La Rosa Garden Reserve — Attraction in Whau

One of our local parks which is a nice walk. There is a well formed path around the outside, a Rose garden as you enter from La Rosa St and also children's playground and public toilet facility. At the back of the park you can cross the Avondale Stream (this is a little more challenging with variable sized steps on the banks) after walking through some California Redwoods and which leads eventually to a path to Lantana Road. At this end of the park is an orchard of sorts with various fruit trees having...

Beautiful park.. there's a rose garden at the entrance. It opens up to a decent playground. The real treat is that there's a stunning walking path that crosses over a stream in several places. It all loops back to the main entrance. The path has informative signage along the way. Worth a visit if you're...

This is a hidden gem. Only locals seem to go to this park. The highlight in the park is actually the lack of ducks which seem to pollute the streams. This means that longfin eels can be seen in the stream. The park has plenty of quiet areas which can be used to make convos...