North Head - Visit

North Head

SITE TO VISIT
North Head
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Ethnicity:	European
Site type:	Coastal defence
Where:	The inner north entrance to Auckland Harbour.
How to get there:	Bus or ferry to Devonport (Ferry 15 minutes from central city) (Check Rideline) - with a 15 minute walk to North Head.
How Long to allow:	1 hr at the site.
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What: Harbour fortifications built on volcanic cone dating from the 19th century Russian scare to the second world war. Disappearing gun, tunnels to magazines, signalling guns. Some interpretation. A torch is handy but not essential.

Web Info:

http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/trackandwalk.aspx?id=36810

http://www.doc.govt.nz/documents/science-and-technical/SRIR79.pdf

4d Canvas have produced a virtual reality model of the defences - see http://www.4dcanvas.com/4dcanvas/portfolio2.html

What else to do there: Great views over Auckland's busy harbour. Cafes and antique shops in Devonport. Naval Museum at Torpedo Bay, which had some great archaeology exposed when it was being built - some of it naval - but the Museum displays manage to ignore it - a shame.