Restoration area
The Zigzag
Four blocks below Lookout Point. The 2026 planting went in here.
Plants going into the ground, working bee by working bee.
How far we have got
- Already carries cover
- 12%
- Planted by the project
- 11%
- 2,872 m² of the 2.5 ha of bare ground here.
The 4 surveyed blocks behind this place
Block 171.02 ha · sloped - steep · 16% already vegetated
Main access point from lookout carpark, side of 1st gully down to bottom
2,872 m² planted so far.
Block 180.61 ha · flat-sloped · 31% already vegetated
Floor at the upper half of gully 1 below lookout
Block 150.60 ha · sloped - steep · no existing cover
Side of ridge at the top of the 1st gully, below houses
Block 160.65 ha · sloped · no existing cover
Top of 1st gully next to houses
Where we are now
The side and floor of gully 1 below Lookout Point, from the top car park down to the bottom. The least vegetated ground in the project, and the only ground it has planted at any scale.
What it becomes
Cover the length of the gully, from the houses at the top to the car park at the bottom, along the walk almost every visitor to the Cape already takes.
Why it is in the plan
Every working bee here is watched by somebody out with a dog, and several of those people came back the next time with a spade.
“Both of these sites are east-facing, and easier than most of the Cape, in that they will have better soil, and a bit more moisture. Also, they are very accessible and visible to the public, which is important for the momentum of the project.”
Grey warblers in a weed
In August 2026 a pair of riroriro were recorded nesting in the flowering currant beside the path down from Lookout Point. The currant is a weed the project is working to remove. The birds are using whatever is here in the meantime.