Walk 48, 18th October 2020
Ambury Regional Park at Mangere Bridge is right in the heart of Auckland. The park is named after Stephen Ambury who farmed the land and built a homestead for his family in the 1880s.
The park is a working farm. There are farm animals to meet including a handsome pair of Clydesdale horses and a pet lamb enclosure where children can pet the lambs. There’s a bird hide where you can see birds feeding in the estuary, and as you wonder through the fields you’ll see sheep, ducks, domestic fowl and peacocks.
There are beautiful views over the Manukau Harbour.
The narrowest point of land between the Manukau and Waitemata harbours is the isthmus at Otahuhu, called the Otahuhu portage. It was only 1km long and it’s where the Maori dragged their canoes (waka) across the Tamaki isthmus.
Walk: Auckland 37
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