Long Bay Regional Park
Sandy regional park beneath sandstone cliffs and pohutukawa, fronting a protected marine reserve.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Long Bay Regional Park north of Auckland follows three separate fights to keep this stretch of coast from being built over, starting with the Vaughan family farm founded in 1863. It traces the 1965 sale that turned the farm into parkland, then the East Coast Bays Coastal Protection Society's long campaign for the waters offshore. A good spot to listen is the sand beneath the ridgeline, looking toward Torbay.
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