Lyttelton Scenic Reserve is a park in Lyttelton on Banks Peninsula, holding 4.7 on Google from just three reviews. Reserves like this are one of the peninsula's quiet pleasures: land left to regenerate across old volcanic slopes, where the returning native bush fills with birdsong — bellbirds, fantails, the odd kereru. Tracks in reserves like this are typically unsealed, steep in patches and slippery after rain, so footwear with grip is worth having, and peninsula weather can turn — a calm morning in town often means wind on the higher ground. Locals tend to go early or late, when the light sits on the harbour and the paths are quiet. For Lyttelton, a scenic reserve on the doorstep is a genuine everyday asset.