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|   Cape Egmont Lighthouse. Taranaki. New Zealand.
in Coastal Lighthouses Cape Egmont Lighthouse marks the western-most point of the Taranaki coast and flashes a white light once every eight seconds, seen up to 22 nautical miles away. posted by:  Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 02/14/2011 last visited: 01/15/2015 |
 view gallerySE77.2 km |  39° 16.6' S, 173° 45.2' E — Cape Egmont Lighthouse, New Zealand
in Permanent Geographic Coordinates The Cape Egmont Lighthouse is situated on the most westerly point of the Taranaki coastline. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 10/18/2009 last visited: 01/03/2011 |
 view gallerySE77.2 km |  1864 - Cape Egmont Lighthouse. Taranaki. New Zealand.
in Dated Buildings and Cornerstones Situated on the most westerly point of Taranaki, this lighthouse was built in 1864. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 10/18/2009 last visited: 01/15/2015 |
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|  The Wreck of SS. Gairloch. Taranaki. New Zealand.
in Shipwrecks This rusted crescent of iron, the Gairloch, rising from the rocky foreshore at Weld Rd has been a Taranaki landmark for 100 years. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 04/16/2008 last visited: 12/31/2010 |
 view gallerySE84 km |  Krafty Cups House, Rahotu, Taranaki, New Zealand
in Junk Design Houses The house, garage, fences, even the trees are festooned with thousands of tea cups and coffee mugs in this small rural Taranaki town. posted by: Phronimos location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 12/16/2010 last visited: 11/03/2010 |
 view galleryE84.5 km |  Lucy's Gully, New Plymouth, New Zealand
in Sequoioideae Trees Planted in the 1920's within an area now part of Egmont National Park, all the other 'exotics' except this stand of around 200 Redwoods have been removed in keeping with National Park policy. They now protect a beautiful serene picnic area. posted by: Phronimos location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 11/13/2010 last visited: 12/01/2010 |
 view galleryE84.7 km |  Backpacker's Murder at Lucy's Gully. Taranaki. New Zealand.
in Infamous Crime Scenes A beautiful historic bush-covered gully in Egmont National Park named after Lucy Stevens (a.k.a. Ruhira Matekai) who was born in the Gully around 1820. In 2005 the beauty was marred by the horrible discovery of a hitchhikers body in Lucy's Gully. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 06/18/2010 last visited: 11/03/2010 |
 view galleryE87.1 km |  B1YX - B PATUA Geodetic mark
in Australia/NZ Benchmarks Situated on the highest point of the Kaitake Range, Egmont National Park, Taranaki posted by: Phronimos location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 01/02/2011 last visited: 12/29/2010 |
 view galleryE87.1 km |  View of Taranaki province & Mt Taranaki from Patua peak
in Scenic Overlooks After a 2.5 to 3 hour hike up to the top of the Kaitake Range, there's great views of the Pouakai Range, Mt. Egmont /Taranaki and the Taranaki coastline from Cape Egmont to North Taranaki. posted by: Phronimos location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 12/30/2010 last visited: 12/29/2010 |
 view galleryE88.2 km |  Centennial Park - Back Beach to carpark, New Plymouth, New Zealand
in Outdoor Stairways A steep descent of nearly 46 metres (150 feet) down 240 odd steps gains access to the beach at the Paritutu Rock end of Back Beach. It's a lot more strenuous climbing back up to the carpark from the beach. posted by: Phronimos location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 09/12/2010 last visited: 08/30/2011 |
 view galleryE88.4 km | AKD5 - PARITUTU XXIX Geodetic Mark in Australia/NZ Benchmarks On top of 154m high Paritutu Rock in New Plymouth's western suburbs, is the Paritutu 2 (XXIX) trig and geodetic survey mark. posted by: Phronimos location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 06/25/2010 last visited: 09/27/2010 |
 view galleryE88.5 km |  New Plymouth Power Station chimney, New Zealand
in Engineering Landmarks This 198m tall chimney was recognised as a New Zealand Engineering Heritage project as part of the IPENZ “Engineering to 1990” project, to celebrate New Zealand’s sesquicentenary in 1990. posted by: Phronimos location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 09/12/2010 last visited: 09/11/2010 |
 view galleryE88.5 km |  TALLEST - Chimney in New Zealand
in Superlatives At 198m the New Plymouth Power Station chimney was the tallest structure in New Zealand when completed in 1972. It is still the country's tallest chimney - Auckland's Sky Tower (WM550D) completed in 1997 is now New Zealand's Tallest Structure. posted by: Phronimos location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 09/11/2010 last visited: 09/11/2010 |
 view galleryE89.3 km |  Lifeboat. New Plymouth. New Zealand.
