This walk was fantastic; varied, not to hilly, coastal and with lots of views. It didn't take all day and it formed a circular route so you didn't have to do walk the same ground twice. I found it at Shakespeare Regional Park whilst looking at Google maps for interesting places not too far north of Auckland, the park is at the end of a peninsular. There are 3 circular walking routes marked with different colour posts, all 3 walks can be combined together to make one big circular walk which covers the whole headland. It was a beautiful day, warm but with a breeze out of the trees so perfect for walking and that particular aspect I love - not many people.
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| Ten out of ten |
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| The walk starts in the woods and emerges from the trees seen in the middle here |
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| Then goes up this windows desktop path |
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| Past a central lookout and down to the other side of the headland |
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| Past the dairy cows and sheep |
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| To the water and up the path seen here |
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| Looking back to the cattle and sheep at the top right |
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| Near the end of the loop before going back to a beach of the other side of the headland |
I really enjoyed this walk, there were short sections through woods, the hills were gentle and the views were excellent, I could see Auckland city in the distance to the south. This wonderful walk make me think about the Great Walks of New Zealand and how they are I think overrated, more on that later. But this I think is one of the best day walks I've ever done. There was even an ice cream van at the beach near the end, you don't get that on a great walk I tell you.
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