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Opening of Te Ara O Puuriri Trail
This event is by Franklin Active Trails.
A choice of two simultaneous bike rides along and beyond the freshly opened Te Ara O Puuriri Trail. Routes will be available on the day and via Ride with GPS links. Both options include unsealed trail sections however most is on quiet sealed roads. If you are a big fan of MTB trails you can include an extension of incorporating the Puni MTB circuit through the pines adding a further 5km to the journey.
When: Sunday Oct 12th, 8.00am
Where Start: Bledisloe Park, Johns St by playground and soccer clubrooms.
Where Finish: Your Local Coffee Roasters Pukekohe, Cnr Nelson & Manukau Rd
Option 1: 1 Summit 11 Km Circuit west to Te Ara O Puuriri, (Summit Adams Rd South, Belmont)
Option 2: 3 Summits 17 – 20 Km circuit. West to Te Ara O Puuriri, South to Puni Reserve Summit, Attewell Rd, east to Pukekohe Hill Summit, downhill to Local Coffee Roasters.
Health & Safety
- Wear high visibility clothing. (We are riding on trails and quieter roads but there are several busy main roads to cross).
- All children under the age of 14 must be supervised by an adult
- All people taking part in this ride do so at their own risk, will ride independently and will not be supervised or guided.
Background
Te Ara Puuriri starts at the top of one of the Pukekohe 5 Summits established by Pukekohe Tramping Club as part of their 50th celebrations. Franklin Active Trails and Whakaupoko Landcare have built on this initiative. A forgotten weedy and pesty woolly nightshade forest has been converted into a puriri forest with fun walking and cycle trails, offering a circuit connection with the Pukekohe 5 Summits and a link to the 6th summit of Puni Reserve.
Come and check it out.
Read some further background about the trail here.
A note about getting there from the Auckland City Centre:
The start point is just 500m from the Pukekohe Railway Station. There is a train that arrives at Pukekohe at 7.44am. The train starts at down town Auckland Waitemata Stn at 6.30am. Return Trains leave at 20 minute intervals.
