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Auckland Harbour Bridge
The eight-lane icon spanning Waitematā Harbour since 1959, carrying SH1 into downtown Auckland with skyline and gulf views: thrill-seekers can climb it or bungy jump off it.
12 km · about 25 min drive
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Browns Bay
Auckland, New Zealand · Oceania
About Browns Bay
Browns Bay is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Campbells Bay, 12km from Auckland Harbour Bridge.
Browns Bay is in Auckland, New Zealand, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Campbells Bay, about 4 km away.
Browns Bay is one of the most northernmost suburbs in the contiguous Auckland metropolitan area, located in the North Shore. Named after the Brown family who settled here in 1876, Browns Bay became a holiday destination in the late 19th century. The area gradually developed into a suburb of Auckland in the 1950s, andRead more
was the administrative centre for the East Coast Bays City from 1975 until it was disestablished in 1989. During the 1990s, the suburb became a hub for the South African New Zealander community.
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What is there to see near Browns Bay?
Within an hour or so of Browns Bay: Auckland Harbour Bridge (12 km), Sky Tower (15 km), Auckland Zoo (16 km), Muriwai Gannet Colony (31 km).
Where is Browns Bay?
Browns Bay is in Auckland, New Zealand, about 4 km from Campbells Bay.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 10,760
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Auckland
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Coordinates
- -36.7193, 174.7367
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Worth the detour from Browns Bay
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Sky Tower
328-metre observation and telecommunications tower dominating the Auckland skyline, New Zealand's tallest man-made structure.
15 km · about 25 min drive
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Auckland Zoo
New Zealand's largest zoo with native wildlife including kiwi alongside exotic species from around the globe.
16 km · about 20 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Muriwai Gannet Colony
Around 1,200 pairs of Australasian gannets nest on a cliff shelf and sea stack west of Auckland, with viewing platforms placed metres from the birds. Occupied roughly August to March.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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Piha Beach
Auckland's wild west coast surf beach, dominated by the iconic Lion Rock and powerful black-sand breakers.
36 km · about 40 min drive
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Karekare Beach
A vast black-sand beach beneath the Waitakere Ranges, where The Piano was filmed, with a waterfall in the bush behind the car park. Wilder and emptier than neighbouring Piha.
38 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Browns Bay
- Right hereAuckland Harbour BridgeThe eight-lane icon spanning Waitematā Harbour since 1959, carrying SH1 into downtown Auckland with skyline and gulf views: thrill-seekers can climb it or bungy jump off it.
- 31 kmMuriwai Gannet ColonyAround 1,200 pairs of Australasian gannets nest on a cliff shelf and sea stack west of Auckland, with viewing platforms placed metres from the birds. Occupied roughly August to March.
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