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Top Storey
Bed and Breakfast

73 Scott Road, RD4,
Tamaterau,
Whangarei Heads Road,
Whangarei,
Northland, New Zealand
Telephone: 09 436 2220
Mobile: 021 463 330
Email: [email protected]

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About us and our home  

Your hosts are Ian and Jane Kippenberger.
We extend a warm welcome and invitation to visit our home and garden which we love and are happy to share with you.

Ian is a New Zealander and Jane is English. We have lived in the Whangarei area for 47 years.

Ian, a builder, built the three storey colonial style house 37 years ago. He is the fruit and vegetable man and Jane has developed the garden with a Bromeliad bank, native plants, Vireyas, and water features with landscaping help from Ian.

We have a son and daughter. Their families often visit us. Our  many grandchildren enjoy exploring the garden. The garden is fenced at the back for small children and pets. Our grandchildren really get excited feeding the native fish – banded kokopu they are very tame The beach just down the road is great for children with safe swimming.

We have figs, grapes, fiejoas, guavas, oranges, lemons and bananas. A vegetable garden gives us fresh produce.

Our interests include: people, family, our home, travel, gardening, wine – making with
fruit from the garden, walking, fishing, music and reading.

We like to help our guests with our knowledge of the area and any queries they may have.

We have travelled in England and Europe and know what it is like to stay in a Bed Breakfast!!

We hope you like ours.

Top Storey Apartment

Two Double bedrooms, one with Queen sized bed, the other with two single beds (there is also a sofa bed in the lounge) Spacious lounge with pool table. Well equipped kitchenette with self-catering facilities 

​Own large bathroom with shower down the stairs – not shared. Toilet & Vanity in Apartment Air conditioning No pets 
View a floor plan here TV, WIFI, DVD​

Garden Unit

Open plan. Sleeps 2-4

Queen sized bed

Two king sized single bed

Kitchenette with self-catering facilities

Airconditioning

Own bathroom

Elderly friendly with flat access.

A breakfast tray provided in accommodation if required. (if stairs are a problem)

Pet friendly from $5 per night per pet

TV WIFI DVD

Activities

Start your Northland adventure with us
A good base to explore the beautiful and scenic Whangarei Heads and Harbour area.

Make day trips to the Bay of Islands, the West Coast and Matakohe Kauri Museum
and Waipoua Forest all within 90 minutes drive…

2-3 hours drive North of Auckland International Airport
1 .5 hour drive to the Bay of Islands
14km east of Whangarei City
10 minute drive from Onerahi Airport
​WHERE GIANTS GATHER   
Journey through a grand landscape where giants surround you. Giants of geology, nature and history are gathered here, like the majestic creatures that inspired Ngati Wai to name this place
Whangarei-tererenga- paraoa (the gathering place of whales).

Take the meandering road from Northland’s largest city, all the way to the coast and the boundless Pacific Ocean beyond. Follow the great mass of water that ebbs and flows through the towering Whangarei Heads. Walk in the footsteps of those who carved history out of this colossal landscape, and create lasting memories
of your own as you journey Where Giants Gather.

BEAUTIFUL BEACHES 20 MINUTES AWAY
Ocean Beach and Kauri Mountain offer good surfing
Pataua South has an ocean beach and a sheltered river estuary
Taiharuru McGregors Bay is a natural ocean beach cove


WALKS SUITABLE FOR ALL LEVELS OF FITNESS
Climb Mount Manaia. A one hour climb through beautiful native bush. Fairly steep but well worth spectacular views over the whole of Whangarei Harbour and beyond. This track has just been completely renewed.
Stroll for 20 minutes from Reotahi along the shoreline to the ruins of the 1911 freezing works near the harbour entrance
Walk from Urquarhts Bay over to Smugglers Cove with white sand and delicious swimming
Splendid level Loop Walk 4.2 kms around Whangarei river basin over unique Bascule Bridge


ACTIVITIES, THINGS TO DO
Whangarei City and Quayside Town Basin. Restaurants, cafes and shopping, Art Gallery and Crafts. Claphams Clock Museum the largest collection of clocks in the Southern Hemisphere. Glass Studio and Gallery.
Visit the new hub and Art Gallery.
Farmers market every Saturday morning for great bargains
Whangarei Museum and Kiwi house. Clarke Homestead
Tavern, Restaurants and Cafe’s. 5 minutes drive
Art and Craft galleries in Whangarei Heads.

The Pines Golf course, 3 minutes drive. Three more golf courses within 30 mins drive,
Sherwood Park, Northland Golf Club and Mt.Denby..

Visit Whangarei Falls and walk. –  AH Reed memorial Kauri  Park, half hour walk with high
boardwalk through bush and Kauri trees. Hatea river walk.


DAY TRIPS:
To West Coast – Dargaville and the Kaipara  – an area full of history of the early pioneers and settlers.


Dargaville Nautical Museum. Well worth a visit. The Rainbow Warrior masts are here.


Matakohe Kauri Museum – something for all the family – with the total history of the Kauri tree 
and the pioneers who  harvested it.


Waipoua Forest, Trounson Park. The BIG Kauri tree – Tane Mahuta


Bay of Islands – visit the Waitangi Treaty house and grounds – Boat trips to see the  Bay of Islands, out to the hole in the rock and  swim with dolphins.
Top Storey
Bed and Breakfast

73 Scott Road, RD4,
Tamaterau,
Whangarei Heads Road,
Whangarei,
Northland, New Zealand Telephone: 09 436 2220
Mobile: 021 463 330
Email: [email protected]

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