Take a Walk along Edgars Stream

 Did you know a stream runs through Grey Lynn? It's called Edgars Stream.

Take a walk and follow it through Grey Lynn. We located the stream first in Wilton Street, totally overgrown at the back of a private section. Apparently the stream begins in a spring behind a house in Castle Street. Much of it is piped and runs underground.

We found the stream again easily in Francis Street Reserve, the stream is not too bad here at the bottom of the park. During 2024/2025 large works have been done on Wellpark Rd for Watercare's Central Interceptor. We are not sure what this does to Edgar's Stream.

Across into Wellpark Reserve. The Wellpark Streamers many working bees and planting days have made this easily the most accessible and beautiful part of the stream.

On we walked, looking for our stream - we  poked our noses over the fence at bottom of Warnock Street then walked down Livingstone Street, turned left down Kingsley Street and into Weber Street. At the end of Weber St there is a private drive which takes you down to the top of Fife Street. The locals use this as an access so just head down.

If you head down Fife Street you get to Grey Lynn Park, where you can access the stream again behind the sports pavilion. There are mangroves in the stream here, as well as a chair, tyre and a whole lot of rubbish. It is sort-of cared for with one side grassed. This part of the stream is big and boggy and would take a lot of work to improve. There are many houses that back on to the stream.

A friend who grew up in Faulder Avenue told us that Cox's Bay Park was all mangroves when she was a kid. This explains the mangroves that run into the car park near the kids playground in the park.