Ian Bolton describes his father’s preparation for their annual camping holiday to Long Bay Camp ground and the journey there from Mt Albert.

Image : Camping Ground at Long Bay, photographer unknown, c1950, T5103, Auckland Libraries

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Ian Bolton describes his father’s preparation for their annual camping holiday to Long Bay Camp ground and the journey there from Mt Albert.

Image : Camping Ground at Long Bay, photographer unknown, c1950, T5103, Auckland Libraries

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Ian Bolton describes his father’s preparation for their annual camping holiday to Long Bay Camp ground and the journey there from Mt Albert.

This extract is from an interview with Dorothy Butler who owned and restored the popular holiday destination Winchelsea House in Karekare. In this extract Dorothy recalls her family’s earliest experience of going to Karekare c1960.

Reference: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/1084/rec/4

Reference: Donald, M (2005). Oral History interview with Dorothy Butler. WHO_1003, Auckland Libraries.

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Image: Houses in Karekare valley, 1970, J.T. Diamond, JTD-05N-04106, Auckland Libraries

This extract is from an interview with Dorothy Butler who owned and restored the popular holiday destination Winchelsea House in Karekare. In this extract Dorothy recalls her family’s earliest experience of going to Karekare c1960.

Reference: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/1084/rec/4

Reference: Donald, M (2005). Oral History interview with Dorothy Butler. WHO_1003, Auckland Libraries.

https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/49565/rec/32

Image: Houses in Karekare valley, 1970, J.T. Diamond, JTD-05N-04106, Auckland Libraries

This extract is from an interview with Dorothy Butler who owned and restored the popular holiday destination Winchelsea House in Karekare. In this extract Dorothy recalls her family’s earliest experience of going to Karekare c1960.

Reference: Donald, M (2005). Oral History interview with Dorothy Butler. WHO_1003, Auckland Libraries.

Accommodation Houses in the Waitakere Ranges by Ben Copedo is a recorded talk delivered to the West Auckland Historical Society in 1984. In this extract Ben shares his research on accommodation houses in the Whatipu area.

Image: Tennis courts at Whatipu Lodge photographer Isobel Hooker, 1940, JTD-06K-03061-1, Auckland Libraries

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Accommodation Houses in the Waitakere Ranges by Ben Copedo is a recorded talk delivered to the West Auckland Historical Society in 1984. In this extract Ben shares his research on accommodation houses in the Whatipu area.

Image: Tennis courts at Whatipu Lodge photographer Isobel Hooker, 1940, JTD-06K-03061-1, Auckland Libraries

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Accommodation Houses in the Waitakere Ranges by Ben Copedo is a recorded talk delivered to the West Auckland Historical Society in 1984. In this extract Ben shares his research on accommodation houses in the Whatipu area.

Mary Woodward remembers taking picnics on the north end of the beach at Te Henga [Bethells Beach] while on holiday at the family cottage.

Donaldson, C (2009) Interview with Mary Woodward for the Waitakere Rangers Protection Society, WHO_1076_010, Auckland Libraries.

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Image: From dunes to beach at Te Henga, photographer J.T. Diamond, 1937, JTD-02E-03005, Auckland Libraries

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