North Head tunnels?

[Magua]

There are always the tunnels under Albert Park
http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/other/albert/
http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourk...t/journey.html

Be nice if they could open them up one day

"if what the students come up with can be done by the year 2000, then I'm interested" Haha.

Does anyone know what's happening with the tunnels these days?

[JATZ]

that tunnel shown in your pics looks like its not far round to the north side from the large gun that is still there be rather hard to cover up the road as well kindashown on this photo

I think I know the tunnel, about 50mt's' long, 2 rooms of to the left hand side and a small window at the far end,wasn't anything in there as far as I remember.
The rumors about stashed planes an stuff have been around for years, nobody ever found anything though 'course I'm not saying there's nothing there.
Spent hours/days/weeks running around the whole hill as a kid so I knew it pretty well. Used to be a great place to get together with some mates and have wars with fireworks, back in the good old days before they banned all the good stuff.
AHH, firring skyrockets down the tunnels at my brother, such happy memories

[curious george]

With respect mate, but how old are you?

I'm sure there's nothing accessible (readily, anyway) now. But 50 years ago , things were different.

I'm 83 young fella me lad, so in human years, 30 ish.
There are two old fogies as neighbours, I'll ask them, they might remember something.
What about the tunnels on Waiheke isl? Anybody bee nover there?
I had a brief visit ages ago, but they were locked up.

and from the herald... http://msn.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/...506919&ref=rss
NZ Navy might be firing duds?

[lb99]

I spent a day with my wife on the hills in devonport, north head and mt vic, she made me spend a day in the malls, so this was my choice, it was awesome, you could definatly tell there was a lot more to it than they let you at, I took a heap of pics too, she got bored and tired.......

I grew up in dunedin, and theres quite a bit of old crap around the harbour, we used to break into the tunnels at the (now) dissappearing gun complex and albatross colony, those big seagulls are freaky huge!!!... never got anywere near the gun though.
theres quite a bit of underground shit there, from the boer war to ww2, been to godley head in chch too

[martybabe]

What an interesting thread,I love this kind of stuff.I've seen the other side as it were.The German fortifications on Jersey part of Hitlers Atlantic wall to keep the poms and their allies out.

Some of the bunkers have been restored to how they were and are periodically open to the public but the vast majority are there to be explored with a map and torch. Interlinked bunkers on several levels with escape hatches, gun mounts,amunition hoists and ghosts,real or imagined,of the slave labourers that built them.

I spent three years exploring that tiny island but I doubt I found 30% of whats there.

60 years since the Germans left,celerbrated on liberation day every year but stuff is still found almost weekly,Nazi helmets, guns, tunnels.History you can touch,it's fascinating and thought provoking.

The secrets, the tragedy, the betrayal, to stand in the same place as an occupying German soldier,to briefly imagine what the master race must have felt like on British soil and subsequently awaiting there fate at the hands of the liberators.

Yes marvelous stuff tunnels.

[geoffm]

I'm 83 young fella me lad, so in human years, 30 ish.
There are two old fogies as neighbours, I'll ask them, they might remember something.
What about the tunnels on Waiheke isl? Anybody bee nover there?
I had a brief visit ages ago, but they were locked up.

and from the herald... http://msn.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/...506919&ref=rss
NZ Navy might be firing duds?

The battery and tunnels at Stony Batter at Waiheke is worth a look if you are over there. There is about a 2km walk from the parking place to the entry.
http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/page.aspx?id=34076
http://www.sorenlarsen.co.nz/2008/V2...Batter_jpg.htm

Geoff

[brendonjw]

Was talking to the old man the other day, one of the guys at his work is really into his amature archeological stuff (even teachs some paper at auckland uni i think so hes not that amature) Anyway, he was telling the old man about some of the cave and tunnels around auckland. Theres a house in Mt Eden (i think) that has a cave about the size of 3 houses attached to it, ie in the basment theres a cubboard on the wall, open it up and one whooping great natural cave is in front of you, apparently the owners are pretty cool and he takes people through it sometimes as a tour.

But he is also very interested in the NH tunnels, and has done a fair bit of research on them, he did find out that there is a tunnel between auckland and the north shore, (im not sure where the ends are as i havent spoken to him yet)

Ill try and find out some more info from him.

