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One at Waikouaiti MAP 2 - METRO DUNEDIN Dunedin region (approx 22 km from Warrington) Bellbird Yellow Eyed Little Blue Godwit Penguin Penguin 4.5 hrs Warrington Stilt Evansdale Waikouaiti Glen Tui Black or Pine Forest Careys Pied Oyster- White Variable Evansdale Mapoutahi Potato Point catcher Faced Pa site Oystercatcher River Rock Heron Ck Blueskin Purakaunui Climbing Fantail Banded Dotterel Black Swan Bay Doctors Point 30 min e Double Long ak h e ac Purakaunui Rd k Hill Rd a e e B Michies r u a a Heyward Point Taiaroa Head Rd Double h ik Crossing Mopanui Beach a Dam Osborne W Hill K Royal Albatross Centre Waitati Orokonui2 hrs NZ’s tallest Deep Stream Native Shortcut Rd Osborne The Painted Silverpeaks Semple tree Spit Fort Taiaroa Viaduct Forest 777m Bush Rd fortifications and Semple Rd Orokonui Beach Hindon 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 Rd Viaduct Mt Allen to Pulpit Rock d Blueskin Ecosanctuary Rd disappearing gun R oint Hightop Heyward P The most 4.5 - 5 hrs y Mihiwaka Stone e Pulpit Rock l Wetherston Green 560m The Mole Pilots Beach spectacular part of the 760m al Rd Fences V Hill guided penguin tours y Gorge is still ahead. ti a Aramoana a t w 640m i r The Organ Fortifications Penguin Beach 14 km to normal turn Christmas Ck a o Deborah Bay t Pipes Mt Cutten Harington Pt around point at Pukerangi. 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S Three Mile Hill g Hoopers Taieri Rd Dunedin ta Pukehiki Sa Inlet Otago Central Monarch WildlifeO Cruises 1 hr n S d Taieri St Andrew St d y Hoopers Go-Kart Track R e m Rail Trail begins Glenfalloch 1.5 hrs Lookout llo 1.5 hrs a o 10 min l Inlet Rd Frasers Rd Stuart St be un at Middlemarch. Porto P t o R Milners 2 hrs Rd Soldiers' i d Cape n Rd Saunders Rotary Memorial t Sandymount 87 Waironga Rd Frasers R Invermay Park Lookout Highcliff Allans Beach Wharekakahu I Dalziel Rd d 3.6 hrs Jetty St 319m Bush Rd Bush Gully Rd Gordon Rd Research Track Town 1 hr 1.5 hrs Dukes Rd Portsmouth Dr 2 hrs 1.5 hrs Tirohanga Rd Centre Abbotts Andersons Bay Rd 1 hr Princes St Equestrian Hill 1 hr The Chasm Centre Rd Centre Halfway Karetai Maungatua KaikoraiValley Rd 1 hr Factory Rd King Edward St Boulder Range Wingatui Sandfly la Gladfield Rd Lovers Leap School Rd Taieri Airport Highcliff Beach u Silverton St Smaills Beach Bay 3 hrs Tomahawk Beach s Maori Head Racecouse Forbury Rd Riverside Rd and Lagoon n Riccarton Rd i HistoricalPark & The Lion's Head en Former Abbotsford Victoria Rd Museum Woollen St Kilda BeachLawyers Head P Outram Allanton Rd Mill Green St Clair Beach Copyright © Allan J Kynaston Island 87 Chain Hill Rd Brighton Rd o Rd Otag Woodside Morris Rd Fairfield Huntly Gladstone Rd K: 1 hr White I Dunedin Visitor Glen Mosgiel Tunnel Beach Main areas for Bush Rd Old viewing wildlife Centre Rd Brighton sea arch Rd Rd Blackhead Rd Hill 0 1 2 3 4 5 10 km Information Saddle Waldronville Shoreline and Plain Saddle Hill 473m Blackhead SCALE East Taieri Speedway Water Birds Jaffray Hill Lookout Point Maungatua Scroggs KEY 1 hr Walking Track = Hill Rd Law Rd Kaikorai Estuary Penguins Golf Course Taieri Scroggs Hill Westwood State Highway Walking & Momona NORTH To Sinclair Wetlands Miller Centre Rd 1 hr & Lake Mahinerangi Brighton Scroggs Hill Rd Green I Mountain = & Rd Allanton Ocean View Southern Scenic Bike Track Seals and Picnic Area Route Return walking times shown. Sealions One-way thoroughfare See 'Walking the Hills and Glens' Swimming direction To Lake Waihola, Balclutha, above for notes about tracks Native Bush Dunedin Brighton Surfing International Catlins, Invercargill & Railway Line with alphabetical