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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
New Zealand's bold national museum, renowned for its interactive exhibits, Maori taonga, and a colossal squid specimen.
4 km · about 10 min drive
Wellington Region, New Zealand · Oceania
Lyall Bay is worth a stop: 4km from Mount Victoria Lookout, Wellington.
Lyall Bay is a town located in Wellington Region, New Zealand. With a population of 2,700, it is an important destination in Oceania.
On a road trip, Lyall Bay sits in New Zealand, where you drive on the left. It's in the Pacific/Auckland time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Lyall Bay to your route.
Lyall Bay is a bay and suburb on the south side of the Rongotai isthmus in Wellington, New Zealand.
The bay is a popular surf beach, featuring a breakwater at the eastern end. It is home to two surf lifesaving clubs and has also been the site of surf lifesaving championships. Lyall Bay is a very popular and safeRead more
swimming beach. The beach is only two thirds of its original size: the construction of Wellington International Airport took away the eastern third of the beach.
The suburb consists of most of the southern half of the Rongotai isthmus, although Wellington International Airport and a small industrial area next to it are often considered to be part of Rongotai. Lyall Bay is predominantly a residential area, but also contains a part of Wellington's Southern Walkway and the Southern Headlands Reserve. The suburb has a bus service and is near to the Kilbirnie shopping centre and the Tirangi Road Airport Retail Park. There is a primary school (Lyall Bay School), a Playcentre, a lawn bowls club, two churches and a small range of shops. The suburb is also home to Fat Freddy's Drop, a popular Wellington band. The south-western border has Te Raekaihau Point as the dividing landform to Houghton Bay.
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Lyall Bay is located in Wellington Region, New Zealand, Oceania. The coordinates are -41.3273 latitude, 174.7945 longitude.
Lyall Bay has a population of approximately 2,700 people, making it a town in New Zealand.
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museum
New Zealand's bold national museum, renowned for its interactive exhibits, Maori taonga, and a colossal squid specimen.
4 km · about 10 min drive
scenic viewpoint
196 m summit lookout reached by a sealed road above central Wellington, giving a panorama of the harbour and Cook Strait.
4 km · about 5 min drive
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One of the Southern Hemisphere's largest collections with over 400 vehicles spanning a century of motoring.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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