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Tirau Museum
Tirau Museum
Tirau is a small town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand, 50 kilometres southeast of Hamilton. The town has a population of 690 .. In the Māori language, Tīrau means place of many cabbage trees. Tirau is a major junction in the New Zealand state-highway network. Just south of the township is the intersection of State Highway 1 and State Highway 5, where traffic from Auckland and Hamilton on State Highway 1 split to go either to Rotorua on SH 5, or continue along SH 1 to Taupo and beyond to Napier, Palmerston North and Wellington. State Highway 27 splits off State Highway 1 in the north of the town, providing a route north to the Coromandel Peninsula and an alternative route to Auckland, bypassing Hamilton. Tirau is primarily a farming town but in recent years has begun to exploit the income that comes from being at a major road junction.
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Tirau Museum in New Zealand
A unique and quirky collection of items nestled in the scenic hills of New Zealand, just outside of Tirau on the way to Rotorua. Contains such items from old cars like an Oakland and a Fiat 500, to old tractors, farm equipment, and logging equipment. One wing contains a wide assortment of military items, with the jewel being a Welbike or Corgi motorbike that was dropped with paratroopers and used for transport. Other parts of the museum showed diorama's from days gone by. The owner, Geoff, has traveled extensively, and has many unique items to show for his efforts. Well worth the visit, look it up if you're going through this area. We saw directions to it in the tourist center in Tirau.For another perspective on it, see this news article on the museum:
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VirtualNZ: Matamata to Tirau
This Virtual NZ route video shows the road from Matamata to Tirau on New Zealand's North Island.Distance: 20 km / 12.4 miles
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TIRAU. CORRUGATED CAPITAL OF NEW ZEALAND By Darren Burch
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I'm back traveling around the North Island of New Zealand. I'm in a small town called Tirau. There are lots of things to do here. Museums, art galleries, toy world and more. :)) I love this corrugated art Tirau.
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Tirau - a drive up and down the main drag
A look at the main street of a provincial in New Zealand town in December 2019Music by Danosongs: “Tour of the Flowers”.
Steven Clothier's Corrugated Creations in Tirau
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Discover the construction process of Steven Clothier's corrugated iron art in Tirau, South Waikato, New Zealand.
Corrugated Creations © Steven Clothier
Lake Karapiro Lodge, Tirau, New Zealand, HD Review
Book it now! Save up to 20% -Lake Karapiro Lodge offers views of the surrounding countryside and lake. Gourmet breakfast is included. Facilities include free WiFi, an outdoor swimming pool, hot tub and sauna.
Each room at Lake Karapiro Lodge Waikato features a flat-screen TV and heating. Most rooms have under-floor heating, air conditioning and private balconies.
The luxurious drawing room offers tea and coffee making facilities and features an open log fire.
Lake Karapiro Lodge is a 30-minute drive from Hamilton International Airport.
Thieves in Tirau
Tirau Clan Moive - Preview
Heidi the Naughty Goat! (Tirau NZ 1969) Juerg Stucki
what the two little Boys got up to, whilst their Mum had a Tea with a friend inside the House! ( Filmed at Tirau, NZ in the Winter of 1969 )
Walking It Off 7 - Near Tirau, Waikato, NZ
Andrew McNeur between Tirau and Rotorua with a flat tyre, New Zealand on his ShoeClinic/Asics Walking It Off Challenge setting out for the day. July 3 2007.Andrew is walking from Cape Reinga to Bluff (2500kms) and plans to complete it in 100 days, to raise money for Arthritis NZ and to raise awareness of Juvenile Arthritis.
An educational resource for use by schools is available from waireap.org.nz
Albert Schweizers 70iest Birthday Tirau NZ
a very popular member of the NZ Swiss Community celebrated his 70iest birthday at his home in Hinuera. Albert has since passed away!
Blue Spring [GoPro] New Zealand
The Blue Spring at Te Waihou Walkway is internationally acclaimed with water so pure it supplies around 70% of New Zealand’s bottled water.Te Waihou walkway - The Blue Spring, Putaruru, NZ.JPG
The Blue Spring at Te Waihou Walkway
The spring is fed from the Mamaku Plateau where the water takes up to 100 years to filter through; the resulting water is so pure and clean that it produces a beautiful blue colour while being virtually clear.
The walk to the springs follows a track alongside the Waihou River, through wetlands, across rolling pastoral land and features views of small waterfalls, native bush and the famous Blue Spring with glimpses of trout along the way.
Water from the Blue Spring flows at a rate of 42 cubic metres per minute and could fill a 6 lane (25 metre) swimming pool in around 12 minutes. The water temperature is a constant 11 degrees celsius throughout the year.
The Blue Spring walk takes about one and a half hours each way, starting from Whites Road (State Highway 28), near Putaruru. There is also a shorter walk, 15 minutes each way, to the Blue Spring, accessed from nearby Leslie Road.
The Te Waihou Walkway and Blue Spring is located in South Waikato near Putaruru. With plenty to see and do in the South Waikato area you can easily make a day of it. Enjoy some local cheese at Over the Moon Dairy Company, take your bike and try out the Waikato River Trails, or do a spot of fly fishing in one of the many great waterways in the area.
Boutique galleries and gift stores are plentiful in Tirau while Tokoroa, a little further south, celebrates its forestry heritage with the carved Talking Poles and NZ Timber Museum.
The Blue Spring, Te Waihou Walkway Details:
Time: 1 hr 30 min one way – 3 hr return when walking from the Whites Road carpark. A much shorter option is from the Leslie Road carpark.
Distance: 4.7km on way plus 0.5km loop track
Track conditions: The walkway ranges from easy walking to a few steeper areas with some stiles and steps and boardwalks through wetland areas.
Getting there: The walkway is situated off Whites Road, with upstream access from Leslie Road, Putaruru. The downstream entrance is just past Leslie Road, and the Blue Spring end is 3.6km along Leslie Road.
The most scenic route is to walk to the halfway point, take the loop track then return the way you came. The best access for this option is via the Leslie Road carpark.
Please Note: There is currently no shuttle service available from the Putaruru iSITE to the Blue Spring Walkway. We recommend organising your own transport.
More info: southwaikato.govt.nz
Please Note: Many of the walking trails in the Hamilton & Waikato region do not allow dogs. Hamilton & Waikato Tourism recommended checking with the Department of Conservation before taking your dog on any of the trails in the region.
Tīrau, corrugated-iron capital - Roadside Stories
A giant dog and sheep tower over the main street of Tīrau, just two of a series of sculptures and buildings made from corrugated iron -- a common building material in New Zealand. The quirky sculptures were designed and erected by Steven Clothier of Corrugated Creations as part of an effort to revitalise the town from the late 1980s.Corrugated Creations
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