Very nice place to be. I have been Living closely to this reserve for a few years and just found it down last year 😅 it’s worth a look. There is a history of it. ❤
@@kyliehewitt788 thanks for viewing Kylie . I think it isn’t especially well signposted and looks like a second entrance to the adjacent navy training facility.
Great photos and interesting history Chris! They built similar coastal fort / defensive forts in the Puget Sound area to protect the Seattle area. It’s really fascinating to visit now- it’s a whole other world now! Seeing the fort really help history come alive. 👌 Really enjoyed the music too! 👍👍 Jen 😄
@@JenniferLupine Thanks Jennifer, I always find these fortifications interesting having had both my grandfather (ww1 France) and my father (WW2 pilot ) involved in conflict and the other day while finally getting around to compiling my family tree discovered that at least two of mums family were killed in WW1. These days those kinds of forts would be wiped out from thousands of km away. The music in this video seems to have been very popular 😀 , I check on youtube from time to time to see what new music has been added to their library, this is one of the new ones.
Hello my dear friend Sir Chris! Nice footages and informative and very interesting! Thank you for sharing history will remain historical because it leaves so much marks that will remain in our minds and country's pride.
Thanks Max, these fortifications form just part of an extensive collection along this coastline. Perhaps the best ones are on North Head although you can no longer get into as many of the tunnels as was possible ten years ago.
Oh wow, now I never knew that about a fort in Takapuna. Lived there many a year. Amazing. Great video and choice of music Chris. A treat to watch. Shared on my FB page. 🇳🇱😎🥝 👌
Hey thanks a lot, I’ve lived here almost ten years and never knew about it till my wife was managing a project to put those rocks along the road edge to keep vehicles off the large grass reserve at the entrance. Interestingly that whole grass area was covered in tents and small buildings at one stage. The little brick building is a treat, I had to wait quite a few months to finish off this video as the building was covered in scaffolding for the purpose, as far as I could tell of repairing or replacing the bitumen roof.
Wow! It's really interesting to see the design, map and the workers in the engine room. As usual, great footage and captures of different areas and information 👍👍📽🏠
@@chilleats7024 hi, thanks a lot. I couldn’t find many pictures of this facility either at the local Navy museum or at the nearby Devonport museum but I’m sure there must be some archived somewhere. Not much remains of the original facility not least because much of it was of a temporary nature used during WW2 in particular. There is an enormous field to the north which was covered in small huts and tents at the time!!
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Very nice place to be. I have been Living closely to this reserve for a few years and just found it down last year 😅 it’s worth a look. There is a history of it. ❤
@@kyliehewitt788 thanks for viewing Kylie . I think it isn’t especially well signposted and looks like a second entrance to the adjacent navy training facility.
Great photos and interesting history Chris! They built similar coastal fort / defensive forts in the Puget Sound area to protect the Seattle area. It’s really fascinating to visit now- it’s a whole other world now! Seeing the fort really help history come alive. 👌 Really enjoyed the music too! 👍👍 Jen 😄
@@JenniferLupine Thanks Jennifer, I always find these fortifications interesting having had both my grandfather (ww1 France) and my father (WW2 pilot ) involved in conflict and the other day while finally getting around to compiling my family tree discovered that at least two of mums family were killed in WW1. These days those kinds of forts would be wiped out from thousands of km away. The music in this video seems to have been very popular 😀 , I check on youtube from time to time to see what new music has been added to their library, this is one of the new ones.
Hello my dear friend Sir Chris! Nice footages and informative and very interesting! Thank you for sharing history will remain historical because it leaves so much marks that will remain in our minds and country's pride.
Hi there , glad you enjoyed the Quick Look at the fort, not much remains but what does is well looked after 😀
Love the drawing you put in your video 😊
Thank you so much 😀
Amazing video Chris. Never knew it even existed. You put these videos together well. Best regards to you and Family from me.
Thanks Max, these fortifications form just part of an extensive collection along this coastline. Perhaps the best ones are on North Head although you can no longer get into as many of the tunnels as was possible ten years ago.
Now that certainly is an amazing complex! Those ground too are so meticulously maintained! Awesome!!
@@wendingourway hey thanks a lot. 😀
Oh wow, now I never knew that about a fort in Takapuna. Lived there many a year. Amazing. Great video and choice of music Chris. A treat to watch. Shared on my FB page. 🇳🇱😎🥝 👌
Hey thanks a lot, I’ve lived here almost ten years and never knew about it till my wife was managing a project to put those rocks along the road edge to keep vehicles off the large grass reserve at the entrance. Interestingly that whole grass area was covered in tents and small buildings at one stage. The little brick building is a treat, I had to wait quite a few months to finish off this video as the building was covered in scaffolding for the purpose, as far as I could tell of repairing or replacing the bitumen roof.
@@Chris-NZ awesome to now know about its existence. 👌
Wow! It's really interesting to see the design, map and the workers in the engine room. As usual, great footage and captures of different areas and information 👍👍📽🏠
@@chilleats7024 hi, thanks a lot. I couldn’t find many pictures of this facility either at the local Navy museum or at the nearby Devonport museum but I’m sure there must be some archived somewhere. Not much remains of the original facility not least because much of it was of a temporary nature used during WW2 in particular. There is an enormous field to the north which was covered in small huts and tents at the time!!
@@Chris-NZ Wow, that's really interesting, a piece of history well shared
Great Video Chris, the video and music is very relaxing
Thanks Tony , appreciate the view . Always hard predicting how these clips will fly 😀.
It was my project to put the rocks around the edge of this reserve to block the vehicle driving through to the beachfront 😂
Well done , they sure keep the cars off the park 😀
Interesting place 👍 😊
@@NorwayHikesTrails hey thanks. I’ve not seen another building like the brick one anywhere else in NZ