Click map to enlarge. This is a short basic walk but can be extended to Brookvale Park or to Stanmore Bay. Park near the entrance to the reserve on D'Oyly Drive or in Brookvale Park Drive and walk alongside the stream to Brightside Road. There are parallel paths on this narrow reserve so we can go back to the cars a slightly different way. ...
Click map to enlarge. This compact little walk takes in the curiously named Jelas Saltwater Pond (no crocodiles) and two of the totara reserves in this part of what I would call Orewa but is officially called Red Beach. The walk takes us from the bottom of Jelas Road and down a gravel path to the estuary path and...
Click map to enlarge. This is a walk for a lazier day. We leave Estuary Arts and walk on the northside of the estuary keeping to the left as much as possible so we can walk through narrow, treelined tracks. Turn right by the bridge to wander through a pine grove with one of the biggest pines I've ever seen....
This walk starts at the Manly Boat Club. We then take a twirl through the park to the right of the boat club with its arbor, gardens and kina art work. Then it's along the beach to the Glengarry Ave end to see the stream, the mansion and whale tail sculpture. Back along the beach as far as we...
We meet at the Arkles Drive end of Arkles Bay and walk up a track to McKenzie Ave. We walk to the stormwater pond and go around it and back to Arkles Strand and then onto the beach back to the cars. A short walk but perfectly formed.
This is a short walk (click map to expand) that can easily be extended with a detour onto the nearby Vin's or Perimeter Tracks.
We meet at Estuary Arts (click on map to enlarge) walk to the first bridge on the south side of the estuary, and then take a short bush track up to Māori Hut Road.
This walk starts at Cooper Reserve off Cooper Road, which branches off Vipond Road. (Click on the map to enlarge.) A ramp leads down to the beach from the parking area, and the walk follows a line of overhanging pōhutukawa to the arty, almost magical garden near Joydon Place Reserve. (Optional extra is to walk up the path to Joydon...
This is a special walk as the former golf course offers wide paths and sweeping views across Te Haruhi Bay, Tiritiri Matangi Island, Okoromai Bay, and Rangitoto. (Click on the map to enlarge.)
