Places of interest along the road include Waiau Falls and the Kauri Grove, a stand of mature kauri trees.
The kauri timber industry was responsible for developing the area, with logs floated down the Kaukapakapa River to the Kaipara Harbour, where they were loaded onto ships for export.
Phytophthora taxon Agathis - causes collar-rot on New Zealand kauri (Agathis australis), New Zealand's most voluminous tree, an otherwise successful survivor of the Jurassic
Due to the large number of kauri trees, FitzGerald leased the rights of this land to gum-diggers.
A tramway operated during the 1880s to bring kauri logs down to Te Pahi Stream, where sailing ships could take them away.
The recently restored Big Omaha wharf was used to berth coastal shipping taking apples and kauri gum (resin) to the Auckland markets.
Agathis australis | Terra Australis | Muehlenbeckia australis | Dinoponera australis | A Voyage to Terra Australis | Hellinsia australis | Emex australis | Celtis australis | Amanita australis | Xanthorrhoea australis | Utricularia australis | Terra Australis. | Terminalia australis | Smilax australis | ''Phytophthora'' taxon Agathis | Myrsine australis | Morus australis | Livistona australis | ''Kingia australis'' | Juglans australis | Indigofera australis | Hoya australis | Haageocereus australis | Flindersia australis | Elsinoë australis | Dryococelus australis | Diploglottis australis | Cyclorana australis | Cordyline australis | Baptisia australis |
It is a common canopy tree in lowland forests north of Auckland, often growing in association with kauri (Agathis australis), pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa), tawapou (Pouteria costata), and pūriri (Vitex lucens) on basalt rocks and soils.