Welcome to Friends of Le Roys Bush
There are 8 entrances to Le Roys Bush - the main entrance is from 251 Hinemoa Street (down the driveway between 245 and 253 Hinemoa Street).
The Le Roy Terrace track is closed until further notice to protect the kauri around it. Due to COVID budget cuts, no date is available for reopening.
Welcome to the Friends of Le Roys Bush website
Le Roys Bush (Wai Manawa) is a beautiful complex of reserves with streams and walkways running from Birkenhead Village (Highbury) down to Little Shoal Bay beach
New website and new URL
The Le Roys Bush URL is now LeRoysBush.NZ (no ".org" in it any more).
We are now moving towards using WiX for our principal website - this is what you see if you go to LeRoysBush.NZ - the site is still a work in progress. If you;d like to help, please email us.
COVID-Pandemic
Our thoughts are with all of you whose health and livelihood may be impacted by the pandemic.
While you are confined to home, you are encouraged to join Pest Free Kaipatiki and follow their recommendations for keeping our environment pest free and helping our native wildlife to survive and increase.
Click here to read more about what you can do during the lockdown on our News and Events page
Two vital rules to protect Le Roys Bush from kauri dieback:
Ensure your footwear and pets' paws are kissably clean before you leave home.
Keep to tracks at all times - this includes dogs, kids and adults.
Visit our Kauri dieback page to learn more.
You are invited to these activities
Pest Free Kaipatiki Pest Plant Campaign - see PestFreeKaipatiki.org.nz and click on Resources > Pest Plants
Regular Wednesday morning working bees - see the news page for details
Le Roys Bush and Beyond the Fence rat control programme to help save our native birds
Please email LeRoysBush@gmail.com if you want to be included on the invite list for these working bees
You are also warmly invited to help with other Pest Free Kaipatiki campaigns
For more info, go to pestfreekaipatiki.org.nz
Thanks to all who have helped out over the past year
Special thanks to our sponsors and supporters - the Kaipatiki Local Board, Auckland Council, The BIrkenhead Licensing Trust, Pest Free Kaipatiki, Digital Island and others
Many thanks to the helpful staff at Auckland Council, the Kaipatiki Local Board and the Council's Parks, Biosecurity, Biodiversity, RIMU & other departments who help us.
See also tiakitamakimakaurau.nz/discover-tamaki-makaurau/learn-about-your-area/bfa-little-shoal-bay/
Track upgrade programme
For more info on track status and routes, see: Track names & numbers for Le Roys Bush
Beyond the Fence
Click here for Beyond the Fence project activities
Rat bait blitz - see Rat Blitz programme - to learn how to join next blitz
For news and photos see our news page
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