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- Birdlings_Flat abstract "Birdling's Flat, originally named Te Mata Hapuku, is a settlement in Canterbury, New Zealand, close to the shore of Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora.Birdling's Flat also commonly refers to the nearby pebble beach that is part of Kaitorete Spit. The beach is well known as a place to find small agates and a variety of other attractive rounded pebbles. Due to strong ocean currents, swimming and surfing is not advised.Birdling's Flat is named for the Birdling family, who were the first European Settlers to farm the area. William Birdling was the first member of the Birdling family to arrive in New Zealand. He was employed by George Rhodes in 1843 to come to Banks Peninsula and work as his overseer. William built a house, Waikoko, in the area which was later to bear his name.On 16 May 1882, a branch line railway was opened to Birdling's Flat from a junction with the Southbridge Branch in Lincoln. This line became known as the Little River Branch, with the extension to Little River opened on 11 March 1886. The railway served Birdling's Flat until its closure on 30 June 1962. The railway's old formation remained well preserved and has now been revitalised into a public walking and cycling track, the Little River Rail Trail.It has been used as a launch site for sounding rockets. The University of Canterbury has a meteorological research station based there. Hector's dolphins live along the beach in notable numbers, and whales, fur seals, much rarer whales and elephant seals are known to appear to cavort and rest.".
- Birdlings_Flat thumbnail William_Birdling_Circa_1900.jpg?width=300.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageExternalLink birsflat.htm.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageExternalLink birdlings.shtml.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageID "1445200".
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageLength "3319".
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageOutDegree "24".
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageRevisionID "693367130".
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink Agate.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink Arctocephalus_forsteri.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink Banks_Peninsula.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink Branch_line.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink Canterbury,_New_Zealand.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink Category:Banks_Peninsula.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink Category:Populated_places_in_Canterbury,_New_Zealand.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink George_Rhodes_(farmer).
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink Hectors_dolphin.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink Kaitorete_Spit.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink _Te_Waihora.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink Lincoln,_New_Zealand.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink Little_River,_New_Zealand.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink Little_River_Branch.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink Little_River_Rail_Trail.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink Sounding_rocket.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink Southbridge_Branch,_New_Zealand.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink Southern_elephant_seal.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink Track_bed.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink University_of_Canterbury.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink Whale.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink File:Birdlings_Flat_02.jpg.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink File:Pebbles_from_Birdlings_Flat.JPG.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLink File:William_Birdling_Circa_1900.jpg.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLinkText "Birdling's Flat".
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageWikiLinkText "Birdlings Flat".
- Birdlings_Flat float "left".
- Birdlings_Flat label "Birdling's Flat".
- Birdlings_Flat latDeg "43".
- Birdlings_Flat latDir "S".
- Birdlings_Flat latMin "49".
- Birdlings_Flat lonDeg "172".
- Birdlings_Flat lonDir "E".
- Birdlings_Flat lonMin "41".
- Birdlings_Flat position "right".
- Birdlings_Flat width "186".
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Banks_Peninsula.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Cite_book.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Commons_category.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Coord.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Location_map.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:See_also.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Use_New_Zealand_English.
- Birdlings_Flat wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Use_dmy_dates.
- Birdlings_Flat subject Category:Banks_Peninsula.
- Birdlings_Flat subject Category:Populated_places_in_Canterbury,_New_Zealand.
- Birdlings_Flat hypernym Settlement.
- Birdlings_Flat point "-43.824415 172.70575".
- Birdlings_Flat type Place.
- Birdlings_Flat type Settlement.
- Birdlings_Flat type Place.
- Birdlings_Flat type Thing.
- Birdlings_Flat type SpatialThing.
- Birdlings_Flat comment "Birdling's Flat, originally named Te Mata Hapuku, is a settlement in Canterbury, New Zealand, close to the shore of Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora.Birdling's Flat also commonly refers to the nearby pebble beach that is part of Kaitorete Spit. The beach is well known as a place to find small agates and a variety of other attractive rounded pebbles.".
- Birdlings_Flat label "Birdling's Flat".
- Birdlings_Flat seeAlso _Te_Waihora.
- Birdlings_Flat sameAs Q865085.
- Birdlings_Flat sameAs Birdling’s_Flat.
- Birdlings_Flat sameAs m.0524q2.
- Birdlings_Flat sameAs Q865085.
- Birdlings_Flat lat "-43.824415".
- Birdlings_Flat long "172.70575".
- Birdlings_Flat wasDerivedFrom Birdlings_Flat?oldid=693367130.
- Birdlings_Flat depiction William_Birdling_Circa_1900.jpg.
- Birdlings_Flat isPrimaryTopicOf Birdlings_Flat.