March 29, 2025
Last weekend we visited Scott’s Landing in Mahurangi. This week we crossed the bay and visited the Regional Park in Mahurangi West. The tide was out so we were able to follow the coastline around the point before returning over the headland and through the park.
With a rain storm blowing in from the ocean we decided to head back toward Auckland, but caught this rainbow as we were leaving.
We decided to stop off at the historic village of Puhoi on the way back. European settlement began in Puhoi in 1863 by a group of German-speaking migrants from Bohemia in what is now the Czech Republic. Today, with its General Store and Trading Post you would more easily think that you were in the United States than Bohemia.
The village has a very cute little library.
But, undoubtedly, the village’s main attraction is its pub, which has been serving patrons for almost 150 years.
A teenage band was entertaining the guests with covers from the eighties and nineties.
Unfortunately, the storm that had driven us out of Mahurangi caught up to us in Puhoi, bringing a quick end to the performance and driving the band and guests indoors.
Mal and Lauren 