTown Belt Traverse 2017
Its time to get your walking shoes on again and explore one of Dunedin’s great natural and historical landscapes. The Town Belt Traverse is an 8.2 kilometre from the Southern Cemetery to Woodhaugh...
View ArticlePortobello Kids at Craigieburn
The Society hosted the year 5&6 classes from Portobello School at Craigieburn today. The group walked through Ross Creek and up to Craigieburn as part of their school camp. While they were there...
View ArticleProject Gold With Kavanagh College
Kavanagh College year 8 pupils were in the Town Belt at Maori Road on Monday planting trees as part of the annual Project Gold for the reserve. Nearly 30 pupils and staff planted around 200 native...
View ArticleGiving Teachers the Town Belt Bug
The Town Belt is surrounded with schools and its long been an ambition of the Society to get those schools and their teachers involved with the reserve. Over the last few months the Society have been...
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