My Favourite Walk
By Barbz Lowther
Papamoa’s two great recreational areas
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t Papamoa (Bay of Plenty) we are so lucky to have two wonderful recreation areas in our backyard, Papamoa Hills and Summerhill Farm. Papamoa Regional Park 20 minutes from Tauranga, opened in 2004 as the first regional park outside Auckland or Wellington. It covers an area of 135 ha and has many ar-
chaeological sites, ditches, middens, Above: The views near Camp David. terracing and several Pa sites. Below left: One of the many bridges It can be accessed from a carpark in the forest area. in Poplar Lane, off Te Puke Highway. Below right: Kate enjoying the From here the track rises unrelent- scenery with the trig in the distance. ingly steeply to the trig at 224m. After an area of new planting, you and further out to Mayor, Motiti, walk mainly over open farmland Taumaihi, Whale and White Islands. The walk can be completed as a with spectacular coastal views over loop showing the different pa sites, Mt Maunganui, Papamoa, Te Puke,
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