Churchill Park Loop
5 km • 1 Hour • Easy • Churchill Park is one of a few walks in Auckland that does not have much shelter, so it was a great day to get into the park, with a pleasantly warm sun and no rain.
5 km • 1 Hour • Easy • Churchill Park is one of a few walks in Auckland that does not have much shelter, so it was a great day to get into the park, with a pleasantly warm sun and no rain.
One of my favourite short bush walks in Auckland is the Dingle Dell Reserve and St Heliers circuit.
45 min walk • Easy • Check tides • Tahuna Torea is a beautiful nature reserve and wetland (salt marsh and freshwater habitat) in Glendowie, East Auckland.
4.5 kms • 1 hour • Easy • What a fabulous day for a walk in St Heliers & Glover Park – warm, sunny, no wind….and there were so many people out and about taking advantage of the great weather!
4 kms • 1 hour • Easy • Today we explored Macleans Park and Eastern Beach – an area that was new to us.
6 km • 1 hour & 15 mins • Easy Walk • Pigeon Mountain in the suburb of Half Moon Bay is another of Auckland’s volcanoes.
The Cascade Walkway – 7.5km of shared paths between Meadowland Drive and Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga – 1 hour 15 mins.
5.30 km • 2 Hours • Easy • The Taranaki Falls is pretty spectacular and makes for a great day out in National Park on this loop walk.
Part of our Pakuranga Loop Walk is along the Pakuranga Rotary Walkway which extends to Pigeon Mountain, along the Tamaki Estuary and Whakaaranga Creek.
We are not familiar with the Tamaki and Glen Innes area, so today was our first walk and explore arount Mt Wellington at Point England Reserve.
We have previously explored St Johns Bush and wanted to incorporate the beautiful nature reserve into one of our longer circular walks.
This walk around the base of the Mount Wellington volcano explores the Stonefields residential development, the Maungarei Springs Wetland and the businesses along Lunn Avenue.
The Apirana St Johns walk makes use of the reserves within walking distance of Glen Innes Train Station.
Today we set out to explore another part of the Pakuranga Rotary Walkway, this time taking a loop behind Saint Kentigern College and through Manor Park.
We have now added a fourth loop walk taking in the wonderful Pakuranga Rotary walkway.
Half Moon Bay was bathed in sunshine this morning – very welcome after a week of rain.
This walk at Half Moon Bay explores the parks and reserves to the east, and then heads down to Eastern Beach.
3.80 km • 1 Hour 20 minutes no stopping • Hard • Awesome views from the top of Mt Maunganui, one of my favourite walks at the mount.
It continues to amaze us how the distances between places seem shorter when we are out walking compared to driving.
This short loop walk exploring the reserves from Botany Town Centre to Dannemora is suitable for people who work at Botany Town Centre and enjoy a short walk in their breaks, families with young children (playground, ducks) and dog owners.
This walk begins near the village of Titirangi and follows the path down through Atkinson Park to Titirangi Beach and French Bay.
Today was clear and sunny, which called for a walk and climb to look over Auckland from up high from Mount Victoria in Devonport
I felt like a tourist in my home city this morning! The morning was stunning and I was really looking forward to exploring Northcote Point.
Today’s walk around Lake Pupuke in Takapuna was a discovery one.
This weekend we embarked on an alternative Auckland coast to coast walk – from Waitemata Harbour to Manukau Harbour with less road and more parks
This Belmont Bay walk on Auckland’s North Shore, was chosen by my friend after she read an inspiring article about the founder of the Belmont cafe “Little & Friday“.
13 km • 5 hours at a good pace with no stops • Medium. Follow the Tuahu Summit Track to the top then turn off.
Our walk around Takapuna on Auckland’s North Shore was in warm winter sunshine.
The walk along Conifer Grove Esplanade offers views across Manukau Harbour north to Wattle Downs and south to Karaka.
Many walkers on Auckland’s North Shore will be familiar with this route.
Saying that you are going for a walk in the bush in urban Auckland, may sound like an oxymoron, however, that is one of the many wonderful aspects of walking in Auckland – you never have to go far to find native bush.
Today we set out to explore the Bayview area near Glenfield on Auckland’s North Shore. What a wonderful surprise to find a beautiful bush walk, alongside the Upper Harbour reaches, all part of the Glenfield Coastal Walkway.
We returned to Bayview on the North Shore to complete a circular walk in a different direction to our previous Bayview Coast and Bush Walk.
Beautiful view of Auckland city and harbour from the waterfront path to the left of the ferry wharf in Devonport.
The dark grey sky and strong winds did not bode well for our walk from Narrow Neck Beach (north of Devonport) to Ngaratinga Bay – a mini coast to coast loop.
The Totaravale Reserves loop walk loosely follows a route documented by Margaret Scrymgeour from her booklet “Explore the Shore”.
This loop bush walk from Birkenhead War Memorial Park, through the reserves of Ridgewood, Eskdale and Birkenhead Domain was slightly challenging as the map that we had obtained did not fit the directions.
The clifftop and beach loop walks starting at Campbells Bay and taking in Mairangi Bay, and Murrays Bay and part of Rothesay Bay on Auckland’s North Shore provide stunning views over the Hauraki Gulf and Islands.
The Meadowood Reserves loop walk follows a route documented by Margaret Scrymgeour from her booklet “Explore the Shore”.
Today we finally got to walk and discover just what a diverse and interesting place Greenhithe is
The Beach Haven coastal walk on Auckland’s North Shore hugs to the coastline with views to Bayview, Hobsonville Point and the bush that runs alongside the Upper Harbour Highway.
A beautiful sunny morning made our trip south for a walk around the Auckland Botanic Gardens and Totara Park walking tracks and the Puhinui Stream forest, a wonderful experience.
Centennial Park (inland from Campbells Bay on Auckland’s North Shore) is a very large reserve that contains a regenerating native forest.
Puhinui Reserve Walkway was another new discovery for us last week. It is a huge (199 hectares of rural landscape) undeveloped area out near Auckland Airport (off Price Road, off Puhiniu Road).
The walk around Ambury Park Farm is a fun, family friendly excursion.
If you have been out to Highbrook Business Park in South Auckland, you may have noticed a walkway along the waters edge to the north. This has intrigued my friend and I for some time, so today we set out to explore and work out a way to include it an interesting circular walk.
Wattle Downs in South Auckland was another new area for us to explore. The Wattle Downs Walkway goes around the edge of the peninsula that extends into Manukau Harbour, at one spot there are views through to Manukau Heads.
It was a treat to walk along Kiwi Esplanade (Mangere Bridge) at high tide in the sunshine this morning.
The Otara Creek Walkway in South Auckland, passes through some 220 hectares of waterway/tidal mudflats and forms a green corridor within Otara township.
Last weekend while we were exploring the Whitford area, we stumbled across the Point View Reserve, and decided to check it out.