Deco Eatery - Exhibition Drive Track - Vevo Cafe

Date: July 29, 2016
Party: Anna, Elizabeth, Lesley
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Distance: 13 km
Elevation: Not much...until we took a side road down to the dam
Time:2 hours 20 mins
Notes: Threatening rain convinced us to stop first at the Deco Eatery - the relatively newly-renovated cafe at Lopdell House in Titirangi - for a coffee and to keep a weather eye out those windows on the passing squalls: 

Our timing was perfect, the squalls headed off to Auckland, and we headed off to the Exhibition Track car park:

The track is wide and gravelled, running parallel to Scenic Drive, although you wouldn't know it. A great cycling and running track. It was a pretty straightforward walk, still a bit muddy from all the rain, with some historical signage here and there. We thought we could make it to the dam, but came across a bit of a deep stream that we couldn't cross, so turned around and walked back. Next time we thought a trip up Beveridge Track would be interesting. It was the track that the lost group we came across some months ago were supposed to take but ended up miles away after a very long walk!