Went on a Sunday boat trip with the German Club. It was all new territory me, at least seeing the North Shore sites from the water. Started off going under the Harbour Bridge, past Birkenhead Wharf, the Chelsea sugar works, then Beachhaven with some quite spectacular houses overlooking the water. Then came Kauri Point naval armaments depot, tucked away here, it is said so that if it exploded it would be away from Auckland City. Further on up the harbour past a marina on the Te Atatu side then under the Upper Harbour Bridge, past Paremoremo and a former Maori Pa site strategically situated on the entrance to Hellyers creek. Lots of seabirds in evidence waiting for fish. Then came Herald Island, connected to the mainland by causeway for many years, the Hobsonville Airbase, the former Clark Potteries and finally our destination, the tavern at Riverhead where we had a delicious barbecue lunch . Some of us had a walk up the road to see if there was anything to see - not much just a dairy and a garage and lots of traffic speeding along the Great North Rd.
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