Auckland Domain

About

The Domain is Auckland's oldest park, laid out across the crater of an extinct volcano, and the War Memorial Museum sits at the top of it. It's big enough to do several things at once, with formal lawns and the band rotunda at one end, sports fields in the flat of the old crater, and stands of mature trees between them. The duck ponds near the Parnell side are a standard stop with small children. Paths run through it in every direction, and it's the obvious walk before or after a museum visit. It hosts outdoor concerts and events through summer, some of them large. Free and open all the time, though the formal gardens and Wintergardens keep their own hours. Parking is easiest off Park Road, and it's a short walk from Parnell either way.