THE BLOW-HOLE CAVERN.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 13, 28 December 1911, Page 3

THE BLOW-HOLE CAVERN.

About a mile south of Hokianga I Heads there is a hiiy cavern i-aileil : the Blow-liole. It is accessible to the; sea. at high water, w hen the sea js ! rough, the waters rush foaming in on liotli sides ami afford a grand sight! and < reat;- tremendous reverbra-1 lions. Mi'. A. C. Yarborough, of; Koliiikcliu. in a note dealing with’ ; this romantic place, states that on. one oi-'-asion. when the wale)- was io-.v and the sea calm, an adventurous man descended into a passageand swam over to a shingle-bid m tl-e middle of the passage way. ; There Im saw' a bram-h cave, ami.; swiinmii’g into it. he found that lie had access to a fairly large cavt rn. i There w ere ledges of rock on one I side of it. and on one of the ledges; there was a deposit of guano about - three feet deep. Sitting on a nest and three eggs there was a blur* j heron, which !l<-w away when it : found ti'.'i! its retreat lied hi’i’ii dis- ; covered. It is supposed that the deafening noise was music to the heron, and. besides, guaranteed her safety from the attacks of robbers I of her nest. The blue Imroi) is now' fomewhat rare on the Hokianga coast, where it was om-c fairly pleiiii ; ft:!. It was in the neiglibourl.ood of this eave some years ago that a dog i:.'id remarkable ventures. The dog. a female, was washed overboard from the • b. .-:<r ()i:i’<-n when crossing the Lar. Siu- swam through ;i ; stormy s'-u for about a mile and a half, and event nails was w ashed up on a ledge, where the waters letl her. I’i.' I ■ -I ’’ r--'. :'::: it ts stat'-'l. forimarlv three aml ihiriim ilim t'nm sir- gave- Lirin, tm s-weral yomiy. < >:i Imr pliuhl Lciim iut!-- k".r.'.|i, a rinii was iT/ci'i'c oil'" ilr 1 eb’i aiad resm.ied imr and Imi f■• >: i' ..