Busby Head Track
Track category
Walking track
Time:
1 hr
Distance:
3 km
Description
Busby Head track
From the Urquharts Bay car park, an easy loop walk takes you around Busby Head to Smugglers Bay.
The loop track takes one hour. An alternative is a 20-minute walk that takes you straight over to Smugglers Bay from the car park.
On the loop track, you will walk past the gun emplacement at Home Point. This was built during World War II as a defence against possible invasion.
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Getting there
Bream Head Scenic Reserve is located at Whangarei Heads, northeast of Whangarei City. The track starts from the Urquharts Bay car park.
Plan and prepare
- Please make sure you are carrying plenty of drinking water.
- Tracks can be slippery after rain.
- Be careful of tree roots protruding onto the track.
- The rocky outcrops have steep drop offs. Children should be well supervised.
To minimise disturbance to the area, and out of respect to local iwi and their ancestors, please do not venture off the marked tracks.
The Department of Conservation, local iwi the Whangarei Heads Restoration Trust and the community are committed to restoring Bream Head, which includes a re-vegetation programme, weed and pest control. You may see predator traps beside the track. We ask for your safety that you please do not interfere with them.
Dogs and open fires are not permitted in the reserve including the beach.
Northland reserve bylaws apply to Bream Head Scenic Reserve.
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