North Head - Visit
North Head
| SITE TO VISIT | |
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| 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.