[SixPackBack]

What an interesting thread,I love this kind of stuff.I've seen the other side as it were.The German fortifications on Jersey part of Hitlers Atlantic wall to keep the poms and their allies out.

Some of the bunkers have been restored to how they were and are periodically open to the public but the vast majority are there to be explored with a map and torch. Interlinked bunkers on several levels with escape hatches, gun mounts,amunition hoists and ghosts,real or imagined,of the slave labourers that built them.

I spent three years exploring that tiny island but I doubt I found 30% of whats there.

60 years since the Germans left,celerbrated on liberation day every year but stuff is still found almost weekly,Nazi helmets, guns, tunnels.History you can touch,it's fascinating and thought provoking.

The secrets, the tragedy, the betrayal, to stand in the same place as an occupying German soldier,to briefly imagine what the master race must have felt like on British soil and subsequently awaiting there fate at the hands of the liberators.

Yes marvelous stuff tunnels.

Bet you experienced some truly poignant moments while exploring Jersey. History needs to be kept alive for future generations to enjoy, not buried and denied.

[martybabe]

Bet you experienced some truly poignant moments while exploring Jersey. History needs to be kept alive for future generations to enjoy, not buried and denied.

It was infact buried and denied,at first,understandable I guess after spending five years under the Nazis.One of the pictures above is of a place called the grave yard of the guns,wher the liberators took all the German artillery and shoved it down the cliff to the ravages of the sea as a gesture of defiance to the defeated Germans.

In modern times the fortifications and tunnels are seen by many as a valuable reminder of dark days and is being looked after by some dedicated people for the future.Well done them. And well done you,I was totally unaware of such things in NZ.

[Motu]

Was talking to the old man the other day, one of the guys at his work is really into his amature archeological stuff (even teachs some paper at auckland uni i think so hes not that amature) Anyway, he was telling the old man about some of the cave and tunnels around auckland. Theres a house in Mt Eden (i think) that has a cave about the size of 3 houses attached to it, ie in the basment theres a cubboard on the wall, open it up and one whooping great natural cave is in front of you, apparently the owners are pretty cool and he takes people through it sometimes as a tour.

But he is also very interested in the NH tunnels, and has done a fair bit of research on them, he did find out that there is a tunnel between auckland and the north shore, (im not sure where the ends are as i havent spoken to him yet)

Ill try and find out some more info from him.

There are natural lava tunnels in Auckland,some of them very long.Another of our Holy Grail's as kids,we spent a lot of time on the cones and in quarries looking for lava tunnels.The longest apparently is on One Tree Hill.

[Skunk]

New Zealand Cities are covered in gun emplacements. Many of them from the time of the Russian scare. Wrights Hill here in Wellington was built at that time. It's 90% open to tours for a donation. I've walked over 2 kms through it. The remains of the diesels for power generation are still in there.

I also know of emplacements in Ngaio, Miramar, Somes Island, and Seatoun.

There were several Army/Navy bases around the area during WW2 that the Americans used.

[c4.]

I had a day veiwing lava caves in Auckland 3 years ago.
There's a house on the side of Mt Albert with a 100 metre lava tunnel at the back of their garage, a big one in the gardens at Mt Eden, several near Landscapes road, and some beauties at Mangere Mt and surrounds.
*rushes off to rat thru old charts*
I'll post the map if I can find it

[martybabe]

New Zealand Cities are covered in gun emplacements. Many of them from the time of the Russian scare. Wrights Hill here in Wellington was built at that time. It's 90% open to tours for a donation. I've walked over 2 kms through it. The remains of the diesels for power generation are still in there.

I also know of emplacements in Ngaio, Miramar, Somes Island, and Seatoun.

There were several Army/Navy bases around the area during WW2 that the Americans used.

Brilliant ,thanx. By russian scare do you mean sixties cuban missile crisis/ cold war threat?

[Skunk]

Brilliant ,thanx. By russian scare do you mean sixties cuban missile crisis/ cold war threat?

Turn of the century (1899-1902 I think)

[martybabe]

Turn of the century (1899-1902 I think)

ok,thanks,I shall look it up. intreagued now. cheers.