The Volcanoes Walk (in reverse)

Date: 5 April 2019
Party: Anna, Elizabeth, Lesley
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Distance: approx 11km
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Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
Notes: This has been one of our go-to walks since the closure of the Waitakere tracks, and mighty good training for elevation. The Reverse Version, adapted by Anna, took us up the (steep) motorway side of Mt Hobson, and the (steep) Pines side of Mt Eden. Cheers for the hamstring/calf stretch, Anna. Fantastic and different views from both, with the Commercial Bay building now a feature of the city skyline. We also ventured around the back of Mt St John, which was novel, and gives a different perspective on the crater there. We made the most of the Reverse Version of Ayr St 🙃 and refuelled at the Shore Road cafe, planning our May trip to Raglan. Elizabeth has been given strict instructions to have a sore knee checked out and fully functional by then.

Mairangi Bay - Browns Bay - Torbay - La Tropezienne - Mairangi Bay

Date: 25 July 2014
Party: Anna, Lesley
Map: http://www.teararoa.org.nz/auckland/
Distance: 11 km ish
Elevation: Negligible
Time: 3 hours, including coffee and cake at Browns Bay and rock pool investigations
Notes: Elizabeth was at Mt Hutt, heli-skiing, so we just had to do SOMETHING interesting. Ignoring the clouds and the Car B*^#4 who was trying to GPS us to South America, and planning for low tide so that we didn't get mermaided by an invading sea, we headed North. From Mairangi Bay we made our way across an above-ground sewage-line that has been covered in concrete and made to look like rock...really. And it does! From there up across the cliffs and back down to the beach until we got to Torbay, where we turned around and headed to La Tropezienne in Browns Bay. (Great coffee and a spectacular range of pastries and breads. Rhubarb and almond tarts may have been consumed in the interests of accurate reporting). We came back via as many rock pools and slippery rocks as possible, stopping with a motley collection of dogs in a toilet block after a lone heavy shower. (We are all class.) Lovely little green anemones, and everywhere a different type of rock. We were very taken with the swimming pool cantilevered out over the cliff, and the mysterious black sand at Murray's Bay. Oh and the jetty at Mairangi Bay. And the pigeons roosting in the cliffs. Not taken with the rocks gently falling down the cliffs.

Buttermilk-Cafe-Not-Queenies

Date: 6 October 2013
Party: Anna, Lesley (and Jo for refreshments)
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Distance: Just short of 11 kms
Elevation:
Time: 1 hour 45 mins
Notes: From Remuera, through Newmarket Park, the Domain, and down through the Viaduct and Wyndham Quarter with a view to refreshments at Queenies cafe. This was packed, however, so we (one of us, anyway) maturely retreated to Victoria Park Market and Buttermilk Café for luncheon. Delicious.

Kohi +

Date: 4 October 2013
Party: Anna, Elizabeth, Lesley
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Distance:
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Time: 1 hour 45 mins
Notes: Elizabeth took us on an extended walk through Kohi and Churchill Park

Cherry Blossom Walk - Mt St John - Mt Eden - One Tree Hill

Date: 27 September 2013
Party: Anna, Elizabeth, Lesley
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Distance: 12 kms plus
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Time: 2 hours, 20 minutes
Notes: Orange is incompatible with pink. Ankle tattoos are incomprehensible.

The Kohi Walk

Date: 16 August 2013
Party: Anna, Elizabeth, Lesley
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Distance: 8.5 km
Elevation:

Time: 1hour 15 (our PB)
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