A new information and historical centre at McLaren Falls Park is open with the ceremony attended this morning by about 40 people.
Among the attendees were Mayor Stuart Crosby and several Tauranga City Councillors, park ranger Gary Borman and philanthropist Harold Marshall.
Mayor Stuart Crosby and philanthropist Harold Marshall read one of the informative boards in the new McLaren Falls Information Centre.
The news centre cost $380,573 to build and is intended to increase the educational experience of those visiting the park through informative displays.
Gary says about 70,000 vehicles and about 150,000 people visit McLaren Falls every year.
It offers 10-12km of walkway, trout fishing, New Zealand's second largest arboretum, an equestrian area, barbecues and glow-worm walks.
The new information centre.
Within the park, nearly every tree is accounted for by the Bay of Plenty Tree Society.
They are installing GPS locaters and registering each tree within the arboretum.
The GPS locaters will enable visitors to the park to identify the species of each tree on a mobile device as they walk around.
3 comments
nice building.....
Posted on 09-02-2012 13:48 | By claypole
but couldn't a bit of thought have gone into the color of steel roof? standing amongst all the greenery, the roof glares, especially given todays weather.
Very Nice
Posted on 09-02-2012 15:29 | By Mr bay
But were the rate payers consulted 380k is a s..t load of money did it need to be as flash why not a small lean pergolla set up with infomation boards. No wonder the rate have sky rocketed. Aussie is starting to look better all the time.
Posted on 09-02-2012 17:11 | By poops
the next thing you know we will have to pay to go there to recoup the costs.
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