Five Mile picnic area

No maintenance

Looks like it's hardly maintained now. Didn't enjoy this ride at all. After seeing so many great pictures about this track it wasn't worth drive out to the location. Needs some serious work done. Has ...

At one with nature

The five Mile Picnic area is a great spot to relax and be at one with nature and adding some exercise onto the agenda. A great place to ride your bike, take a walk have a picnic, enjoy the river and o...

Great view, toilets and biking

Great bike track for all levels. A pump track x 2 and much long rides. If you go on the outer loop you need to ride past...the pump houses it easily appears that you loop back from that spot. Lovely ...

Great for bird-watching and also for river activities

This is close to the Discovery Park where we stayed and we loved it for the variety of the birds but also for the fun and games on the water as people were practising for a big event the following wee...

Good access to the river.

The five mile picnic area has recently been done up to include a challenging bike course and a tidy and compact area where picnics could be held near to the river. It is a 7 km bike ride on a fairly ...