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Orpheus Graves Walk

Location
Take the North-Western Motorway to the Great North Rd Exit. Follow Great North Rd onto Ash St which leads onto Rata St. Take Titirangi Rd right through Titirangi Village to the roundabout, take Huia Rd and Cornwallis is sign posted off it. (40 minutes drive from Auckland CBD)
Description
From Cornwallis Road, level walk leads to graves of three sailors who drowned when HMS Orpheus was wrecked on the Manukau Bar in 1863
Level
Easy
Amenities
  • Historical
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