Oct 8, 2025 Moving Day
Today was a glorious day for a drive to our new B&B. From an hour north and west of Auckland to an hour south and east of Auckland we traveled on highways and smaller waterfront roads.
At Orere Point we stopped for a break at a quiet beach where we found these seats. What a wonderful sentiment. A restful place to remember and reflect.
A little further down the road we found Tapapakanga Regional Park, the former home of pioneer family James & Rebecca Ashby who in 1899 settled here and raised 14 children. The family farmed the land until 1990 when it was purchased by the Auckland Council and opened as a park in 1995.
The farmhouse, built in 1900 of kauri wood, has been restored, but is not furnished or open.
The view overlooking the Firth of Thames, the large bay south of Auckland. When the Ashby’s settled here access was by water only until roads were built in the 1920’s!
Our destination is across the bay (or Firth) to the Coromandel peninsula in the distance.