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Top of the Hill Country Homestay provides spectacular views in every direction. In view over the Clevedon valley, sixty kilometres away, lie the Coromandel ranges. |
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Aerial view over the Brookby valley to Auckland's magnificent Hauraki gulf and Waiheke Island. The distant peak is Rangitoto, Auckland's newest and largest volcano. A view from all rooms! |
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Your first glimpse of Top of the Hill, as you approach from the west. Top of the Hill is surrounded by many hectares of native trees and recently three pairs of Fantails have taken up residence, as have many other native birds. |
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A true country setting with Pat in the foreground with some young bulls. We are a small working farm in the true sense and Trevor runs it immaculately using NZ's very own rotation system. |
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Views over the beautiful green Brookby valley, farmed from generation to generation, with mainly sheep, dairy, beef and a large racing horse stud. Over the ridge line Auckland's ever developing suburbia threatens to spill over. |
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Pat and Trevor Simpson are typical Kiwis. They regard Top of the Hill Country Homestay as part of their lifestyle and are only to pleased to be hosts. They can recall many wonderful conversations with guests over the last twelve years, even at the breakfast table while taking in the commanding views! |
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Surrounded by unique flora species - the cabbage tree, toi toi grass, giant flax and manuka (tea tree) make a wonderful windbreaking hedge. |
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Glorious sunsets, pure air and tranquility, night skies are something to behold. Distant galaxies, the Southern Cross and a trillion stars can be viewed within the overhead Milky Way. |
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Stella on our roadway... perfect for a stroll and a true NZ country road, but only ten
minutes to NZ's third largest city, Manukau City. Another fifteen
minutes more to Auckland City on the Southern Motorway or twenty five by scenic ferry. |
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