Half House, Eden – Eden Commemorative Lighthouse loop from Eden
Half House, Eden – Eden Commemorative Lighthouse loop from Eden
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Half House, Eden – Eden Commemorative Lighthouse loop from Eden
01:44
6.27km
110m
Hiking
Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: June 21, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Parking
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496 m
Aslings Beach
Highlight • Beach
Tip by
2.58 km
Eden Motor Inn
Highlight • Rest Area
Matt Howard. During the early 1900s he advertised
Motorists Benzine, oils, and motor accessories, new tyres all kinds of vulcanising done.
Agents for motor cars. We stock everything.
Later owners included, A. Vizard as well as Jack Drayson, who erected a workshop at the side, engaging in boat building and shopfitting.
In the 1950s Len Hastie opened a grocery store. The modern motel units were added in 2004.
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3.85 km
Half House, Eden
Highlight • Historical Site
HIRST, MERCHANT OF SYDNEY, BOUGHT LOTS 4 & 5, SEC.1 (237 & 39 IMLAY ST.) FOR £20.
BANKRUPTCY FORCED HIRST TO LEASE AND SELL BOTH LOTS TO JAMES RIXON, FARMER OF CATHCART, WHO BUILT THIS TWO STOREY GEORGIAN-STYLE BUILDING DURING 1850'S OF LOCAL STONE, ROOFED IN WELSH SLATE. THE BUILDING WAS NOT COMPLETED & WAS LOCALLY KNOWN AS "HALF HOUSE".
1882, CENTRAL DOOR WAS RELOCATED.
1868-1891, BUILDING SERVED AS EDEN'S POST/TELEGRAPH OFFICE & RESIDENCE RUN BY THE KEBBY FAMILY.
1978-92, DERELICT BUILDING RESTORED.
1993, EDEN'S SESQUI-CENTENNIAL YEAR, THE BUILDING WAS FINALLY COMPLETED.
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3.96 km
Eden Commemorative Lighthouse
Highlight • Monument
1848 COVERED THE COUNTY OF AUCKLAND. A CHIEF CONSTABLE AND TWO CONSTABLES WERE STATIONED AT EDEN.
MOUNTED POLICE WERE AT OUTPOSTS.
THE EDEN
WATCH HOUSE WAS BUILT IN
1849 WITH LOOKOUT POINT
FENCED OFF FROM THE WHARF AREA
WATER POLICE WERE FIRST IN OPERATION IN 1854.
MODERN DAY WATER POLICE WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE EARLY 1990'S AT EDEN.
AS A POLICE HORSE PADDOCK.
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4.23 km
Great Southern Inn, Eden
Highlight • Pub
AND POST OFFICE, BARCLAY BEING POSTMASTER.
IN 1851-60 JOHN HOPKINS TOOK OUT A LICENCE FOR THE GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL.
OTHER LICENSEES WERE 1860-95 GEORGE AXAM,
1895-7 H.P. WELLINGS, 1897-1906 SABINA PIKE,
1907-26 SAM WILTON, 1926-35 W.N. STEELE RUDD.
FROM 1935 TO LATE 1960'S V.T. WELSH.
VINCENT THOMAS
WELSH CHANGED THE NAME TO HOTEL EDEN.
OVER THE YEARS BALCONIES HAD BEEN ADDED AND
ACCOMMODATION FOR GUESTS.
THE NAME WAS ALSO CHANGED TO THE GREAT SOUTHERN INN.
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4.89 km
Viewpoint
Viewpoint
6.27 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
4.64 km
1.49 km
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
3.02 km
1.56 km
1.53 km
< 100 m
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