Oriental Bay Beach

Year

1934

Type

landscape

The crescent of golden sand that lines Oriental Bay is entirely artificial: trucked in from Lyall Bay in 1934 to create a bathing beach for the city. The beach is backed by Oriental Parade, whose Norfolk pines, Art Deco apartment buildings, …

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