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Whangarei is just three hours north of Auckland.
On the your way north you can visit:
Waiwera pools
Helensville (on the
western route to Wellsford) - Grand Hotel, antique stores, South
Kaipara
Mangawhai - East
Coast beach, north of Wellsford, nice garden centre with cafe.
Maungaturoto - old
hotel, Nikau Grove, Four Square store.
Paparoa - small
village with a bed-and-breakfast in the old post office (i.e.,
Old Post Office B&B) and the sheriff's jail, antique store,
and Hospitality Lodge. Kauri Bushmen's Reserve. Four Square
store. A&P show in the summer.
Pahi - small
settlement on peninsula, 100 year-old hotel, old meeting house,
pier, campground, camp store. Annual Pahi Regatta is over 110
year's old (beginning of January), includes boat and raft races
and Miss Pahi competition.
Matakohe - Kauri
Museum, old post office, historic church, Coates Memorial
Church.
Dargaville - 2-3
old hotels, Maritime Museum, antique and craft stores. Annual
Kumara Festival (with Kumara King & Queen).
West Coast beaches,
including Bailey's Beach.
Waipu Forest -
largest remaining kauri forest, 45 minutes north of Dargaville.
Whangarei -
charming pedestrian zone, colonial harbour-side shopping, some
antique stores.
East Coast beaches - north of Whangerei,
including Ngunguru and Matapouri Bay.
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