Le Roys Bush Reserve — Attraction in Kaipātiki

Le Roy's Bush Reserve is one of the very popular tramping bushes in the North Shore of Auckland. You can either enter from Hinemoa Street in Hibury or from the Little Shoal Bay side and the loop track runs for about 3.5km. Generally considered an easy route, it takes an average one and a half to two hours to complete the loop leisurely. This is a very popular bush for bird watching, running, and walking. Dogs are allowed but must be on a leash. It has a nice canopy of trees with lots of interesting flora and fauna. It contains lowland forest with significant presence of kauri-tanekaha, broadleaved, and pohutukawa with wetland associations to the nearby estuary. The Shoal Bay Stream is habitat for indigenous fish including inanga, banded kokopu, longfin eel and shortfin eel.

Le Roy's Bush was originally purchased by Edward Le Roy in 1918. He established three ponds where he grew water lilies and kept goldfish. After his death the reserve was purchased by a public subscription organized by the North Shore Branch of the Forest and Bird Society and has since been extended from the original block by addition of further purchases of bush-clad back yards. Now the Bush spreads into about 12 hectares in extent where it joins the Little Shoal Bay Reserve (7.5 hectares) and Lutmers Reserve (2.6 hectares) near Wilding Ave in Northcote.

Little Shoal Bay is a destination on its own, having a picnic area with BBQ, a small beach for swimming at high tide, a playground and over the road, bowling club, a tennis court and a...

This is a great little walking reserve. If you read the other reviews they have some good comments about birds and the peacefulness. Currently the North arm is closed off because of a slip. But the Southend you can walk all the way to Birkenhead. The whole length is about 2000 m one way from the car park on the East end play the bowling. I've included two maps from two different entrances one of the maps is better than the other. Please don't walk with your dogs off and don't forget to pick...

Awesome bush walk through the heart of Birkenhead. Hidden rainforest feels like you are walking through tropical rain forest. Almost the whole walk is on solid built wooden walkways. Start from the top of Hinemoa Street and enjoy the relaxing walk down to Little Shoals Bay. The walk back is a bit tough at the end when walking up the last flight of stairs back to Hinemoa but not too bad. You can always take little breaks and enjoy...