NORTHLAND: WHANGAREI

30-Jun-13

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Pataua South Reserve

star rating of 3.5

by Chris Gaelic

904 Pataua South Road, Pataua, Ngunguru, Whangarei, Northland

rvexplorer id: 17612

Lat-Long: -35.71545, 174.5207

Parking on the grass in no longer​ allowed!

Parking on the grass in no longer allowed!Fishing from the footbridge

Fishing from the footbridge

 

Pataua South public toilets located by the footbridge

Pataua South public toilets located by the footbridge

The tiny community of Pataua is located just over 30 mins drive from Whangarei, up the coast from Whangarei Heads.

 

Spanning both sides of the Ngunguru Bay inlet, and only connected by a wooden footbridge, it is a location that offers a rural-seaside lifestyle for the local people.

 

Pataua South is in a sheltered bay, with access to the Pacific ocean through the inlet. Pataua North is right on the ocean beach and is  a 15 minute walk over the footbridge from the carpark, or an hours drive.

 

We only had time to walk over the footbridge and a short distance along the track leading to Pataua North. It was a beautiful sunny winter afternoon, perfect for walking to the beach, but we needed to drive on up to Paihia in time for some business meetings the next day, and we were running out of time.

 

We could easily imagine spending a couple of days here, exploring both north and south, and maybe doing some fishing.

 

For us, this is quintessential coastal New Zealand - local people enjoying a great lifestyle and willing to share a little of it with visitors passing through.

 

4-Nov-2017

The Whangarei District Council no longer allows freedom camping in this location.
Link to Council Ruling

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11:15 AM 13-Aug-15 by brenda from northland Public
With my partner living in Auckland and I only having every second sunday off in each fortnight of weekends,this has become our "goto place" for timeout together.Been there on loverly sunny summer days and very cold wet winter ones and always find interesting things to do