Walk from the car park at Clevedon Scenic Reserve past the buildings and over the swingbridge to the track entrances. The Puriri Track is to the right, and it takes about 30 minutes to walk up to the viewpoint at 225 metres. There are a lot of steps, but they are not overly steep. From the viewpoint, you can come back via the Totara Track to complete a loop.
This walk is one of the most visually stimulating sections of native forest in the Auckland region. The forest mixes puriri, kahikatea, taraire, lancewood, nikau and ponga (fern trees). The taire and puriri are particularly gnarled and have a bit of a goblin forest look. There is also a medium-height carpet of fern trees below the main canopy, which is quite unusual. Normally, regrowth trees such as ponga get pushed out as the forest grows, but there is obviously enough light getting through to support them.
