Kauri Glen
(1.5 hours - main loop track)
Kauri Glen has been a reserve since 1907. Although the forest has been milled for kauri, some large trees of 200 to 300 years in age remain. The main entrance is through Kauri Glen Road, beside the Northcote College gymnasium. The track begins as a wide carriageway amongst tall kanuka. This opens out to a bluff overlooking the dense growth in the valley floor surrounded by tall kauri. The main loop track crosses the stream and follows the northern ridge. On descending to the valley floor at the eastern end of the reserve the track passes through taraire forest before following the southern ridge back to the main entrance.
Cecil Eady Bush
Access is at the end of Woodside Avenue. The track continues along the north side of the Onepoto Stream below a canopy of kahikatea, puriri, tanekaha and totara. The track then climbs on to a ridge and in the undergrowth are deep ruts where bullock teams
pulled out kauri logs.
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