THREE TRIPS AROUND AUCKLAND

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 3, Issue 4, 1 October 1924, Page vii (Supplement)

THREE TRIPS AROUND AUCKLAND

Tour No. 1 WAIATARUA (16 miles) The top of the Waitakere Ranges, called the Blue Mountains of Auckland, is one of the finest picnic resorts within easy reach of the city, and the views are unequalled. There is an accommodation house at the top of the hill. The road is metalled, but rough and steep, the grade in places being 1 in 8. Leave the city via Anzac Av., Symonds St., New North Rd., passing through Eden Terrace, Kingsland, Mt. Albert, Avondale, New Lynn, Glen Eden, Gratia. Make this an all day outing.

Tour No. 2 ROUND TRIP (40 miles approx.) Leave city via Symonds St., Khyber Pass, Newmarket, Remuera Rd., continuing on till St. John’s College is reached, then turn to the right and pass through Panmure, over the Tamaki River Bridge, through Pakuranga, Tamaki East, Papatoetoe, Mangere, Onehunga, and thence back to the city. The roads throughout are fair, with no steep grades.

. Tour No. o (10 miles) This is a pleasant day’s outing to the seaside, and makes a pleasant break from the ordinary type of motor trip. Crossing the harbour to Northcote by vehicular ferry (get timetable from Devonport Ferry Go.), continue on over metalled road through Takapuna and Milford, thence along the main East Coast road, commanding line views of the Hauraki Gulf, and down to the quiet little beach at Brown’s Bay. The roads are metalled, and the grades, with the exception of one or two steep pinches, are easy.