Piha Beach (D4)

Piha Beach, Whites Bay, Anawhata Bay…and the Glen Esk Road trailhead.

GPS: -36.954617 174.474342

Piha Beach overview

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Lion Rock at Piha Beach….the lion shape becomes more visible late in the afternoon when some light shines on the lion’s face

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The stepped-track up Piha’s Lion Rock.

South Piha Beach from Lion Rock.

North Piha from Lion Rock.

Maori carving atop the Lion Rock steps.

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North end of Piha Beach as seen from the Whites Beach track

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Overlooking the Piha Gap at low tide.

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Overlooking the Gap at Piha, low tide

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The Piha Gap at low tide….obviously no swimming at low tide

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Huge Kauri stump at Glen Esk road-end.

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Giant Kitekite Falls at Piha, via the Glen Esk Rd trailhead

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The view down onto Whites Beach from the headland track at Piha’s north end

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hites Beach from Anawhata Road.

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Carved stump at Anawhata Bay.

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A carved stump greeting vissitors to Anawhata Beach

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Anawhata Beach, looking sideways at Keyhole Rock.

Anawhata’s Keyhole Rock.

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These next pix are of the Black Rock Kauri dam…which resides up from the Glen Esk trailhead.

Underwater log cribbing from the Black Rock kauri dam

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Remains of the Black Rock Kauri dam

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Kauri remains of the Black Rock Kauri dam