Walks · New Zealand
Real places, told on your phone by someone who was there, as you walk to them.
Free · GPS-guided · works offline · your own pace
Auckland · 86 min · 4.4 km · 8 stops · ★ 5.0
Told by Sir George Grey
the governor who kept the Domain
A Victorian governor walks his old Auckland, from the tower to the museum hill.
Sky Tower
Viaduct Harbour
Auckland Art Gallery
Ferry Building
Britomart
Queen Street, Auckland
“I am George Grey. I governed this town when Queen Street was a muddy gully with a stream running down it, and I have been standing in bronze in a park up the hill since long after my death. Today I would like to walk it again, from the tallest thing you have…”
Sky TowerViaduct HarbourAuckland Museum
When to go: Morning or late afternoon; the waterfront is exposed at midday, and the museum and gallery both close in the evening.
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