references. Birds Airport Central Otago via Lawrence Centre Rd 10 km to Taieri Mouth via Southern Scenic Route A B C D E F G H I J K L SPECTACULAR LANDSCAPE (MAP 2) The making of Dunedin really MOSGIEL DISTRICT began over 13 million years ago when a long series of volcanic eruptions provided Mosgiel (C-2, MAP 2) sprang into life during 1871 as a result of New Zealand's first the basis of the rugged hills that so effectively embrace the City and Otago Harbour. woollen mill being established nearby. The mill dominated the town until 1980 when Beyond, to the west of the Flagstaff - Swampy Summit ridge, a vast mountainous the original company crashed in a spectacular fashion. Today Mosgiel has a diversified region, underlain with gold bearing metamorphic schist rock, stretches away to industrial base and an important rural service role. Facilities include a large shopping Otago's alpine backbone. Tall laminated outcrops or 'tors', such as Pulpit Rock area and a new cycledrome. Taieri Airport (D-3) was once Dunedin's domestic (D-6), are a distinctive feature of the schist country. Dunedin's beautiful beaches airport. Today it is the home of light aircraft operators (scenic flights available). consist of quartz sand originating from the natural erosion of schist in the Otago hinterland, the sand being carried down to the coast by rivers and deposited by Outram (B-2, MAP 2) was a major river crossing point on the route to the goldfields. undersea currents. Landform highlights include: Tunnel Beach cliffs and sea arch The Taieri River emerges from its gorge at Outram and people come here to swim, (G-2) (these cream sandstone cliffs contrast absolutely with the dark volcanic cliffs walk, fish and picnic. Woodside Glen (A-2, MAP 2), to the west of the town, is another of nearby Blackhead (F-2) and the Otago Peninsula); Lovers Leap (J-3) and The popular picnic spot. Other attractions include the Taieri Historical Park and Chasm (K-3) (massive volcanic rock cliffs and collapsed sea caves); The Organ Museum (Museum open Sunday 2.00 - 4.00 pm). Pipes (G-6) and The Pyramids (K-5) (volcanic rock columns). All are accessible Brighton (D-1, MAP 2) sits amid miles of beautiful sandy beaches. The bay at Brighton by walking tracks. provides safe family swimming and an ideal picnic spot. YourYour ComplimentaryComplimentary OTAGO PENINSULA (MAP 2) (also see Wildlife) SCENIC RAILWAYS (Trips from Dunedin Railway Station; Ph: 477-4449 for The dramatic landscape of 'the Peninsula' embraces a rich abundance of wildlife schedules & bookings). Taieri Gorge Railway: (C-5, MAP 2) (approx. 4 hrs return; daily Maps and Guide of and many intriguing historic reminders of Maori and European endeavour. The trips) This great journey combines spectacular scenery (inaccessible by road) with Maps and Guide of Peninsula's harbourside coast, with its sheltered bays and picturesque settlements, impressive 19th century engineering feats. Built in the 1880s, the line was purchased provides a startling contrast with the surf beaches (not safe for swimming) and by the City Council in 1990. The Seasider: (approx. 4 hrs return) takes in the spectacular massive cliff faces of the south coast 'wildside'. coastal and harbour scenery between Dunedin and Palmerston. Dunedin Macandrew Bay (H-4) was named after James Macandrew, a flamboyant 19th Dunedin WATER PLAY Fishing: Salmon: on Otago Harbour (Dec. - April: check for century politician and merchant, who lived nearby. latest information). Trout (licence required): Taieri River (MAP 2). Experienced divers Broad Bay (I-5) In the early 1900s Broad Bay developed as a weekend retreat for will find good spear fishing along the coastline.