Cable Car

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Lonely Planet review

One of Wellington's prime attractions, the red Cable Car chugs sweetly up the steep hill from Lambton Quay to Kelburn. At the top are photo opps galore: the Botanic Gardens, Carter Observatory, Skyline Cafe and the small, well-presented Cable Car Museum (free) which tells the cable car's tale since it began in 1902. Central Welly is a stroll through the Botanic Gardens, or by a series of steps that interconnect with roads (a 30- to 40-min walk).