Makora to Esplanade Walkway

Overview

Makora Ave to The Esplanade walkway is the walkway that connects you from the dead end of Makora Ave down to Blackpool beach. Or if you are down at the far left side of Blackpool beach it connects you to the high level of Makora Ave.

Both ends of the walkway seems to have some level of parking, with better parking on The Esplanade side.

Walkway Summary

If you are going up the walkway, you will be greeted with over 100 steps, that is pretty much it :), so lucky for us we only walked down this walkway. So that was pretty easy.

The path has some zig zagging and some gaps between steps, plus some nice ocean views between the trees. Being only 150 metres long its only takes 1-2 min to walk down.

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