Just off the Whanganui River Rd near Matahiwi is the restored 1854 Kawana Flour Mill and waterwheel 鈥 an exercise in optimism. There's historical info, a drop toilet if you're desperate and stairs down to a dank dell stream lookout.
香港六合彩即时开奖's must-see attractions
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Spend an hour or two in one of NZ鈥檚 better natural history museums. Te Atihaunui-a-P膩p膩range M膩ori exhibits include an amazing waka (canoe), 鈥
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The elegant old neoclassical Sarjeant Gallery building in Queens Park is closed for earthquake-proofing. In the interim, the gallery's estimable art鈥
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The pick of Whanganui's many glass studios. Watch glass-blowers working, check out the gallery, take a one-day glass-blowing course ($290, four people max鈥
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For some peaceful moments away from the mountains, consider a walk to this bush-smothered lake, the centrepiece of the Lake Rotokura Ecological Reserve,鈥
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At the southern end of the town, in a large, almost-Stalinist concrete castle, is the National Army Museum. Proclaimed as 鈥榟istory without the boring bits鈥
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Across City Bridge from downtown Whanganui, this elevator was built with grand visions for Durie Hill鈥檚 residential future. Beyond an entrance lined with鈥
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With no roads on either side, you don't need to be a genius to decipher this bridge's name. Originally built so that horses could cross the river to鈥
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The historical displays here are interesting, but everyone's here for the PS Waimarie, the last of the Whanganui River paddle steamers. In 1900 it was鈥
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Unless there's a function happening, you can wander around Koriniti Marae and the little white-painted Koriniti chapel, between the Whanganui River Rd and鈥
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An archaeological site just off the Whanganui River Rd: what was once the centre of somewhere is now the middle of nowhere.
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Around a corner in the Whanganui River Rd in Jerusalem, the picture-perfect, red-and-mustard spire of St Joseph鈥檚 Church stands tall on a spur of land鈥
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From Aramoana Hill, near the southern end of the Whanganui River Rd, there鈥檚 a terrific view: peaks, paddocks, poplars and the curling river.
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Maybe not so much 'Don't Miss' as 'Impossible to Miss', this roadside tribute to 艑hakune's biggest crop was erected in 1984. Carrots were first grown in鈥
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Set 11km from Whanganui centre (pair it with a trip to Kai Iwi Beach), these gardens spread over 25 hectares and feature orchids, tropical plants,鈥
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A couple of kilometres northwest of the centre, Virginia Lake is the perfect place for a stroll (around the lake or the woodland walk). Aside from the鈥
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For some peaceful moments away from the mountains, consider a walk to this bush-smothered lake, the centrepiece of the Lake Rotokura Ecological Reserve,鈥