Tui Glen

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 580, 5 February 1929, Page 6

Tui Glen

Mo torists ’ Camp is a Iso Ideal Picnicking Spot

It is a byword among motorists that the Tui Glen motorists' camp at Henderson is easily the finest in the Dominion, yet its equipment and pleasures remain unknown to nearly everyone. While Tui Glen is primarily a camp for the travelling motorist, it is also a picnicking place and available for Auckland motorists for the week-end or for Saturday afternoons. As such a picnic spot it is unrivalled. At Tui Glen there is an ideal picnicking and playing ground. For the children there are donkeys, a sandpit complete with buckets and spades, an “ocean-wave,” black rabbits, swings and seesaws. For the grown-ups there is tennis, putting greens, ninepins and darts. There is a line swimming pool (tidal), complete with diving board and dressing sheds with showers, also boats and canoes. At two or three pistes in the grounds there are well-constructed camp fireplaces, with wood ready cut and with city water laid on, and numerous permanent tables and forms. A charge is made at the gate for each carload, but apart from that everything is free (with the exception of the tennis courts and the hire of boats). For a motorist with a family in search of a quiet picnicking spot, Tui Glen will meet all needs, and is a credit to the proprietor, Mr. C. F. Brooks. FOR THE TRAVELLER Where Tui Glen really shines, however, is in the catering for the touring motorist. If desired a small two or three-roomed bungalow * may be hired, but tents may be pitched anywhere; or even on the wooden tentfloors already laid. Electric light is laid on everywhere. The city dx’ainage is installed and for the ladies there is a modern dressing-room with porcelain bath and wash hand basins, with hot and cold water and electric iron. The Tui Glen camp is about ten miles from the centre of Auckland City, following the concrete of the Great iNTorth Road to Henderson. The entrance is 200 or 300 yards down the road which turns off at the bridge just before reaching Henderson.

OTAU MOUNT.—In response to a general demand for a good inland trip as a change from the beaches, I would suggest going as far afield as Otau Mountain, which is a little less than 40 miles from Auckland. The best route is to Papakura, through Clevedon and up the Ness Valley. If desired, however, the Ness Valley can be reached through Howick, Whit ford and Clevedon. Follow the A.A.A. Ness Valley signs from Clevedon, and at the end of the metal turn up the hill to the right. Follow this road right over the top of the hills, where a glorious, extensive view can be obtained. To the adventurous motorist only —if desired the road can be followed right through to Moumaukai Valley, returning via Hunua. A return could also be made by continuing up over the Otau Mountain—a clay road all the way—and down to Clevedon again by a round trip of the mountain.