Local Cycle Ways - Porirua

Porirua Cycle Ways:

Ara Harakeke (the Flax Pathway)

Ara Harakeke (The Flax Pathway) is an award winning cycleway and walkway linking Plimmerton and Pukerua Bay. This worthwhile project was identified some years ago and will be enjoyed by many people for years to come.

At present cyclists can leave State Highway 1 north of the Plimmerton Weighstation and cycle along gently undulating and landscaped pathway, constructed from new materials and reusing parts of the old State Highway. Cyclists travel along the Taupo Swamp reserve land to finish the cycleway at the shops at Pukerua Bay.

Gareth Varley Memorial Mountainbike Skills Track:

This track is a free community project for youth developed in memory of Gareth Varley, a young mountain biker killed in an accident while on a trip to Canada representing New Zealand at the 1998 World Mountainbike Championships.

The track is 1.25 kilometres long and involves straights, hills, forest, skills and bridges. It can be accessed either off Warspite Avenue (Ascot Park), next to Waitangirua Intermediate, or from the Ascot Park Reserve carpark on Conclusion Street.

For further information, ask at Amethyst Court Motor Lodge reception.