SOME BEAUTY SPOTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17956, 5 December 1921, Page 10

SOME BEAUTY SPOTS.

.*_ THE THERAPEUTIC SPRINGS, CHARMING PUBLIC PARK. The beauties of North Auckland are not as well known as they deserve to be. Tourists come replarly from different parts of the world to Russell for the unrivalled kingfishing, and the rugged lonelinesg of that romantic district. But, further inland, near Kaikohe, there are hot mercurial springs, quite in the. native state, awaiting discovery and development. They are not unknown, of course, to residents, and departmental authorities, and theb remarkable curative properties have been frequently tested and demonstrated. A cool creek runs close by the hot pools, so that it is easy to combine the luxury of both in your bathing programme. At Eikurangi, and also at Kamo, there are fantastic.piles of limestone rocks that aj - e to geologists among the most interest- • ing wonders of the world. At Kamo, there are the famous medicinal baths, whose ever flowing waters have been pronounced to be the most valuable cold springs in the Dominion. A Government authority has stated that there is only one other such supply of these valuable waters m the world. The world knows of that, and avails itself of the waters. Kamo ha» yet to become as widely known. Meanwhile, the whole property has been acquired by the Whangarei Hospital Board, and a new future of growing popularity may be predicted for these valuable springs. There are two large covered-in swimming baths at Kamo besides the individual curative baths. Among the beauty sjK>ts near to Whangarei are the Wairua Falls, called the Niagara of New Zealand, and the very pretty Whangarei falls, a little beyond tho delightfully situated and beautifully kept Whangarei golf course. Mair Park has already been mentioned. But its beauties have not been described, nor can they, altogether, be conveyed to the reader unaided by pictures. The river broadens out in flowing through Mair Park, providing a popular summer swimming, divine, and sports pool. A concrete bath nas been constructed for the safe bathing of children too inexperienced for the deeper waters of the river. The luxuriant, grassy flats, the wealth of trees and shade, the rustio seats, the variety and beauty of native flowers, the winding walks beside tlhe river, or under tho cool green .tome of the overarching bush, all combine to enrich tho town of Whangarei with a public park that is a thing of beauty and a joy for ever.