TUI GLEN

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 494, 30 March 1933, Page 6

TUI GLEN

-(P.B.A.)

HENDERSON'S ATTRACTIYE MODERN MOTOR CAMP MANY AMUSEMENTS Situated on the river bank at Henderson, Tui Glen provides, without doubt, the finest rnotor camp in the Dominion. It is equipped with 40 different amusements, 37 of these being included in the very reasonable

:harge of 6d per person. The three unusements for which a reasonable •harge is made are boats and canoes, ;ennis and carpet bowls. Four donkt sy s are provided free and are for the .ise of children up to 12 years of age. Under shady spots will be found several kinds of fancy pheasants, ducks, pmil 'and other birds, while opossums, wallabies, rabbits, hedgehpgs, etc., hop about in contentment, and goldfish carp and trout sport in the pond adorned with various coloured waterlilies. under a playing fountain. For the persons seeking a quiet game, chess, draughts and dominoes are to be found an secluded corhers. Many persons are now availing themselves of the opportunities provided here for a week-end comfortable oamping holiday, and have a selection of eight different cosy, part-furnished cabins under the shade of the trees, capable of accommodating six persons, all fitted with electric light and city water and various cooking .appliances and being within a istore's throw of the swimming pool, with springboard, diving chute, seahorses, etc. Within the last seven years Tui Glen has been visited by over 60,000 people from one end of New Zealand to the other, and many make a regular return each year, their stay varying from one or two days to four and five weeks-. In the cairn and peaceful surroundings the evenings are spent by many in the pleasant game of carpet bowls or listening to some programme over the air while seated under the trees. A featur-e of this modern camping park is the isplendid sanitary eonveniences provided, a ladies' dressingroom being provided with porcelain bath and hot and -cold wash-hand basins; electric iron and electric light. A supply of firewood with a number of fireplaces under cover, with axe provided and water laid on are all available* for the tourist, and during the busy camping iseason a continuous supply of hot water is available free to campers using the ground. A moderate charge of 3 d for hot water is made to day visitors requiring that service. Arrangements may be made for any size t&nt, some fitted with floors and table and seats. The proprietor, Mr. C. F. Brookes, who has had considemble camping experience, has no doubt appreciated the needs of the motor camper of to-day, and has met the p-osition by equipping a camping park which has set a standard which others might well follow. .Although these beautiful grounds are a. few miles out of the heart of the city of Auckland, they are reached by the main Great North Road concrete highway, a smooth spin of 10 miles from Grafton Bridge, either by following the New North Road or Great North Road, which join when passingthrough Avondale. Follow the concrete until reaching the Henderson School bridge (now under construction), turn to the right, the grounds being 400 yards along the road. Tui Glen is now open to tho'se who visit it on bicycles or on foot. It is also coming into prominence as a picnic ground for the staffs of commercial firms, lodges, churches and so on. Without doubt, it can claim for itself the proud title of the best motorist and general picnic spot close to Auckland. and, in fact, anywhere in the

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