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Freshness of spring with burst of new blooms and bird activity!

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:42:18 +0000

1 October 2016. SPRING! Best time of the year, in my opinion. In between the showers of rain, there are great moments to be had out here and in the Bethells Valley. 9 years ago, as the Unit was being built, I planted a clematis seedling off the rear deck, and tied it, as it

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Electric car has arrived and free charges for EV Guests

Sun, 03 Jul 2016 21:46:33 +0000

4 July 2016 We were so excited to receive our Gen2 Leaf in January and I completely forgot to post about it. lol. We love it and getting an electric car is definitely the right thing to do. Everything lined up: great deal from the wonderful Autolinks Cars in Grey Lynn, Auckland (https://www.facebook.com/autolinkcars/timeline); time for

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Beautiful fly-over video

Fri, 01 Apr 2016 03:08:22 +0000

Exciting happenings at Bush Sand and Sea B&B. We were approached by a local company to fly a drone up and over the B&B, to give people a birds-eye-view of the Unit itself. We thought it would be helpful to show where it sits on our 10 acres of native bush, its proximity to our

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Last sweet days of September special

Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:57:53 +0000

I love Spring and at Bethells Beach it is VERY special with the bright yellow kowhai flowers and the climbing clematis vine cascading bunches of white flowers bursting into life amongst the green of the native bush. The Tui birds have a feast, get frisky, drunk on the nectar and then begin the nest building

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MORE ABOUT THE WEDDING

Tue, 24 Feb 2015 21:30:14 +0000

i WAS SO EXCITED, i forgot to add the text, as follows…. Must be wedding season, lol! These pics are of a lovely couple here in January. They seized upon the idea of being adventurous and made good use of our decks, bush walk and bridges. She arrived in her red embroidered dress straight from

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WEDDING Pics 24.1.2015

Tue, 24 Feb 2015 21:28:28 +0000

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Summer bat walks

Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:36:34 +0000

Bat Walks, a summer highlight- Discover the mysteries of the rainforest at dusk and the nightlife below the forest canopy on a Waitakere Ranges bat walk this summer. Park ranger Dennis Badan says Cascade Kauri is one of the few places Aucklanders have the opportunity to spot a long-tailed bat. Bookings are essential – contact

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Want to know what’s happening at Te Henga, (Bethells)?

Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:35:05 +0000

Check out the new website, set up by locals in our Bethells Community. It’s full of good information so to see what is happening in our local area, http://www.tehengabethells.co.nz/events.html Some of my favourites are on the Home page: an Image Gallery; Local History and Local Organisations. As any Traveller knows, if you want to get good information, to

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SPRING is SPRUNG. September’s a great time to visit as the Te Henga valley comes alive with birds, kowhai and clematis flowera

Wed, 04 Sep 2013 04:35:16 +0000

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