St Johns Bush Walk

A walk in the wilderness right in the heart of the suburbs. Enjoy a hike amongst many of Aoteroa's native trees without leaving the city.

We had great difficulty finding the Gowing Drive entrance until we realised that it was in fact on Monkton Place, a street that doesn't appear on Google Maps. Once we found how to get in, we enjoyed a short walk through lovely bush. Good to see that some of the trees have name tags giving details, and there's a very helpful information sign at the Worcester Road entrance.

Perfect place for an hour in nature amongst residential homes, and the new Sommerset Retirement Village recently opened next door at St Johns...I expect a few more people now will be walking through St Johns Bush. Several short 40 min loop tracks...exit or entry on Gowing Drive and St Johns Rd. There's also a large Kauri Tree here ...and big other Native Trees... Locals walk their dogs here and run through the trails...Not Suitable for anyone wobbly on their feet...Mainly muddy trails...Better in Summer Season...My local place I live ten minutes walk away.

Nice little stroll in the trees and lots of birdsong, however wouldn't travel across town again to visit, it's a bit too short to travel out of the way for. we had a quick min stroll before heading on to the next place.

A nice place to take your dog for a walk, swim maybe. Not long but long enough and recommend it.

Directions to St Johns Bush Walk with public transportation

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