Black Rock Pumping Station

Built in early 1926, the concrete pumping station on Black Rock was once the northernmost crude sewage outfall along North Shore. In the 1930s, this station could hold 360,000 gallons of sewage in its tanks and regularly discharged those tanks directly into the Hauraki Gulf every other day. While the pumping station remains operational, it is now only used in the event of a sewage emergency.

Black Rock itself is a raised portion of a basalt lava flow, a remnant of the Lake Pupuke volcanic eruption. Unlike most of the other exposed lava in the area, most of Black Rock is entirely above the high tide line and therefore remains a prominent feature o f the coast at all times. It marks the dividing line between Milford Beach to the north and Takapuna Beach to the south

Continue walking down the rocky path. If you have mobility issues, turn around at this point and take Audrey Lane back to Hurstmere Avenue.