New Plymouth Coastal Walkway

New Plymouth Coastal Walkway Review

To get a feel for the city, take a stroll or rent a bike and ride along the New Plymouth Coastal Walkway. This path runs alongside the city for 7 km (4 mi) from Port Taranaki to Lake Rotomanu and leads past four of the city's beaches, three rivers, four playgrounds, the Aquatic Centre, a golf course, a skating park, and numerous food vendors. You also pass under the Wind Wand, a sculpture almost as iconic to New Plymouth residents as the Statue of Liberty is to New Yorkers. Created by the late New Zealand artist Len Lye, the red carbon-fiber tube stands 45 meters (147 feet) high and, like a conductor's baton, dances in the wind as Lye's tribute to what he called "tangible motion."