The result was 15km of walking tracks that lead through ancient podocarp stands of rimu, kahikatea, matai, miro and totara trees. Davies Heat ‘n’ Cool is a family owned and operated business with a proud tradition for delivering world-class heating, ventilation and air conditioning solutions, to residential and commercial clients in Dunedin, Otago and the lower South Island, covering Christchurch to Invercargill and anywhere in between.

From the DOC sign climb up past Leishmans Falls. We have continued to serve our customers with a limited staff to serve phone and online orders while keeping the health and safety of our employees and customers as our top priority. Start next to Leishmans Stream, about 4 km down Silverstream Valley Rd.

As you walk up the track you’ll be rewarded with views of rolling hills covered in tussock to the west and Dunedin to east. It provides a magnificent viewpoint over the city on one side, and the Otago hinterland on the other. Dunedin has lots of great city viewpoints, but Flagstaff is …

The Davies Track is towards the right-hand end. “I think it’s one of the assets to the area.

– Art. Follow the 4WD track and road up to Swampy Summit and around the dopper radar (big structure at top). Once you reach the geodatum marker at the top of flagstaff, a plane table installed by the Otago Tramping and Mountaineering Club in 1973 will highlight the different surrounding peaks and geographical features. On returning to Mosgiel we all adjourned to the Blackstone Cafe for after tramp relaxation..

We decided to take the Firebreak/Old Bullock Track back to the cars.

Once at the top, take a right hand detour following the signposting towards Swampy Summit. In summary it had been a very enjoyable day out for the six of us, and we had some good exercise in travelling the 13.5 km. Davies Status Update: Jun 5, 2020 Like most of the country, we’ve done our best to follow the guidelines set forth by the CDC for this COVID 19 pandemic. Description Starting at the bottom of the Pineapple Track on Tanner Rd you head up the hill following Pineapple. Dunedin from Davies Track above bushline. Flagstaff is a hill rather than a mountain, but it definitely dominates the Dunedin skyline.

Starting in 1965, Davies and a team of about a dozen would form new tracks when the weather was too wet to do other work. Expert Knowledge Partnered with High Quality Products. … to finish at the Bull Ring.Again our pace was easy and pleasurable allowing plenty of time for taking (by some anyway).