merkinz's experience @ 1890's Kau Point Battery (Underground Army Fort)
Wellington army fort exploration
Always looking for interesting places to take photos I, and a fellow photographer, came across word that there was ‘some-old-fort’ near the tip of Miramar Peninsular, in Wellington that consisted of underground tunnels rooms etc etc.
It HAD to be done! It needed to be found.
After following some rough directions we found our selves at the top of a hill in a small opening in a pine forrest. There was nothing there, and I was puffed (big hill), what a let down.
We walked around for a bit and then came across a small opening in the ground, it looked tight, and it spiraled DOWN , into darkness! (It’s underground because it was covered up several decades ago but has been reopened by the weather)
We crawled though the entrance and made our way down into the blackness, expecting to find a dead body or something to that effect! Thank god there was none.
The place is quite large consisting of 2 big rooms, 2 small rooms, some very tight corridors, and a filled in gun pit. The roof had wells with hooks centered in them presumably to hold lanterns (it IS from the 1890’s). And doorways were signed in an OLD font with interesting looking illustrative symbols (can’t quite think what they’re called…). The place was built out of half & half brick & concrete, with a weird black soot covering the walls.
Its an interesting place. Well worth trying to find.
There is a small article on it here: http://www.geocities.com/kelburn.geo/kaupoint.html
There are also other forts on that peninsula, one BIG one that is on army (airforce?) land, and a few other ones that have had little exploration. I’ll be paying them a visit later this year.
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