Observation Platform

Observation Platform is in Greater Wellington, North Island. Observation Platform is situated nearby to Australian Garden, as well as near the planetarium Space Place at Carter Observatory.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Space Place at Carter Observatory and Wellington Botanic Garden.

Space Place at Carter Observatory

Planetarium

Photo: Mozasaur, Public domain.

Space Place at Carter Observatory is an observatory in Wellington, New Zealand, located at the top of the Wellington Botanic Garden. The site was originally home to the Wellington City Observatory, established in 1924.

Wellington Botanic Garden

Garden

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Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā is a botanical garden close to central Wellington in New Zealand. It covers 25 ha of land in a valley between Thorndon and Kelburn, with Glenmore Street as a boundary along the valley floor.

Dominion Observatory

Observatory

Photo: russellstreet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Dominion Observatory is a historic observatory in the Botanic Gardens in Wellington, New Zealand. It was the second observatory in Wellington. It was built in 1907 and originally named the Hector Observatory after James Hector until 1925. Dominion Observatory is situated 120 metres east of Observation Platform.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kelburn and Wellington Central.

Kelburn

Suburb

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Kelburn is a central suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand, situated within 1 kilometre of the central business district. Kelburn sits on the hills just west of the capital's central business district and is bordered by the Botanic Garden and the suburbs of Thorndon and Northland to the north, the suburbs of Karori and Highbury to the south west, and Aro Valley to the south.

Wellington Central

Suburb

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Wellington Central is an inner-city suburb of Wellington, and the financial heart of both the city and the Wellington Region. It comprises the northern part of the central business district, with the majority of Wellington's high-rise buildings.