Puketutu Island Safari

Hello friends, our next ride will be a great opportunity to immerse yourselves in the beauty of the Manukau Harbour. As per the normal instructions, please be prepared for weather, it is winter. Unless the weather is so bad there is a health and safety risk, we will be riding.

Start/Finish will be at the Bikehub next to the Onehunga Train Station. So all being well, you will be able to catch a train to and from the event. 

Timing: We will start riding at 10:00am, we should be back in Onehunga before midday.

What kind of bike: You do not have to have an eBike for this ride, it is around a 25km ride, with few hills. We will be riding on gravel roads along the Watercare Coastal Walkway and the grass walking paths around the harbour edge of the Ambury Regional Park. There is a gravel road around the south side of Puketutu Island that will take us to a lookout point west toward the Manukau Heads.

Route: About three quarters of the route will be on off road shared paths. We start by riding across the new walking and cycling bridge, Ngā Hau Māngere then along the Kiwi Esplanade to Ambury Farm. The route around the edge of the farm can be bumpy in places, but you will be amazed that you can be out in the peaceful midst of the Manukau Harbour so close to the city. The Watercare Coastal Walkway offers excellent birdwatching, especially for shorebirds wintering in the Manukau Harbour. Look for South Island pied oystercatchers, wrybills, New Zealand dotterels, and pied stilts. Resident birds include pied shags, white-faced herons, royal spoonbills, pūkeko, kingfishers and black swans. 

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If you have any questions, please contact me at richard@path.net.nz.  

Ngā mihi nui 

Richard