Auckland Baptist Tramping Club 2003 Base map: NZTopoOnline, extracted August 2003, Crown Copyright Reserved A sunny windless winter afternoon brought out 17 people to explore the bush reserves in the vicinity of Blockhouse Bay. We set out about 2pm from the carpark at the bottom of Endeavour St, on the Blockhouse Bay foreshore, and climbed up to the end of Taunton Terrace. Did we hear a train whistle - perhaps the weather was so calm we could hear the Glenbrook Vintage Railway across the water? A bush track took us along the clifftops, going down and up, with occasional views out across the Manukau Harbour, coming out near the far end of Taunton Terrace. We re-entered the bush dropping down to Green Bay for a rest stop beside the beach. The tide was right in. As we continued along Portage Rd we could see a large tower used by scouts staying at the Motu Moana scout camp for abseiling practice. We carried on into Craigavon Park, past the children’s playground and into more bush, going along a wide track among the tall trees. Once out of the park, a roadbash brought us to our icecreamerological stop at the Blockhouse Bay shops. Tummies charged with magnums and moritzes, we entered the bush of Avondale South Domain, doing a side trip down to Flounder Bay. As the tide was still in, we had to return and continue along the main track of the domain to come out on Blockhouse Bay Rd, just two minutes walk from our cars. We finished at one minute past four, having enjoyed a lovely time of fellowship and exercise on a very pleasant afternoon.