We're higher up on the hill now and have come to yet another tunnel. You turn left to enter the tunnel at the end of this gap in the hill.
This is the entrance. This goes slightly downhill and ends up in a high-ceilinged machine room.
The stairs lead up to a dead end. There are areas of tunnels that are not open to us.
There are many rooms down here that were used during the war for ammunition storage. Taking an open flame into such an area would have been dangerous, so these rooms were surrounded by narrow passages with small windows facing into the 'powder rooms.' Men with lanterns would be placed by the windows in these passages so others could see to haul the ammo in or out of storage as needed.
These are quite narrow. Just a bit wider than my shoulders.
Back in the sunlight. This is near the parking lot. We're tired. We're going to be following the couple on the right side of the picture down the grassy hill to the left and out of the park.
We're standing at a bus stop and looking back at North Head.
A close-up of the same area.
I'll finish with a couple of short videos of our return to Auckland.
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