in Landlocked Boats A lifeboat rests on a retaining wall in a landscaped garden frontage of a Safety Training Business in New Plymouth. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 11/28/2011 last visited: 02/09/2014 |
 view galleryE89.3 km |  Pioneer Memorial - New Plymouth, New Zealand
in Obelisks This stone obelisk, erected 31 March 1911, marks the locality where the first Settlers to New Plymouth landed from the vessels named on the plaque. posted by: Phronimos location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 06/05/2010 last visited: 08/11/2010 |
 view galleryE89.8 km |  Beam Pump. Moturoa. New Plymouth. New Zealand.
in Preserved Machines on Public Display At Ngamotu Beach an old oilfield beam pump has been preserved and set up as a memorial to pioneers of oil exploration in New Zealand. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 04/11/2013 last visited: 04/11/2013 |
 view galleryE90.4 km |  Ahoy There, Happy Chaddy's. New Plymouth. New Zealand.
in Photo Cutouts Time for a bit of photo fun outside Happy Chaddy's Charters on the waterfront at New Plymouth port harbour. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 07/18/2010 last visited: 11/08/2010 |
 view galleryE90.4 km |  Ship Screw - New Plymouth harbourside. New Zealand.
in Ship Screws and Aircraft Props At Port Taranaki, tucked away behind the breakwater, next to the Interpretation Centre, is a brass ship's screw as a memorial to a local fisherman. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 10/31/2009 last visited: 01/03/2010 |
 view galleryE90.4 km |  Memorial to an old man of the sea. New Plymouth. New Zealand.
in Citizen Memorials An immigrant, a settler and an old man of the sea.....Loui Kuthy is remembered with a memorial placed by the shore of New Plymouth boat harbour. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 12/08/2009 last visited: 01/03/2010 |
 view galleryE90.4 km |  Whiteley Mission House, New Plymouth, New Zealand
in New Zealand Historic Places The Whiteley Mission House was built in 1854 as a school for Maori girls in New Plymouth.
The nearby Chapel was built by Zaccheus Wells in 1869 and gifted to the Methodist Maori Mission in 1940. posted by: Phronimos location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 08/13/2010 last visited: 09/11/2010 |
 view galleryE90.4 km |  Arohanui memorial seat, New Plymouth
in Dedicated Benches This resting palce is in memory of the owner and son of the fishing boat "Arohanui" posted by: Phronimos location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 08/20/2010 last visited: 02/22/2010 |
 view galleryE90.4 km |  Roadside Memorial Cross. New Plymouth. New Zealand.
in Christian Crosses A large Christian Cross marks the memorial of the first European Service in Taranaki, performed by Rev. Charles Creed, a Wesleyan Missionary who arrived in Taranaki in 1841. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 09/15/2010 last visited: 11/11/2007 |
 view galleryE91.6 km |  Early settlers house, New Plymouth. New Zealand.
in Victorian Style Architecture One of the earliest houses built in New Plymouth stands between Cutfield Road and Bracken street. The first settlers arrived in New Plymouth from England 1841. This beautiful old house can be seen from Cutfield Road. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 08/13/2010 last visited: 09/10/2010 |
 view galleryE91.7 km |  Churchill Heights, New Plymouth, New Zealand
in Orientation Tables On the prominent hill above Western Park now called Churchill Heights is an orientation table pointing out the direction and distance to prominent local landmarks, as well as national and international landmarks and cities. posted by: Phronimos location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 09/30/2010 last visited: 08/11/2010 |
 view galleryE91.7 km | AKD1 - C CAVERHILL (alternative CAVERHILL) Geodetic Mark in Australia/NZ Benchmarks The mark is on top of the hill in Western Park (Churchill Heights lookout), New Plymouth. posted by: Phronimos location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 06/26/2010 last visited: 08/11/2010 |
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