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Introducing Doubtless Bay
The bay gets its unusual name from an entry in Cook’s logbook, where he wrote that the body of water was ‘doubtless a bay’. No shit, Cap’n. It’s a bloody big bay at that, with a string of pretty swimming beaches heading towards the Karikari Peninsula.
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The main centre, Mangonui (meaning ‘Big Shark’), retains a fishing-port feel, despite cafés and gift shops now infesting its well-labelled line of historical waterfront buildings. They were constructed in the days when Mangonui was a centre of the whaling industry (1792–1850) and exported flax, kauri wood and gum.
The popular holiday settlements of Coopers Beach, Cable Bay and Taipa are restful pockets of beachside gentrification.
Last updated: Sep 22, 2008
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