![The pharmacy building at what is today the Royal Oak Roundabout in 1910, Royal Oak, Auckland, New Zealand. Looking southeast with Campbell Road to the left, and Mt Smart Road to the right.
Extended information on origin webpage reads: Business premises on the corner of Campbell Road and Mt Smart Road, Royal Oak, Auckland [ca 1910] / Reference number: 1/2-001197-G / 1 b&w original negative(s). Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches. Horizontal image. / Part of Price, William Archer, d 1948 :Collection of post card negatives (PAColl-3057) Photographic Archive / Scope and contents: View of the building on the corner of Mt Smart Road and Campbell Road, Royal Oak. The Royal Oak Pharmacy and a post office occupy the downstairs areas and J E Butler, dental surgeon, has rooms upstairs. Two men can be seen in a doorway (one is a postman) and there are two bicycles nearby. A house and cart can be seen on the road to the right. Auckland Star and NZ Herald signs can be seen. The building at the back with a chimney is the original Royal Oak hotel built in 1853. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. / Historical notes: William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. / Source: New Zealand Post Office directories](https://prod-images.planyourroadtrips.com/img/city-images/royal-oak-nz--369082-1747702/0-Royal_Oak_Roundabout_In_1910.jpg?w=1080&q=80&f=webp)
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Auckland Zoo
New Zealand's largest zoo with native wildlife including kiwi alongside exotic species from around the globe.
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Royal Oak works well as a base: 9km from Auckland Harbour Bridge.
Royal Oak is in Auckland, New Zealand, with about 6,100 people. You drive on the left here.
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Within an hour or so of Royal Oak: Auckland Zoo (7 km), Sky Tower (7 km), Auckland Harbour Bridge (9 km), Piha Beach (27 km).
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- Population
- 6,090
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Auckland
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Coordinates
- -36.9082, 174.7702
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7 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.
7 km · about 10 min drive
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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.
9 km · about 15 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.
27 km · about 30 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.
28 km · about 30 min drive
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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.
32 km · about 35 min drive
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Hampton Downs Motorsport Park
Motor racing circuit in north Waikato beside the Waikato Expressway, hosting national series and open track days.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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- 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.
- 32 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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