BEAUTY SPOTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26618, 14 November 1947, Page 4

BEAUTY SPOTS

“LOOK-OUTS” PLANNED

RESERVES DEPARTMENT SCHEME

“ It is the aim of the department to provide ample opportunities for citizens and visitors to the city to feast their eyes on some of the beauties of the city and harbour,” commented Cr D. C. Jolly, chairman of the Reserves Committee, to a Daily Times reporter who accompanied him and the superintendent of reserves, Mr M. R. Skipworth, during their inspection of the city’s reserves yesterday afternoon Cr Jolly explained that plans were under consideration to provide “ lookouts ” in certain parts of the city where motorists, in particular, would be able to pull up in their cars and get something more than a cursory glance at the city’s beauty spots. When a stop was made in Queen’s Drive, overlooking the Woodhaugh and Leith Valleys, Cr Jolly said that it was proposed to level the knob at the north end of Prospect Park in order to provide ample parking facilities. This would necessitate a rearrangement of a portion of the Association football playing field, and the elimination of a portion of the road, and would provide a view unsurpassed anywhere in the Dominion.

Another “ look-out ” was being provided from the Unity ground at the top of Stafford street. For years this has been one of the city’s most neglected spots, but the rubbish dump, which had for so long disfigured the area had now been filled in and it had been sown in grass. It was also proposed to provide a number of seats there.

A part of the Montecillo reserve in Eglinton road had also received considerable attention, and an unsightly clay bank had been removed. A brief visit was also made to an area in Belleknowes terrace, which was receiving attention from a rotary hoe. After the gorse and broom had been removed it was proposed to sow the ground in grass. “ This will be a wonderful improvement,” Cr Jolly commented, “ as the area had been in a truly shocking state for years, and a real disgrace to the city.” There were also several other areas in and around the Town Belt, he said, that would be cleaned up in the near future.