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PARRY KAURI PARK
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After you have visted the Museum take one of the board walks through the native bush
of Parry Kauri Park. Brochures are available (free) from the Museum souvenir shop. The brochures describe and identify the native trees and shrubs to be found in the
Parry Kauri Park. In the early years of European settlement Parry Kauri Park was part of the property owned by the Rev McKinney, the first minister of the Presbyterian Church in Warkworth and the Mahurangi. The land was later purchased by the Simpson family who requested that on the sale of their land, the trees and bush be offered for purchase as a public amenity. The two large kauri trees are named in honour of these former land owners. |
 The McKinney Kauri |
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The park and the driveway into it, bear the names of Harry Parry and Tudor Collins, local identities who were largely responsible, along with
the Kauri Bushmen's Association, for raising the money to purchase the land.
The Mid-North Branch of the Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society is responsible for providing signs along the boardwalk that winds through the park. |
 A piece of polished gum
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Inside the museum are displays of the kauri digging implements,
photographs of gum-digging, giant pieces of kauri gum, saws, native timber, bushman's hut and other items connected with the Gum Digging Days. On the far side of the carpark there is a "whim", which was used to haul the logs out of the bush, and other items connected with kauri logging. |