INTERESTING MOTOR TRIP.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1358, 9 February 1915, Page 4

INTERESTING MOTOR TRIP.

ROTORUA TO TAURANGA (Continued).

[By G.0.8.]

From Paengaroa the going is level to undulating, and the road is still pumice, and owing to the width, there are five different tracks to choose from, each of them with their own particular bumps. A run of about five miles brings us to a change of country —flax swamps, and a much better class of, land. This is the commencement of I.at famed Te Puke district, ai-'l > worthy of the fame. Te P-Al .s i growing township and centre if a dairying and flaxmiiling d'sFV, and will grow rapidly. Laud F % is well up in price, and hard get. From about the fifteen mile peg the bills that surround Tauranga are f~ ffied, and reminders of what me old-timers want through are seen *n ’:e ' ape of redoubts upon the top or all of them. The road in is up and down, and there is a. lot of clay mat with, and as we near Tauranga various bay are passed, and the beauty of the harbour can be fully appreciated. All the points are settled upon, and to avoid a long detour one arm of the harbour has to be crossed by a bridge to reach the town. Tauranga is an old settled place—and looks it. Some of the buildings are very old and quaint, and in fact some are the first houses that were erected even in the township. The business portion fronts the wharf and harbour, and is practically only one street. The town is very sleepy, and gives one the impression that nothing short of a gigantic upheaval would startle the place. The harbour is lovely, and motor boats take the place of cars. As the railway progresses so will Tauranga, as it is the only harbour in the Bay of Plenty. I believe that large steamers can enter here with few improvements to the harbour. Tauranga has a steamer connection with Auckland twice a week, and from what one can gather, everybody comes in from the country on steamer day. This is a great fruit growing district, and the settlers are going in very strong for fruit culture for miles out, and in course of conversation with an old settler of 37 years standing, he declared that fruit and maize were about all that would grow. The prices that are being paid for land ten and fifteen miles from the township are astounding. There is an excellent service by motor boat across the harbour to Mt. Manganui, the entrance to the harbour, and a seaside resort, and also the terminus of the railway at present, and a trip is well worth the time spent on it.

In conversation with the road engineer on the state of the roads, I learned that the Tauranga County has three hundred miles of roads. The metal has to come from Auckland, and the cost is per mile of formation, so this will account for the condition of the roads ; but, taking all things into consideration, the roads are very good. I believe that in the winter some of them are impas sible, but that is only for a short while, as the climate is remarkable. There are several places of interest here to see, the Gate Pah being the principal, and Tauranga is well worth a few days visit.

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