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VR SPOTS - LAST UPDATE 25.10.2007 |
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PLEASE NOTE: This page is a personal collection
of VR spots made during my travels. It is not a commercial collection,
nor was it made as part of any commercial assignment. This is site
is not linked or related to any company or tourism organization
in the above country. Please retrieve information about traveling
there at other sites.
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Cape Reinga
Auckland - Viktoria Market
Tirau - Dog Information Centre
Rotorua -
Waikorohihi Geyser
Springvale Bridge
Gisborne - Captain Cook Lookout
Gisborne - Captain Cook Observatory
Gisborne City
Paparoa
Matakohe Church
Giant Kauri Tane Mahuta
Historical Village
Puhoi Historic Village
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Kaka,
South Island
(46°27.0' S 169°49.0' E) This scenic place is located in the Cattlins in the souther island close to the town Kaka Point. The light was lit the first time in July 1870 as a oil light. In 1949 turned into electricity. It is 76m above sea level and flashes every 12 seconds and can be seen about 35km (19NM). |
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Waikawa,
South Island The Museum is housed in a disused and upgraded school building. The Museum tells the historical story of the area from the early Whalers, goldmining, fishing, sawmilling, stone quarrying to present day farming. Waikawa, No 1RD, Tokanui, Southland |
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Waikawa
Bay , South Island Scenic Bay. |
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Petriefied
Forest |
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Lindis
Pass, South Island The pass connects the Waitaki Basin with central Otago following an old Mori trail used by Ngai Tahu. John Turnbull Thomson was the first European to discover the pass. |
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Meg , South Island The picnic area near Roaring Meg Creek nearby an old powerhouse. This was a feared area in the early days as the wagons struggling through the gorge on the muddy roads were often held up here and robbed. The steep drop to the creek was an easy place for the disposal of the highwaymen's victims. The power station was constructed by the Otago Central Power Board during 1934-1936. |
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Colac
Bay/Oraka, South Island Surfer sculpture. |
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Te
Anaun , South Island Pass to Milford Sound. |
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Bluff
Landsend , South Island Start of A1 Highway. |
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Bluff
Landsend , Stirling Point Pilot Station, South Island Operated by the Bluff Harbour Board, as a lighted tower and boat shed the pilot cutter from 1877, and was replaced by this building in 1912. Originally manned by two people until the early 1930's when four wer stationed there. Additional for the Harbourmaster and Pilots were also sited on the Pilot Station Reserve. [org. plate text] |
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Reinga , North Island
The light shone for the first time in May 1941. Cape Reinga was the last attended lighhouse to be built in New Zealand and replaced the light on nearby Motuopao Island, South-West of Cape Reinga, which was built in 1879. >>> MORE |
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Market
The famous market near Viktoria Park houses a lot of small shops with any kind of souvenirs and NZ products. The buidling with the chimney was constructed in 1905 as rubbish destructor. |
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Tirau
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Big Dog Information Centre |
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Rotorua
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Waikorohihi Geyser 15 eruptions of 3 to m height. |
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Springvale Bridge
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Rangitikei River, Taihape-Napier Road On the 41km windy road connecting Taihape and Napier. |
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Cook Lookout, Gisborne, North Island
The beginning og the New Zealand ation took place within sight of this lookout. HM Bark Endeavour under the command of Lieutnant James Cook R.N. had sailed from Britain on the first commisioned voyage of scientific discovery. >>> MORE |
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Gisborne
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Gisborne, North Island City Centre |
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James Cook Observatory The worlds eastern most observatory. Opened in 1971. 178°01'53" - 38°40'52" |
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Paparoa
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Former Bank Building Errected in 1914. More information on HISTORIC PLACES TRUST website. |
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Church Matakohe Church is dedicated to the first New Zealand born Prime Minister, local son Joseph Gordon Coates. |
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GIANT KAURI
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Tane Mahuta This is the largest living kauri tree in New Zealand, its age is about 2000 years. Trunk height 17.7m, total height 51.5m, trunck girth 13.8m |
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Taihape-Napier Road |
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Puhoi Historic Village
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Puhoi, North Island Only 30min north of Auckland you find the historic village of Puhoi (Maori for "Spring Water"). The first settlers from Bohemian (today Czech Republic) came in 1863. |
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North Island Historical Village with old buildings. |
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