Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Burning Issues
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Kathmandu
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Tuatara
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Sights
Town Basin
This attractive riverside marina is home to vintage car and clock museums, cafes, shops,
public art and an information centre. It's a great place for a stroll, with a marked
Art
Walk
and
Heritage Trail
. An
artisans market
is held on Saturdays from October to April
under the shade of the pedestrian bridge.
Whangarei Art Museum
GALLERY
(
www.whangareiartmuseum.co.nz
;
The Hub, Town Basin; admission by donation; 10am-4pm)
Ac-
cessed through the Hub information centre (
Click here
)
, Whangarei's public gallery has
an interesting permanent collection, the star of which is a 1904 Maori portrait by Goldie.
Also planned is a new
Hundertwasser Art Centre
, based on architectural plans by the
late Austrian artist, Friedensreich Hundertwasser. See
www.hundertwasser.co.nz
for de-
tails of the campaign to raise support and funding of the project. A model of the pro-
posed building is in the information centre.
Clapham's Clocks
MUSEUM
(
www.claphamsclocks.com
;
Town Basin; adult/child $8/4; 9am-5pm)
This very interesting
collection of 1400 ticking, gonging and cuckooing timepieces constitutes the National
Clock Museum.
City Centre
Old Library Arts Centre
GALLERY
