Showing posts with label patea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patea. Show all posts

3/02/2024

Patea Dam parking lot

Hubby has taken me to see so many places since I arrived here almost 18 years ago! It was a bit overwhelming at first and I asked sooooo many questions! After a while, I stopped asking so many and figured I will find the answers eventually.

The parking lot at Patea Dam was one of them: how in the world did seashells get to this dam, considering that it's about an hour's drive from the actual sea shore.









As curious and striking as it is, the answer is quite simple. A while back, Hubby was talking to someone who was a part of the project that built the dam. He was told that the concrete that was not up to standards was dumped out to become the parking lot. 

Another answer!

5/19/2023

SS Waitangi

 May 5, 2023 marks the 100 anniversary of the sinking of the SS Waitangi on the beach at Patea. 

I have several photos from when the sands scattered and revealed the remains of the ship.

2010

2011

2014

2020

2022

The local paper ran an article with some photos of the original ship.