A group of 18 people did an interesting walk from Parnell to St Heliers this afternoon. We set out at 2pm from the carpark at the foot of the Parnell Rose Gardens to walk through Dove-Myer Robinson Park down to Judges Bay, where we saw some people swimming in the water already. From there we carried along the track above the Parnell Baths which were getting prepared for the summer season. We went on to Tamaki Drive and walked along to the other end of Hobson Bay and up steps to Paritai Drive, viewing many of the posh and expensive houses this drive is famous for.

We had our break at Okahu Bay reserve at 3pm, but we didn't have devotions this time.

From there we went up to Bastion Point and had a look at some of the old gun emplacements that had been made for a possible attack from Japan in World War II that never eventuated, fortunately.

We went on past the Michael Joseph Savage memorial and down to Mission Bay, to carry on along Tamaki Drive to finish at St Heliers about 4:45pm.

LENGTH: 8.55kmm AVERAGE SPEED INCLUDING STOPS: 2.8 km/h MAXIMUM SPEED: 6.5km/h