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Southward Car Museum
One of the Southern Hemisphere's largest collections with over 400 vehicles spanning a century of motoring.
18 km · about 20 min drive
Wellington Region, New Zealand · Oceania
Whitby is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Judgeford, 22km from Mount Victoria Lookout, Wellington.
Whitby is a town located in Wellington Region, New Zealand. With a population of 12,230, it is an important destination in Oceania.
On a road trip, Whitby 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 Whitby to your route.
Whitby is a large suburb of Porirua, New Zealand, located along much of the southern shore of the Pauatahanui Inlet of Porirua Harbour. Whitby was comprehensively planned in the 1960s (when still in Hutt County) and it has been continuously developed since, with current landscaping and expansion in the hills behindRead more
the eastern part of Whitby to facilitate the future growth of the suburb.
The name of the suburb itself, as well as the nautical theme of neighbourhood and street names, are drawn from the life and career of the Pacific explorer James Cook. The bicentennial of his first (1769) visit to New Zealand occurred when the development of Whitby started.
The suburb is commercially centred on the Whitby Shopping Centre, containing almost all the retail businesses in Whitby.
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Whitby is located in Wellington Region, New Zealand, Oceania. The coordinates are -41.1083 latitude, 174.8902 longitude.
Whitby has a population of approximately 12,230 people, making it a town in New Zealand.
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museum
One of the Southern Hemisphere's largest collections with over 400 vehicles spanning a century of motoring.
18 km · about 20 min drive
museum
New Zealand's bold national museum, renowned for its interactive exhibits, Maori taonga, and a colossal squid specimen.
22 km · about 25 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.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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