Cornwall Park, Auckland

Cornwall Park is a great place to get away from the city environment for a hour or so. I love the colours of the changing sessons here. Lots of room to go walking without too much interruption from others. There is a great little cafe / restaurant, but it can get quite busy when the sun is shining :)

One of the largest public parks in Auckland. This is where the famous One Tree Hill is located. You can have a picnic here with thier amenities like tables and benches and of course an electric grill free of charge. People also jog and walk around the park and some bring their dogs along. Parking is generally enough except when you go up One Tree Hill.

Great place to take kids. Lots to explore. My favourite experience at Cornwall Park was when I took an Australian friend there and she squealed with excitement when she saw the sheep crossing the road in front of our car. "There's sheep! But we're in the city! This is so Kiwi!"

This is a beautiful park! It's really large that even though I came about 6 times, I never got to see it all. It's a great park for a run out just walk around. There's sheep and cows in certain areas just roaming. The climb up to One Tree Hill is beautiful and the views amazing.

We drove to Epsom to see a movie at the art cinema there but thought we would spend a couple hours checking out the town we thought we had heard about. Turns out there is not much for a tourist to do in Epsom except it has this huge, incredible park. We walked up from the cinema through the sports fields and a path through an arboretum. I wish we had driven in to the visitor center first so we could have gotten the guide on the trees we walked through, though maybe just enjoying them and the walk had some benefit. We did not walk all the way to the top which looks like it has an incredible view, but had a great early dinner at the cafe, and an ice cream at the Creamery. You could easily spend a couple hours enjoying this park and the eateries, or letting kids play on the big hill and lawn.