Bason Botanic Gardens

A state-integrated coeducational boarding, secondary school that was founded in 1854, which has a beautiful campus with some attractive old brick buildings. You cannot drive through the grounds during school hours as the school's main thoroughfare - the only one wide enough for cars - is used heavily throughout the day.

Built in 1921 with an Italian Renaissance influence, this building was the fire station until 1981.

Art gallery with clay, photography, installation art, and exhibition. For example, from 7 Nov 2024 to 25 Jan 2025, there is a photography exhibition of works by Richard Wotton, retired staff photographer at the Sarjeant Gallery.

An extensive collection of natural and human artifacts with a strong regional emphasis.

A stadium and a park. It is used as a sporting facility commenced in 1896. Peter Snell lowered the world mile record by a tenth of a second here on 27 January 1962. Since then, the four minute mile has been broken 63 times at Cooks Gardens by 41 athletes. Its re-development was completed in 2004 with the construction of two further grandstands.

Well known for its large collection of British, European and NZ art.