If you feel like venturing farther, explore the track network and picnic at the lookout above Ladies Bay, or on Ladies Bay beach at low tide. The Coppermine lookout and …
Coppermine Lookout. Time: Mansion House to Lookout 25 min one way. Take the track from Mansion House along the Coach road which gradually climbs to reach the Lookout. Along the way you will see Ladys Bay on …
Take a walk to the remains of the coppermine engine house built in 1854. It was built to pump water from what is believed to be the first underground mining operation in New …
Free Free to Visit Open Now Fri 12a-11:59p Independent Not Wheelchair Accessible Public Restrooms No Wifi Add to Trip More in Auckland “Take a walk to a redwood tree planted …
Remnants of the copper mining industry remain and can be explored using the network of tracks through the Kawau Island Historic Reserve. The Kawau Island Historic Reserve …
A thin copper lode was discovered on Kawau Island in 1842, and a mine was opened in 1846. Over the next two decades, about 2,500 tonnes of ore was mined and smelted for …
Weathering of copper-bearing minerals produces a wide halo of staining (called a gossan) by secondary copper minerals – often blue-green malachite as in this rock on Kawau …