Castle in the sky

September 2014

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September 2014

Looking south to Mt Lion and Bream Head. Photo: Matthew Pike
Manaia, Whangarei Heads, Northland One of the joys of driving north to Whangarei is when you cross Pilbrow Hill and see, for the first time, the dramatic Whangarei Heads and Mt Lion in the distance. These hills are not especially high, but they rise straight from the sea, they’re steep and most have pillar rocks […]
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