Has anyone got some aerial photos of Newmarket park (or drawings) as someone who was too young to go to there I am having trouble picturing how it worked in the landscape and really keen to know more.
Think of it like this: short walk down from opposite the Blind Institute on Parnell Rd then cross over railway tracks and turn left to pay at gate to see spread below in all its glory 42 tiers of white concrete terrace spilling down to the sideline of a pretty green pitch, the far side having a long low stained wood stand running its entire length, left end having main entrance plus short stubby stand, right end having nothing except mown grass and a high clay tree-covered bank. Beyond, a view of Okahu Bay, harbour, Rangitoto, Coromandel if you were lucky. So if the game was crap you could sit back and enjoy a pie, a drink and the view and think about where you were going to hit the town that night.