Weekend Walkabout - Stockade Hill, NZ

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Just s short walk but it gets a bit steep

Almost there

Nice view

Howick and Pakuranga First World War memorial




In 1920 construction began of a First World War memorial for the Howick and Pakuranga areas on Stockade Hill, Howick. The exact date of the unveiling ceremony is unknown, but was probably in 1921. In 1935 the Howick Ex-servicemen's Club also erected a flagstaff on the hill. For many years the obelisk served as the site for wreath-laying ceremonies only, but in 1961 for the first time the entire Anzac Day service was held on the hill. On 25 May 2006, during an Anzac Day dawn ceremony a memorial plaque was unveiled on Stockade Hill, in memory of Reginald Judson VC, who had reputedly planted an oak tree there eighty years before.
Source - NZ History

Windy stuff

Memorial in the distance



Time to head back before the rain




Walkabout is a phrase we use in NZ, which means to walk around and explore with no specific destination in mind. Have you been walkabout anywhere interesting this week? If so, post your story or pictures to your blog, leave a comment here and a link to your blog on our Linky and Whitesnake or KB will come take a look.






Have a great weekend.

See you tomorrow for 30 days to a happier, healtier me.

Love KB
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