About | Kohuroa Stream Track (at Matheson Bay Reserve) Matheson Bay As soon as you park the car, the kids will be jumping out of the car to play on the playground or out exploring the beach. It’s a beautiful little bay and being sheltered by the reef and island from the ocean it makes for great swimming. A swimming…
About | Omanawanui Track The Omanawanui Track was closed for three years due to kauri dieback. During that time it was being lavishly upgraded with thousands of box steps, hundreds of metres of boardwalk and a new lookout. This and a good amount of other tracks in the Waitakere Ranges were closed, mostly due to kauri dieback, so when it…
About | Dome Valley Summit Track The Dome Valley Summit Track is part of a much longer walkway, but you choose how far you want to go. It takes you through the native bush and high up on the ridge with surrounding views. The track first heads up to the lookout and there’s lots of steps involved. There are tree…
About | Ti Point Coastal Walkway The Ti Point Coastal Walkway is an easy and family-friendly walk that makes its way around the coastline, offering beautiful ocean and harbour views. Drive to the end of Ti Point Road where you’ll find yourself at the Ti Point wharf that overlooks several moored boats and the Whangateau Harbour. The track is mostly…
About | Okura Bush Walkway The Okura Bush Walkway is a lovely 3-hour return walk that goes through bush, along the estuary and stops off at a beautiful beach. You can either walk the whole thing or choose to end at the beach, which is around midway, and return the way you came. Start the Okura Bush Walkway at either end.…
About | CCT Lavender Farm Come enjoy the beautiful scent of lavender as you walk through rows of it at CCT Lavender Farm in Karaka. Bees buzz and move from flower to flower, busy with their days work. Get some family photos, the lavender fields make a very nice background. When you’re done, stop in at the cafe for some…
About | Brick Bay Wines & Sculpture Trail Brick Bay offers an excellent exhibition of contemporary sculptures. The sculptures are displayed in a natural environment along the Sculpture Trail which is set in native bush and is a wonderful way to see them. There is a sandpit, climbing frame and swings just outside the cafe for the kids. During peak…
About | Shakespear Regional Park – Tiritiri Track You’ll find a beautiful cliff walk in Shakespear Regional Park, the Tiritiri Track. You can start at either end but we chose to start the walk along the beach which meant walking down from the lookout point and not up. The track takes you along the cliff and has amazing views. When…
About | Domain Wintergardens The Auckland Domain Wintergardens are absolutely lovely, here you can view plenty of amazing plants in a glass-enclosed botanical garden. The kids will enjoy looking around at all of the different plants. Built in the 1900s, the two Victorian-style glasshouses showcases rare and spectacular plants in an ever-changing display. One of the glasshouses is heated and…
About | Long Bay Regional Park Coastal Track Walk or bike the Long Bay Regional Park Coastal Track that’ll take you along the coast and end at the Okura River. You’ll walk past Granny’s Bay and then Pohutukawa Bay along the way which are both beautiful beaches to stop off at, bring a picnic to enjoy under the shade of…
