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Te Kuri Farm Walkway

Location
The walkway is signposted from the Ballance Street/Ormond Road corner of Gisborne City. Visitors can drive straight to the start of the walkway at the end of Shelley Road, where there is a large car park and a picnic area.
Description

Te Kuri Farm Walkway is located on a private farm on the northern outskirts of Gisborne. The walkway has a well defined track that is suitable for people with average physical fitness. It is a 2-3 hour loop that can be walked in either direction.

The walkway initially passes through areas of flat farmland before climbing 230 metres to a lookout point (Town Hill, 290 metres). There is a steady climb up to this lookout, and the view it gives of the Poverty Bay flats is well worth the effort. A special feature of the walk is the panoramic views which can be seen from various points along the route.

There is one notable area of remnant, semi-coastal forest of a type once common on the foothills of the Poverty Bay Flats. The bush in the gullies is dominated by puriri, kohekohe and mahoe, while the ridges and slopes are clothed in kanuka, forest and blackwood plantations. Elsewhere radiata pine is the dominant species.

The bush provides a home for a number of forest birds such as tui, kereru (native wood pigeon), owl (ruru), grey warbler (riroriro) and fantails (piwakawaka).

Good quality walking shoes or boots should be worn.

The walk consists of a steady climb of 230 m to the Town Hill lookout. Take a drink with you and there is no drinkable water available on the walk.
Use of the walkway has been made possible through the generous permission of the landowners. Please respect this by caring for their property.

Please note that the walkway is closed for lambing season each year from 1 August to the start of Labour Weekend. As the walkway is located on a private farm please keep to the track and close gates behind you. No dogs, horses or mountain bikes are allowed on the walkway.

Distance
5.6 km
Duration
3.0 hours
Level
Medium
Amenities
  • Carpark
  • Historical
  • Picnics
  • Plant Life
Source
www.doc.govt.nz
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