tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448056035788449502011-04-21T21:21:50.878-07:00Places of Interest in New Zealand.SLPNZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028615928920438718noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-244805603578844950.post-31320843083967029322008-09-25T05:17:00.001-07:002008-09-25T05:42:54.956-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yaBMLWTajkY/SNuDPO4KcDI/AAAAAAAAADw/kmRHSCbYE5U/s1600-h/poutolighthouse.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249934088345382962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 145px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 206px" height="217" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yaBMLWTajkY/SNuDPO4KcDI/AAAAAAAAADw/kmRHSCbYE5U/s320/poutolighthouse.jpg" width="142" border="0" /></a><br /><br />On the north head of the Kaipara Harbour, approx 2 hour walk from Pouto Point carpark.<br /><br /><br />The wooden lighthouse built in 1884 over looks the treacherous sandbar at the mouth of what used to be the busiest harbour in NZ.<br /><br /><br />The lighthouse is situated on a sandstone ledge 278 feet above sea level. It was switched to automation in 1947 the same year the harbour was closed to ships<br /><br /><br /><br /><p> </p><p align="center"><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-149bd48aa9fa2928" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v3.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D149bd48aa9fa2928%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331250773%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D1DC0923194695643DB9874F72E56F26C46EB51B2.7F7C9ADA26C028771340C02750E163796FAF033A%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D149bd48aa9fa2928%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DSS3D22p2_pXHNbYoZ0MjBcRfd48&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v3.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D149bd48aa9fa2928%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331250773%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D1DC0923194695643DB9874F72E56F26C46EB51B2.7F7C9ADA26C028771340C02750E163796FAF033A%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D149bd48aa9fa2928%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DSS3D22p2_pXHNbYoZ0MjBcRfd48&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/244805603578844950-3132084308396702932?l=anywherenz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SLPNZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028615928920438718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-244805603578844950.post-25864317225556884602008-09-25T05:05:00.000-07:002008-09-25T05:17:02.662-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yaBMLWTajkY/SNt_uLj83nI/AAAAAAAAADI/DtnMhRxIAtU/s1600-h/t1.jpg"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yaBMLWTajkY/SNt-7RIjc9I/AAAAAAAAACg/H_WjVu4dglo/s1600-h/tapapakanga.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249929347307107282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 141px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 198px" height="257" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yaBMLWTajkY/SNt-7RIjc9I/AAAAAAAAACg/H_WjVu4dglo/s320/tapapakanga.jpg" width="139" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>Tapapakanga Regional Park located 1hr 15mins south of Central Auckland on the south-east coast of the Firth of Thames coast in Manukau City.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Featuring:<br />Ashby Homestead built in 1900</div><div>Farm Coastal Park</div><div>Historic stonefield garden</div><div>Swiming Beach</div><div>Camping &amp; BBQ areas</div><div><br /><br /></div><div>Hours 8am to 9pm (7pm winter)</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div align="left"></div><div><br /></div><div align="center"><img class="preview" style="WIDTH: 162px; HEIGHT: 68px" height="141" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yaBMLWTajkY/SNt_uLj83nI/AAAAAAAAADI/DtnMhRxIAtU/s320/t1.jpg" width="320" /> <img class="preview" style="WIDTH: 166px; HEIGHT: 67px" height="154" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yaBMLWTajkY/SNt_uqwKTiI/AAAAAAAAADQ/qxLyMPY_IBs/s320/t2.jpg" width="320" /> </div><div align="center"><img class="preview" style="WIDTH: 122px; HEIGHT: 87px" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yaBMLWTajkY/SNt_uy5QbQI/AAAAAAAAADY/5qC6OujvgiM/s320/t3.jpg" width="320" /> <img class="preview" style="WIDTH: 144px; HEIGHT: 87px" height="199" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yaBMLWTajkY/SNt_vW9xaMI/AAAAAAAAADg/Mjw7YzLav2E/s320/t4.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/244805603578844950-2586431722555688460?l=anywherenz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SLPNZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028615928920438718noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-244805603578844950.post-6598933573371747702008-09-25T04:04:00.000-07:002008-09-25T05:17:34.667-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yaBMLWTajkY/SNtxsgDAKyI/AAAAAAAAACY/H2C1orTAw8o/s1600-h/manukauheadskighthouse.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249914799961156386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 141px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 203px" height="211" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yaBMLWTajkY/SNtxsgDAKyI/AAAAAAAAACY/H2C1orTAw8o/s320/manukauheadskighthouse.jpg" width="140" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The historic lighthouse at South Manukau Head (near Awhitu) Relocated in 2006<br /><br /><br />The site provides excellent views and is also the site of the signal station platform that has been there since 1865<br /><br /><br />The old site was a few kilometers away and had been in storage since 1986, In its old site it failed to prevent the worst maritime disaster in NZ history - the wreck of HMS Orpheus in 1863, with a loss of 189 men.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-ea0e8c395dd2cfb3" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v8.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dea0e8c395dd2cfb3%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331250773%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3DEF37B64F944DE0986A15B3BD4B7A1DC8F9F3D1A.32C4B6095640D34F99997DD0A2D33CF6357C72EB%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dea0e8c395dd2cfb3%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DvAGC6omTWc4IK_p2l3i8txCj4Ng&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v8.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dea0e8c395dd2cfb3%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331250773%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3DEF37B64F944DE0986A15B3BD4B7A1DC8F9F3D1A.32C4B6095640D34F99997DD0A2D33CF6357C72EB%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dea0e8c395dd2cfb3%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DvAGC6omTWc4IK_p2l3i8txCj4Ng&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/244805603578844950-659893357337174770?l=anywherenz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SLPNZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028615928920438718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-244805603578844950.post-74729875105116881592008-09-25T02:43:00.000-07:002008-09-25T03:53:27.317-07:00<p align="center"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-e053878693a2feb9" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v4.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3De053878693a2feb9%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331250773%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D243736DFCE63C3C5AEA47836B4C28A41B2970A27.51FBAAFCEF0EAC44C0F7C5525E4FAFF4321B8016%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3De053878693a2feb9%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DWjcD5Un5vp-niVv1C_rW5SyUjCo&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v4.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3De053878693a2feb9%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331250773%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D243736DFCE63C3C5AEA47836B4C28A41B2970A27.51FBAAFCEF0EAC44C0F7C5525E4FAFF4321B8016%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3De053878693a2feb9%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DWjcD5Un5vp-niVv1C_rW5SyUjCo&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/244805603578844950-7472987510511688159?l=anywherenz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SLPNZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028615928920438718noreply@blogger.com0