Day 19: Custom Corner Cupboards

There are two of these custom corner cupboards with a unique hinged triangle drawer.

Day 18: French Door

The original front door was a french door with panes that matched the smaller windows.

Day 17: YALE Cabinet Latches

There are several of these retro cabinet latches from the 1930's still in the Log Cabin. They are also a classic YALE form of the period.

Day 16: Skeleton Keys

A selection of the sorts of skeleton keys used for lever locks of the 1930's

Day 15: YALE Door Lock

Above the Daniel Boone Latch there is a YALE rim lever door lock from the late 1930's

Day 14: Daniel Boone Style Slide Bolt

A special feature is the slide bolt which is latched with a knot of wood.

Day 13: Huntly Fire Bricks

Huntly fire bricks were used inside the fireplace. Fire bricks were first made in Huntly in 1884. The company was registered 1911 'The Huntly Brick and Fireclay Ltd'. Then in 1961 the name was changed to 'The Huntly Brick Company Ltd'.

Day 12: Pebbles

Pebbles from local beaches were used in the fireplace frontage. Orere Point is well known for its pebble beach.

Day 11: Local Quarried Stone

Local quarried stone was used to make the fireplace & chimney.

Day 10: Window & Door Frames

W.H. Grove & Sons imported window and door frames from Canada for the early part of the 1900's. These were precut and easily self assembled for New Zealanders.

Day 9: W H Grove & Sons

W H Grove & Sons was established in 1896. They were importers and merchants. Their main line was the Pacific Islands and bringing fruit into NZ however they also for a time imported hardware supplies from Canada across the Pacific Ocean.

Day 8: Canada

Canada the place the log cabin kit came from. The kit set was precut and made in Canada from Cedar pine before being shipped across the Pacific Ocean and assembled in Beachlands near Auckland, New Zealand.

Day 7: Cedar D Trim Logs

Cedar D trim logs are what the log cabin is made of. D trim refers to the form that the log has rounded one side and flat the other. The cedar pine comes in a few varieties including a red and a white wood also Cedar was a common harvest for export at the turn of the century from Canada.

Day 6: 1929

1929 - The year that the log cabin was built.

Day 5: The Norfolk Pine

The Norfolk Pine as it stands today was planted the year that the Log Cabin was built. This tree is a landmark that helps boaties get their bearings when they are on the water between Beachlands and Waiheke Island.

Day 4: 1922 Sections for Sale

In 1922 many of the sections currently occupied in Beachlands went on sale including the site that the Log Cabin was built on. The Groves and their extended family bought a few of these sections at the beach end of Wakelin Road.

Day 3: SS Hirere the steam ferry of the 1920's

The Log Cabin came as a kit set delivered to Beachlands on the SS Hirere before the steam ferry was retired on the 31st of August 1928. This was very convenient as the Grove section where is was built was just a few hundred meteres from the wharf at Sunkist Bay. SS Hirere was built for the Clevedon Steam Navigation Company by C&W Bailey of Auckland. SS Hirere made her maiden voyage 18 January 1897. The SS Hirere's route included Howick, Turanga Creek (Whitford), Maraetai and Beachlands.

Day 2: Sunkist Bay in the 1920's

Sunkist Bay was surrounded by a pine forest in the 1920's.

Day 1: The Log Cabin that Will Grove built

Will Grove built the Log Cabin, at Sunkist Bay in Beachlands, 1929.