Just 20minutes drive from our house is the Awhitu Regional Park, run by the Auckland Regional Council with a white sandy beach, acres of bush walks, native birds for bird watching, camping ground for tents and caravans, a great spot for fishing and a working farm with sheep and calves. It is so quite at this time of year, and is a wonderful place to drive to for a picnic and to enjoy nature. For some reason we always seem to go when the tide is out, but it doesn't matter because it is a beautiful place with the tide in or out. Check out the website after my photos if you want to get a sense of the history of this gorgeous spot, or just scroll through my photos for a sense of the beauty that is the Awhitu Regional Park..
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| Arriving at the beach, looking to the left there is the bay, this is a great fishing spot, off the rock... |
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| Arriving at the beach, looking to the right you walk down to the end of the beach, and start the bush walk.. |
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| Just through the trees is the climb to the bush.. |
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| Being a tidal beach you get all sorts of wonderful shells and drift wood wash up on the beach.. |
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| This Island is a real landmark, when the tide is in it is safe enough to swim over to the island, in the distance is Auckland City.. |
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| Looking through the native bush to the beach..... |
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| Once you get through the bush, about 5 minutes easy walking you come upon the Brook Homestead, the original farm house.. |
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| The Autumn leaves make for a beautiful scene... |
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| The park has a working farm within it's land, you walk along the road and have bush on one side and cows on the other side.. |
http://www.arc.govt.nz/parks/our-parks/parks-in-the-region/awhitu/
4 comments:
YOu know that's one thing they don't have too much of here and that's a varitety of bushwalks.
We used to do walks all the time growing up, Mum and dad loved to take us.
I miss that.
As always, great shots.
I love the shots of the island with the tide out. Just beautiful, Angela. And a regional park with cows. I love it!
— K
Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel
oh, this is a wonderful series of photos. the cow pics are classics! the expressions on their faces are priceless. these are truly great shots.
You do a phenominal job of showcasing the beauties in and around Auckland Mum, and ALWAYS manage to make me a little MORE homesick each time ... ♥ you!
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