Meet at the Onetangi Sports park pavillion for a challenging tramp to Whakanewha Regional Park. This one is not for everyone, you will need to be fit to be able to take part.
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To the island! 1pm Sunday 10 May 2009
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Meet at the end of Margaret Reeve Lane for a coastal exploration around Te Whau Peninsula.
Please note:
Some of the coastal section of this walk cross private property. Thanks to the generosity of the landowners we are able to take you here for a one-off excursion, but do not attempt to walk this route without consent. Okoka Bay is open to the public though.
Sunday Walk, 3 May, 3pm, Enclosure Bay
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This Sunday Forest & Bird and the Friends of McKenzie Reserve will show you around Enclosure Bay, Hekerua Bay and Sandy Bay, with a special tour around what is set to become one of Waiheke Island's great assets: McKenzie Reserve. Thanks to a partnership between Auckland City, the Hauraki Gulf Charitable Trust and a dedicated group of volunteers, an amazing transition is taking place in this former pine forest, with a whole new network of tracks, thousands of new native plants and some interesting new features.
The walk will take 1.5-2 hours. Some sections are moderately steep.
Owhanake and Island Bay walk, Sunday 19 April 3pm
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This week we are dong an old favourite, but this time we're walking anti-clockwise. Meet at the carpark at the end of Korora Road at 3pm. We'll pass through regenerating bush, an interesting oprivate property (with a walkway open to the public), vineyards, amazing lookouts, rocky outcrops and wetlands. The walk will take between 1.5 and 2 hours and has a few steep sections.
Sunday 12 April 2009 3pm: A new reserve
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We are kicking off our Sunday walks programme for 2009 with a special treat: come and join us for an exclusive preview of the latest addition to the Waiheke Forest & Bird Reserves: the Mills Property. Thanks to the vision of the Mills family and the generosity of a private benefactor Forest & Bird has been able to purchase a substantial rural property and add it to the Onetangi Reserve in December 2008. Its still early days - there is a lot of work to do here, but we are delighted to take you on a guided tour of this beautiful property. Meet at the Trig Hill Road gate to the Onetangi Reserve at 3pm.
Sunday Walk 23 Nov 08 3.30pm
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This Sunday’s walk is a relatively gentle one. We are starting from the end of Donald Bruce Rd nearest the roundabout (beside the kindergarten: parking beside the high school playing fields), going down the bridle path and taking a look around the high school wetland. There has been substantial weed-removal and replanting there, with more to come. Tony King-Turner hopes to be with us and will tell us about what has been happening.
Thence to Hooks Lane and down to the beach for an amble and then back up to the high school fields and a walk along the cliff-tops through the primary school and back across to Donald Bruce Rd. We are then fortunate to be having a look around the Lush property, opposite the school, with a nice wee hill for looking out from, a small wetland and a beach down the bottom. The tide will be near full or we’d then walk to Shelley Beach but will have to return to our starting point along the road.
See you then.
3.30 start. Meet beside the kindergarten, Donald Bruce Rd. All welcome and not much in the way of hills.
Sunday Walk, 16 Nov 2008, 3.30pm
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The walk this week is a loop around the Matiatia–Owhanake area.
This is a similar walk to that which Gary Wilton organised for Labour weekend but if you missed that you might like to join us. We will pass through a variety of landscapes including regenerating coastal bush, northern bays and Matiatia wetland. The walk will take up to two hours and will include climbs from Oceanview Rd to Delamore, down the other side and back up again.
Meet at the Owhanake carpark (the unsealed one midway between Matiatia and Oneroa) at 3.30pm.
For more detail check out http://waihekegreenmap.blogspot.com or contact me on 372 2450.
Note that while every care is taken, these walks are at your own risk. All welcome.
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