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- (2/2) Waipū Coastal Walkway. There’s access to a rocky beach at “Cox’s Cove”, where pōhutukawa trees offer shade (📷1). From the optional exit at Waterman Drive the track is less formed, requiring agility to climb over boulders—& under fallen trees (📷2). “Ding Bay” has apparently dinged many a surfboard (📷3). Depending on tide, exit to […]
- (1/2) Waipū Coastal Walkway from the beach at Waipū Cove to Langs Bch is one of our favourite short walks. Archetypal Northland coastal scenery (📷1) is mixed with distinctive “pancake rocks” (📷2–4). This crystalline limestone formed 35–24M yrs ago under pressure beneath a shallow sea; layers developed via geological processes. Subsequent weathering has formed blocks […]
- Mt Aubrey at 216m, seen from Mt Manaia; Marsden Point’s former oil refinery & working cargo port across the Whangārei Harbour entrance & the settlements of Ruakāka on L + One Tree Pt on R (📷1). From Beach Rd Reotahi Walkway passes freezing works ruins facing defunct refinery (📷2) before reaching Little Munro Bay (📷3). […]
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