1:45 pm today

Heading Off: The Kawatiri Trail

From Afternoons, 1:45 pm today

We all have ideas in the pub or while idly thinking at home, but very few of us actually follow through.

But one man who did take it further is Richard Niederer. His idea was to build a coastal trail between Westport and Charleston.

The 40Km route opens on Saturday after a decade of work. He talks to Jesse about the project and how it came to pass.

A bike leans against a fence on a newly constructed boardwalk. The boardwalk is on a gradual incline. It's coming out of a patch of native bush, you can see the sea emerging on the left hand side.

Photo: Pete Archibald