Bacon Stream

Places of Interest

The Cascades

Waterfall

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

The Waitākere River is a river of the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows north then west from its sources in the Waitākere Ranges, reaching the Tasman Sea at Te Henga / Bethells Beach, to the south of Muriwai Beach.

Tiriwa

Work of art

Photo: Prosperosity, CC BY 4.0.

Tiriwa is a work of art.

Places in the Area

Waitākere

Suburb

Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.

Waitākere, often called Waitākere Township or Waitākere Town, is a small, mostly rural settlement to the northwest of Auckland, New Zealand. Waitākere is situated 4½ km northeast of Bacon Stream.

Te Henga/Bethells Beach

Village

Photo: Piotr Zurek, CC BY 2.0.

Te Henga, or Bethells Beach, is a coastal community in West Auckland, New Zealand. The Māori name for the area, "Te Henga", is in reference to the long foredunes which run along the beach and look like the Henga or gunwale of an upturned waka hull. Te Henga/Bethells Beach is situated 5 km west of Bacon Stream.

Swanson

Suburb

Photo: Bjankuloski06, CC BY 4.0.

Swanson is an outlying suburb of West Auckland, New Zealand and is located west of Henderson, surrounded by the Waitākere Ranges. Developing as a service centre for the kauri logging and gumdigging trades in the 1880s along the trainline, the town developed as a rural centre and an early tourist destination for Aucklanders, who visited the Redwood Park on the banks of the Swanson Stream. Swanson is situated 6 km east of Bacon Stream.

Bacon Stream

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Localities in the Area

Notable Places Nearby

Curious Places to Discover

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