tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post4100827225391798545..comments2024-03-19T00:17:41.069+13:00Comments on Timespanner: Blockhouse Bay, 1899Timespannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-14760476769550725362020-11-01T09:54:40.194+13:002020-11-01T09:54:40.194+13:00My family home was at 309 blockhouse Bay road 1890...My family home was at 309 blockhouse Bay road 1890's vila think my dad brought it in the late 60's when he moved to nz after leaving the RAF...wish I could find more history on the place but unfortunately I think it was maybe the wrong end of bhb Rd to have much historical merit Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164458725194484864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-66459288289981735702013-05-16T08:46:02.452+12:002013-05-16T08:46:02.452+12:00See paragraph 5 - Mr Pooley - I wonder if anybody ...See paragraph 5 - Mr Pooley - I wonder if anybody has any idea of the origins / history of this Mr Pooley ? Maybe a connection to Liverpool, UK, or Birkenhead / Wirral in Cheshire, UK. <br /><br />An Alfred Pooley arrived in Auckland in 1882 and lived there for about 9/10 years before moving to Manly, Sydney. I wonder if he links to the Mr Pooley of Blockhouse Bay ? <br /><br />We know that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-68566576754230933952011-06-06T16:33:16.230+12:002011-06-06T16:33:16.230+12:00TS, I wonder if we had such diggers in Australia. ...TS, I wonder if we had such diggers in Australia. Dear oh dear, digging up the roads.<br /><br />Thanks Sandy. I remember a chunk of something mounted on a board when I was a primary school. Obviously not kauri, probably a eucalypt resin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-39590601863805165492011-06-05T21:14:18.872+12:002011-06-05T21:14:18.872+12:00Andrew: Here's a photo of a giant piece of Kau...Andrew: Here's a photo of a giant piece of Kauri gum i snapped at the Kauri museum in Matakohe in the North Island a while back http://www.flickr.com/photos/porkynz/3369459257/ Ironically this piece belongs to the Auckland Museum where i work... was rather pleasant to see it there!<br /><br />There quite a few pics of Kauri gum in there...if you ever get to Matakohe...this is a MUST museum toSandyhttp://invokinglibitina.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-983664631129863782011-06-04T10:00:06.006+12:002011-06-04T10:00:06.006+12:00You're not the first Aussie to say that around...You're not the first Aussie to say that around here, Andrew. My friend Lee, commenting to a post about the McLeod's Crossing Bridge in Henderson last year, asked about them. I replied:<br /><br />"Gumdiggers literally dug for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gum-digger" rel="nofollow">the solidified gum of the kauri trees</a> which remained in the ground as a legacy of the kauriTimespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-15105318517105536752011-06-04T08:31:22.982+12:002011-06-04T08:31:22.982+12:00Never heard of gumdiggers. Interesting.Never heard of gumdiggers. Interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com