Bottle Lake Forest Park — Attraction in Christchurch

Absolutely love this place. I know it like that back of my hand, however some people dont . There must be more signs put in for those who aren't regulars, I must acknowledge that the signs are often stolen or moved. There are ponds, biking tracks, walking tracks, horse tracks, and a bike course. Lots of different types of terrain theres flat grass fields, hills, swampy areas, gravel roads, tarseal roads, there is something for everyone. So much space that includes tracks and jumps, multiple different places to park, and flat accessible areas for those in wheelchairs the tarseal road would be ideal for a wheelchair as it's smooth and flat. I use a wheelchair sometimes i just roll down the truckers road ( tarseal roads) on the side and im always spotted waved too and allowed to pass before they kick off again. Just remember people you're in Bottle Lake Forest not the Amazon. If you ever get lost walk towards the beach and you'll pop out on the sand no need to stress it may be a bit of a walk to the next opening and or group of people who I'm sure will be happy to...

A good place to listen to the nature, ND fire wood pine cones netles to get it going on a cold night, it's a real shame that I only got to shift house with my daughter ND family the first week down Christchurch, then maybe drove around for hour summits then back down into the towns ND home, was down there for my moko 13th birthday, love the weather not once did I feel cold ND it snow a bit on the day I left was a crisp cold so different to the damp one back in West Auckland omg nothing but pain. Lol suffer from Raynoids, sclerma derma, lupus, so I felt the difference in the weather laugh when the rain came 😆 🤣 light shower then the most beautiful blue sky not even clouds lol maybe a,couple but wow loved what I saw ND 😀 was comfortable while I stayed nx year taking a keen mate ND do a rd trip lol .wow tht would be an experiment of a life time save up ND pick my friend up in the corramandle, bottle of Boombbay at every stop . Yip nearly 58 and I want to see the...

Bottle Lake Forest Park is a great place to visit. It's ideal for walkers/runner, horse riders and mountain bikers. the dedicated tracks for each. Dogs are allowed as well There is a map beside the track as you enter off the car park. There is an area for freestyle and BMX I mainly use the mountain bike tracks which are single track level 2 so nothing difficult. There are a few alternative routes, some have 2 way traffic so you need to be aware of that. The short loop (taking the left track) is about 10 km and the long loop (the right track) is around 15 km. How ever you can do shorter options by following the forestry road back In the winter there is a good chance you will get wet and dirty as there are puddle that form and some can't be avoided. It is through the forest so it is mostly affected by the wind, with the acception of the section on the long loop along...