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Auckland Harbour Bridge
The eight-lane icon spanning Waitematā Harbour since 1959, carrying SH1 into downtown Auckland with skyline and gulf views: thrill-seekers can climb it or bungy jump off it.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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Albany
Auckland, New Zealand · Oceania
About Albany
Albany works well as a base: 5 minutes from Rothesay Bay, 13km from Auckland Harbour Bridge.
Albany is in Auckland, New Zealand, with about 13,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Rothesay Bay, about 4 km away.
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What is there to see near Albany?
Within an hour or so of Albany: Auckland Harbour Bridge (13 km), Auckland Zoo (16 km), Sky Tower (16 km), Muriwai Gannet Colony (28 km).
Where is Albany?
Albany is in Auckland, New Zealand, about 4 km from Rothesay Bay.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 12,930
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Auckland
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Coordinates
- -36.7167, 174.7000
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Essential numbers in New Zealand
Many rural bridges are single-lane. Give way as signed.
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Worth the detour from Albany
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Auckland Zoo
New Zealand's largest zoo with native wildlife including kiwi alongside exotic species from around the globe.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Sky Tower
328-metre observation and telecommunications tower dominating the Auckland skyline, New Zealand's tallest man-made structure.
16 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Muriwai Gannet Colony
Around 1,200 pairs of Australasian gannets nest on a cliff shelf and sea stack west of Auckland, with viewing platforms placed metres from the birds. Occupied roughly August to March.
28 km · about 30 min drive
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Piha Beach
Auckland's wild west coast surf beach, dominated by the iconic Lion Rock and powerful black-sand breakers.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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Karekare Beach
A vast black-sand beach beneath the Waitakere Ranges, where The Piano was filmed, with a waterfall in the bush behind the car park. Wilder and emptier than neighbouring Piha.
36 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Albany
- Right hereAuckland Harbour BridgeThe eight-lane icon spanning Waitematā Harbour since 1959, carrying SH1 into downtown Auckland with skyline and gulf views: thrill-seekers can climb it or bungy jump off it.
- 28 kmMuriwai Gannet ColonyAround 1,200 pairs of Australasian gannets nest on a cliff shelf and sea stack west of Auckland, with viewing platforms placed metres from the birds. Occupied roughly August to March.
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