Coastal Development - 07/07/2007
The Top Right Hand Corner - Main Auckland Tile. (Please refer to region map in previous update.)
Tamaki River Entrance, Musik Point, and Brown's Island. [view looking south]
Cycledog's Shore Pines circle Brown's Island. Point England is the beach on the righthand shore.
The Tamaki River entrance is a busy waterway both in the SC and RL versions.
Musik Point at the end of the Bucklands Beach (River side) and Eastern Beach Peninsula. The SC version hosts the local TV and radio stations. In RL Musik point is home to a maritime radio station - so the placement of the SC radio station here was an obvious choice. Cycledog's trees make a welcome addition.
Development of SC, Brown's Island has continued. No such development exists on the RL Brown's Island, just a couple of farm buildings and livestock graze the real island. I am not sure whether it is privately owned or managed by the Department of Conservation... will have to check.
A nice night shot complete with passing airplane.
Brown's Island Lighthouse at night in action - [i really like lighthouses BTW]
Pictures of the real Browns Island. Pre-European Maori lived on this island in fortified villages or Pa.
An aerial shot showing the crater and old lava flows.
These are a couple of photos showing the old Musick Point Radio Station
THE Ngaitai Pa at Te Waiarohia (Musick Point) or East Head as the first European settlers called it, is now occupied by the Howick Golf Club and the old radio station.
This headland provides extensive views of the Waitemata Harbour, Tamaki Strait, and Hauraki Gulf.
The Tainui canoe is said to have stopped here on its voyage from Hawaiiki to Kawhia and Mokau on the West Coast over 1000 years ago.
The pa was occupied until 1821 when Hongi Hika with his musket-armed tribe threatened attack.
Musick Point today ... the large green area is a golf course, Half Moon Bay and marina can just be seen in the top right corner.
Sea cliffs and pohutukawa trees - Musick Point.
These brittle mudstone cliffs are a common feature of the Auckland harbour landscape. Ash layering from Auckland's various eruptions can be seen for the geologically interested.
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