t109_long bay with Mikey and Jamie

Long Bay Regional Park

Long Bay Regional Park is a favourite for many Aucklanders, attracting well over one million visitors a year. It provides a backdrop to the great stretch of beach.  Safe swimming, a wealth of shady picnic spots, plenty of open space for games and disabled-friendly playground make this a great place for all the family to enjoy. Also it has nature trail and coastal walk for exploring.

We walked per the red marking and children had a lot of playing at all-access playground.

Nature Trail – a 30 minutes loop track going through wet land, native trees and farmland.

elegant track
 



several giant puriri trees along the way

interesting puriri tree

good photo spot

 

 

Vaughan homestead - The 1863 historical homestead owned by Mr. George Vaughan and his descendants for around 100 years and taking over 12,000 hours of voluntary work for restoring.

This building was used for storing the gum brought there by the gumdiggers in the area

Homestead surrounding

starting the coastal walk

elegant scenes at the estuary of Vaughan stream

Long Bay beach – viewing from a high point on the track.  The great stretch of beach, a kilometre-long sandy beach, that gives the park its name

exploring the World War II gun emplacement

excellent views – viewing from the gun emplacement

heading towards Granny's Bay

views to the Hauraki Gulf

interesting withered trunks at the Granny's Bay

excellant photo spots

children playing with the going and coming of waves

footbridge over Vaughan stream

lunch at a pavilion nearby the playground

Variety - The Children’s Charity Playground which encourages children of all abilities to play together. The all-access playground includes rubber mats for easy wheelchair access, a space net, swings and a see-saw. It was open in October 2002.

Playing at a music station

 

 

photo at the Photo Frame in the park

Long Bay beach是一熱門海灘 非假日已經有很多人潮 週末假日更是人潮洶湧 年達百萬人造訪這個Park  怪不得建商要在鄰近興建2500戶住宅  已開始要動工了.
Up 2500 homes in 160ha. 23ha for  reserves to form a green buffer.  The smallest land for a home up to 400 square metres….

Elizabethan Serenade (伊麗莎白小夜曲)

t108_Okura Walkway (visited again)

 

Okura Walkway

Visited again with Mikey and Jamie. See <t90> Okura walkway, the previous visit. 

Mikey trying to throw a large stone

Throwing away

Wilson Phillips - Hold On