The new replica Manukau heads light house, photos

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The new replica Manukau heads light house, photos

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Openeded yesterday by Helen Clarke (but in the low clouds, could not see anything, so I went up today, fine day, and took photos, thought some of you might be interested :)
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Nice photos there Brian. Light house looks cool.
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Good photos there Brian :)
Apart from being a train driver, my other occupation I wanted to be when I was young, was to be a light-house keeper.
Nice lighthouse.
I thought something about may of been on the news. If it was I probably missed it.
What happened to the origional lighthouse?

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Hi
it was on the news (tv1 and tv3) saturday night ;)
the original lighthouse was situated further SW, near the cliff edge....cliff erosion meant it had to be relocated further inland...and a concrete base was built at that time....then in 1986 the cliff erosion caught up with the new location and threatened to topple the lighthouse over the edge....so it was dismantled and stored in a farmers paddock (the dome)
the cliffs are eroding inland here at 0.7m a year!
(they are 500 feet high in places....will have to pick a nice day for a auckland weather enthusiast meet to look over the edge ...its a great sight!

there is still a flashing light on the north head (nine pin rock)

do you see where it says on the sign to be wary of lightning ?

also there is another sign mentioning windspeed recording at the site of 115 knots (215kmh!), by the Munro anenometer that was part of the signal station (now replaced by a nowcasting station on top of the roof (you can just make it out on one of the aerials)
nearly 900 feet up the lighthouse is, great views :)
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GREAT stuff Brian! Beautiful view! I noticed the bulb fitting was empty... They should get it up and running! :D
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GREAT stuff Brian! Beautiful view!
I agree - especially the shot of the seas breaking outside the entrace of the Manukau. (I've read about at least 1 disastrous shipwreck there in the 19thC)
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yes, the HMS Orpheus struck the outer bar (6 kms offshore), under steam and sail, and got stuck hard.....outdated charts.and the person who knew they were wrong was locked up below...and they ignored the signal man....nz's worst maritime disaster, over 220 or so people drowned (i think) ,68 survived....plucked by another ship...
it was an outgoing tide......on the recent auckland enthusiast meeting, we out to that big rock at the harbour entrance (paratutai island (basalt rock)) ;) :D
amazingly part of the mast was found in the kaipara harbour! (relatively recently too)
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Fabulous photos Brian.

Thank you for posting them.

I never tire of looking at the turbulent waters of the Manukau Bar.