Bream Head
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To Bream Head's immediate north is a long sandy beach called Ocean Beach.
Biology
It contains a scenic reserve, the Bream Head Scenic Reserve, which unlike Bream Head is an official name.[2] This has a long history of Māori occupation, being now wāhi tapu, and is one of the most important coastal broadleaf forest reserves in Northland with its population of native flax snail – pūpūharakeke[1] and Whirinaki skinks.[3]
Geology
Bream Head features a prominent bluff usually known by the same name or Te Whara Script error: No such module "convert". in height,[4] and to its west Mount Lion at a height of Script error: No such module "convert"., the remains of a Miocene andesitic volcano.
Gallery
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Ocean Beach, looking South
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Ocean Beach, looking North
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The eastern tip of Bream Head
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Bream Head, viewed from the south
References
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