The disappearing gun was ''fired'' at North Head today. It wasn't really, a charge was fired to film as part of a documentary.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-n...nds-north-shore
This is underground at the guns, my boys are now grown up and have left home.
You can see some smaller guns in the background in the article, here are my boys climbing on one of them.
North Head defended the entry to Waitemata Harbour, the last defense. There were other disapearing guns at Fort Takapuna, these defended Rangitoto Channel. North Head was opened to the public in 1996, Fort Takapuna earlier this century. The first time I saw Fort Takapuna was at a motorcycle gathering. The fort is set below ground level, the guns disappearing into the fort to reload.
Rangitoto Channel. Rangitoto Island in the background.
Some other firing stations. Obviously I was taking a picture of the bike, not of the background.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-n...nds-north-shore
This is underground at the guns, my boys are now grown up and have left home.
You can see some smaller guns in the background in the article, here are my boys climbing on one of them.
North Head defended the entry to Waitemata Harbour, the last defense. There were other disapearing guns at Fort Takapuna, these defended Rangitoto Channel. North Head was opened to the public in 1996, Fort Takapuna earlier this century. The first time I saw Fort Takapuna was at a motorcycle gathering. The fort is set below ground level, the guns disappearing into the fort to reload.
Rangitoto Channel. Rangitoto Island in the background.
Some other firing stations. Obviously I was taking a picture of the bike, not of the background.