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Cnr of Quay and Hobson Streets, Auckland.
Sited near the Viaduct Basin, the museum celebrates New Zealanders' obsession with the sea and sailing.
The museum has a school holiday programme.
Harbour cruises are available on vessels from the museum's own heritage fleet.
TRANSPORT
To find a bus put Maritime Museum as your destination in the Auckland Travel Planner.
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Quay Street, Auckland.
Magnet for yachties; home of the "America's Cup" village -built for the two defences of the Cup before it was lost to the Swiss boat "Alinghi" in 2003. From here you can visit the Maritime museum or explore the yacht basin with its surrounding cafes and apartments. The Auckland City Council has installed 30 bronze plaques on a maritime heritage trail. Althugh the America's Cup has now gone, in season, you may still see a superyacht.
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Ohakune Junction.
Before 1908 this route linked two railheads on the North Island Main Trunk railway.
Now local activity has it into made into a walkway and cycleway. It also provides access to the Hapuawhenua Viaduct a key part of New Zealand's rail heritage.
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Dunedin Railway Station
An exciting and memorable rail journey which takes you over the fertile Taieri Plains and through the remote Taieri Gorge to Pukerangi in Central Otago. The spectacularly rugged scenery and the thrill of negotiating several narrow tunnels and high viaducts, combined with an informative commentary on the history of the area, make this a very enjoyable, worthwhile experience.
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State Highway 4,10 km south of National Park
The third highest viaduct in New Zealand (78.6m), was constructed in 1908.
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Near State Highway 2.
The highest railway viaduct in New Zealand was opened in 1937.
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Auckland Isthmus
The narrowness of the Auckland isthmus means it is possible to walk across it in 4 - 6 hours (16 km), taking in marvelous viewpoints en route. The route includes One Tree Hill (Maungakiekie), Mount Eden (Maungawhau) and the Auckland Domain.
If travelling north from Onehunga follow blue markers - If your starting point is Viaduct Harbour the markers are yellow.
You can easily follow the walk on our pdf maps. One covers the northern and the other the southern part of the walk.
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Level 2, 104 Customs Street West
Use Hotpoint2446 as your Starting Place to centre your DayOut search here.
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Viaduct Walk
Use Hotpoint2447 as your Starting Place to centre your DayOut search here.
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!st Flr Viaduct Quay
Kermadec is one of Auckland’s most reputable restaurants, specialising in fresh seafood, the quality has been consistently respected and it is very popular amongst the locals. Before the America’s Cup competition in 2002/2003 demanded a recreation of the Viaduct the area was home to the local fishing fleet and Kermadec was the only renowned high quality restaurant. Located upstairs opposite the maritime museum, it has the best vista across the viaduct.
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Cnr Customs and Hobson Streeets
The Portofino chain has popular restaurants in many of the local nightspots and their Viaduct restaurant is no exception, usually bursting at its seams. Quality Italian meals including antipasto, pizzas and pastas are available as well as full meals. The wine list includes above average Italian and local wines. A reservation is normally required on the weekend.
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Viaduct Harbour
The Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company in Darlington, England built this counter-weighted rolling lift bridge in kit form in 1931. It carried both rail and road traffic and was lifted to allow fishing boats into the basin. See the interpretation panel for how it worked. Nearby you will find KZ1 New Zealand, an enormous sloop built for what proved to be a farcical America's Cup challenge defended by Dennis Conner in a catamaran.
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The Strip, Oxford Terrace
The Strip is the area alongside the Avon between Hereford street and Cashel Mall. Here tables line a sidewalk, which has been specially enlarged so that the road in front is a mere one lane trickle. The restaurants form a continuous line and you can wander past, look at their menus and finally decide on the one that interests. When possible guests dine out of doors. Later in the evening many of these restaurants become nightclubs with live music. Ph 377 9968
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Viaduct Harbour
Mecca
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31 Orawia Rd
Tuatapere
Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track has all the qualities of a great walk. The
track winds across some of New Zealand's wildest land, leading trampers
through parts of Fiordland National Park, along an alpine ridge, through
forest, across Maori land and along deserted beaches of the south coast of
the South Island.
The very existence of the track is something quite special, a reflection
of Kiwis love for tramping and the 'can do' attitude of a small rural
community. Unlike many other track projects that are administered by the
Department of Conservation ( DoC ) this track was conceived by the local
community and then built with the same pioneering spirit and hard work
that built the timber town of Tuatapere itself.
From an idea floated at a Tuatapere Promotions meeting in 1988 a
charitable trust was formed to build the track and facilities, raising
over $3 million and obtaining permission from private land owners and DoC
It was an amazing effort that resulted in the track opening in November
2001 as the first and only privately operated, independent tramp on public
land. New Zealand's newest tramping challenge.
The Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track is a 3 day / 2 night circuit tramp. It
climbs high on to the Hump Ridge and Okaka Hut at 890 metres ( 2 920
feet ). A scenic loop track amidst sandstone tors and mountain tarns
offers 360 degree panoramic views of Stewart Island, the Southern Ocean
and the wilderness of Southwest Fiordland. The track then descends along
the Hump Ridge to the South Coast track, along old tramlines and across
mighty wooden viaducts to the historic Port Craig. Bush and beach tracks
following Te Waewae Bay complete the circuit.
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North Island Main Trunk Railway
This sight of this impressive new railway viaduct well justifies the short walk (30 mins) from the Ohakune Station.
The Hapuawhenua viaduct was built not only to improve alignment but because concerns existed about the remaining fatigue life of the old curved viaduct.
The new structure combines reinforced and prestressed concrete. It is a ‘state of the art’ design, which takes advantage of improved understanding of the behaviour of structures under extreme conditions; especially those of a major earthquake.
It is 51 m high and 414 m long.
The structure it replaces can still be seen - it has been used for bungy jumping.
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SH 30
At this Reserve you can picnic, camp overnight, bush walk and swim. There are parking and barbecue facilities.
The historic Waitete Railway Viaduct is a point of interest.
The walk starts with a swing bridge over the Mangaoweka River. It takes about 1.5 hours.
A trail from here to Te Kuiti forms part of Te Araroa, "The Long Trail".
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Viaduct Harbour -revitalised by the Cup.
America's Cup excitement
