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Durie Hill Memorial Tower
MonumentObservation Deck
Address: Tower Crescent | Durie Hill, Whanganui 4500, New Zealand
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Jill SNew Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
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Good views and free
This memorial tower is not far from the top of the Durie Hill Elevator, which also has a viewing tower on top of it. Good views from both - basically the same views, but the top of the War Memorial To...
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RocheMareeHaweraSomething Else to Climb....
Its a tower. A carbon encrusted, industrial looking Tower behind another viewing tower on the top of Durie Hill. We climbed the smaller viewing platform tower in front of it that looks out over t...
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John LCambridge, New Zealand
Quite a climb
This is a great attraction for the reasonably fit. I am in my seventies and quite fit but i admit to feeling relieved by the time i got to the top and the 170 steps were behind me!. Great views from t...
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kylied967Evening view and nice workout
I come here quite often with my friends after work to burn those calories out and enjoy the scenic beauty of wanganui. We take the durie hill elevator steps and then climb both the towers. It is a mus...
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Drove up to view point
We chose not to use the elevator to the top, but drove up. The views were pretty good from the top of the Elevator, didnt have the stamina to do the memorial tower steps