Posts Tagged ‘Puhoi’

Dome Tearooms to Puhoi

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Friday 12th March

Dome Tearooms – pine forest – farmland – pine forest – Moir Hill – Dunns Ridge – Puhoi village. 26.5 km – 5.75 hours

Leaving into a shower or two (first rain since before Kerikeri) up a minor road soon leaving the sound of a busy SH1 behind me. Then along forest roads, with a short connecting foot track, down into Streamlands, then more minor roads and farm paddocks to the start of the walk into the pine plantation leading to Moir Hill.

Forest roads then wound there way steadily uphill until the cellphone tower on Moir Hill was reached. Fried there for a while before heading down a minor forest track, crossing a minor road, through a new subdivision and onto Dunns Ridge Track. This took me down through open bush, before reaching an open ridge down through a farm to the quiet roads that then led me to the village of Puhoi.

The next section of Te Araroa is via canoe down the river to Wenderholm – I had done that with the family in January (picture) – just as well, since on checking, Puhoi Canoes had other plans for tomorrow, so tomorrow I will be starting from Wenderholm

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Walking the length of Te Araroa – Day 16 Dome to Puhoi

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

With our “guide” Roland

Mixed track and roadwalking with the final destination of a pub and cold beer.

Check out the historic area of Puhoi and its pub and its location on the map

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What is the Best Walk in Auckland?

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

The great weather just continues!  What amazing weather for getting out and about, and what better way to take advantage of these great summer days than enjoying some of this city’s great walks.

What is the best walk in Auckland?

As a dedicated city walker, and a strong Shore man, my vote would be the North Shore Coastal Walk.  At a really low tide you can get from Devonport to Long Bay and only have to leave the water’s edge once!  But if the tide is high, then you have to do some city-walking – it is still a great walk.

In December I walked from Devonport to Long Bay in just over 4 hours, and that included a nice coffee in Browns Bay.  What a great way to spend a Sunday morning – especially in summer.

On that day we carried on – after walking the Long Bay Reserve, we timed it right to get across the Okura estuary at low tide and eventually finished the day with a cold Lion Red outside the Puhoi pub.  After 57Km we needed a cold beer.  We carried on the next day – walking a section of Te Araroa – and finished our 100Km weekend in Matakana for another Lion Red!

Bit out of my comfort zone for a city walker – so next time I will stick to the city, and maybe even venture over the bridge ….. or perhaps somewhere out west!  Now that would really be outside my comfort zone!!

City Walker

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