Birdling's Flat
| Birdling's Flat | ||
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| Coordinates | 43 ° 49 ′ S , 172 ° 42 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-CAN | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Canterbury | |
| District | Christchurch City | |
| Ward | Banks Peninsula Ward | |
| Residents | few | |
| height | 10 m | |
| Post Code | 7591 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 3 | |
| Photography of the place | ||
 Anglers on the beach at Birdling's Flat |
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Birdling's Flat is a small settlement in the urban area of Christchurch City in the Canterbury regionon the South Island of New Zealand .
Origin of name
The settlement was named after the farm worker William Birdling , who bought land on the site in the late 1840s and created a small estate he named Lake View . When the railway construction reached the place in 1882, the station was called Birdling's Flat .
geography
The settlement is located around 33 km south-southeast of Christchurch city center on the southwest side of the Banks Peninsula . Directly east of the settlement is the outflow of Lake Forsyth and around 4.5 km to the northwest is Lake Ellesmeere . The settlement has access to the New Zealand State Highway 75 , which leads around 1 km north of Christchurch into the mountainous regions of the Banks Peninsula and to Akaroa .
history
On May 16, 1882, the connecting line from Birding's Flat to the Southbridge Branch in Lincoln was opened. This line became known as the Little River Branch when it expanded to Little River on March 11, 1886. The railroad served the station in Birdling's Flat until it was closed on June 30, 1962. The former embankment has been well preserved and is now being revitalized as a public walking and cycling route as the Little River Rail Trail .
The University of Canterbury operational by 2016 in the settlement of four radar systems that have been used for different tasks. A 26.2 MHz radar was used to track meteorites . Another with 2.4 MHz for the wind measurements within the mesosphere between an altitude of 60 km and 100 km. A third system was used to measure the ionization of the atmosphere and the fourth radar system was to determine the wind conditions at a height of 2 km to 12 km at a frequency of 42.5 MHz. All systems were decommissioned in 2016.
Attractions
Birding's Flat beach is rich in precious stones and a wide variety of rocks of volcanic origin. Collectors and artisans who make jewelry from the stones get their money's worth on the long beach. However, the beach is not suitable for swimming or water sports and is even classified as extremely dangerous due to its special current and wave conditions.
literature
- Helga Neubauer: Birdling's Flat . In: The New Zealand Book . 1st edition. NZ Visitor Publications , Nelson 2003, ISBN 1-877339-00-8 , pp. 753 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neubauer: Birdling's Flat . In: The New Zealand Book . 2003, p. 753 .
- ↑ Birdling's Flat - William Bird Ling (1822-1902) . Peeling Back History , accessed October 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed October 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Little River Rail Trail . Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism , accessed October 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Birdlings flat radars . (No longer available online.) University of Canterbury , archived from the original on October 29, 2017 ; accessed on October 28, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ John Wilson : Looking for gemstones, Birdlings Flat . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , July 6, 2015, accessed October 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Pat Barret : Birdlings Flat beach: Dangerous and definitely not for swimming . In: Stuff - Destinations . Fairfax Media , November 23, 2015, accessed October 28, 2017 .
