Short Walks in the Invercargill Area Invercargill the in Walks Short Conditions of Use of Conditions

Home , Bluff Harbour, Hawthorndale, Invercargill, Omaui, Oreti Beach, Oreti River

Tyne St Tyne

undisturbed) land the (leave whenua te Toitu

23. Greenpoint Reserve Greenpoint 23. Otepuni Gardens Otepuni

Forth St Forth Enjoy your visit your Enjoy

22. Omaui Reserve Omaui 22.

Tay St Tay Wood St Wood

Respect our cultural heritage cultural our Respect

Elles Rd you. with home rubbish your take and responsibly Ness Ness St Nith Nith St

21. Oreti Track Oreti 21.

Litter bins are not generally provided on these walking tracks. Please act act Please tracks. walking these on provided generally not are bins Litter

Consider others Consider

29 . Pearce Street Track Street Pearce . 29

14. Taiepa Dune Reserve Dune Taiepa 14. 7. Thomsons Bush Thomsons 7.

Lindisfarne St Lindisfarne

20. Pit Road Pit 20.

Rockdale Rd Rockdale Keep to the track the to Keep

Inglewood Rd Inglewood Clyde St Track Beach Ocean 28. 13. Bowmans Bush Bowmans 13.

6. Invercargill Estuary Walkway Estuary Invercargill 6.

19. Dunns Road Dunns 19. Keep streams and lakes clean lakes and streams Keep or walk the entire length (3843m approx). Take care crossing the busy roads. busy the crossing care Take approx). (3843m length entire the walk or

Walking track Walking Multi-use track Multi-use

27. Millennium Track Millennium 27. 12. Otatara Scenic Reserve Scenic Otatara 12.

5. Waihopai Walkway Waihopai 5.

view of the surrounding city and neighbouring reserves including the Otepuni Gardens, Invercargill’s first City park. Join the track at one of the many street crossings, crossings, street many the of one at track the Join park. City first Invercargill’s Gardens, Otepuni the including reserves neighbouring and city surrounding the of view Remove rubbish Remove McShane's Track) McShane's

26. Glory Track Glory 26. This well formed track follows the Otepuni Creek as it runs east to west through Invercargill. Most of this walkway follows the top of the flood bank giving an elevated elevated an giving bank flood the of top the follows walkway this of Most Invercargill. through west to east runs it as Creek Otepuni the follows track formed well This 18. Silver Lagoon (Including (Including Lagoon Silver 18. 11. Seaward Bush Seaward 11.

4. Bushy Point Walk Point Bushy 4. Protect plants and animals and plants Protect P

toilets

facilities

Rockdale Road to Clyde Street Clyde to Road Rockdale

To help protect the natural environment, please follow these guidelines guidelines these follow please environment, natural the protect help To Views Parking 25. Topuni Track Topuni 25.

17. Daffodil Bay Loop Track Loop Bay Daffodil 17. 10. Talbot Street Reserve Street Talbot 10.

3. Otepuni Walkway Otepuni 3. Accessible Accessible

Picnic Picnic

Otepuni Walkway Otepuni 3 Environmental Care Code Code Care Environmental

24. Foveaux Walkway Foveaux 24. 16. Rover Track / Petrie’s Track Petrie’s / Track Rover 16. 9. Donovan Park Donovan 9. 2. Southern Greenway Southern 2.

Motupohue Walks Motupohue equipment

Stay on the track and keep your children in sight in children your keep and track the on Stay Kilmock Bush Kilmock 15. 8. Anderson Park Anderson 8.

1. Kew Bush Kew 1.

McQuarrie Street, with a walk/cycleway running through the reserve. the through running walk/cycleway a with Street, McQuarrie Toilets

Interpretation

Play

Ball St Ball

Take a snack and a drink on longer walks longer on drink a and snack a Take

Bluff Hill/ Hill/ Bluff Short Walks Short adjoins Southern Greenway to the north, providing a recreational linkage to to linkage recreational a providing north, the to Greenway Southern adjoins Sandy Point Domain Point Sandy

Kingswell Creek Walkway Creek Kingswell

Take sunscreen and a hat a and sunscreen Take Other Symbols used in this brochure this in used Symbols Other Elston Lea Reserve Reserve Lea Elston crossings. street the at taken be must care and way) one Vernon St Vernon

Invercargill District Map District Invercargill

Scott St Scott Wearing several layers is recommended on cooler days days cooler on recommended is layers several Wearing with the Invercargill Estuary Walkway. This is an informal grass trail (2700 m m (2700 trail grass informal an is This Walkway. Estuary Invercargill the with

reserve forms part of the former Seaward Bush Railway corridor and links links and corridor Railway Bush Seaward former the of part forms reserve Dress for the weather and be prepared for it to change change to it for prepared be and weather the for Dress

Chesney St Chesney St Elizabeth

Elston LeaElston Reserve

McQuarrie St McQuarrie in a northwest-southeast direction from Bluff Highway to Chesney Street. The The Street. Chesney to Highway Bluff from direction northwest-southeast a in Always tell someone where you are going and what time you expect to return to expect you time what and going are you where someone tell Always No Campervans. No

Secondary Roads Secondary

Take a stroll along the Southern Greenway Reserve, a long strip of land running running land of strip long a Reserve, Greenway Southern the along stroll a Take more enjoyable more Moulson St Moulson

Wear sensible, well cushioned, shoes that will make your walking experience experience walking your make will that shoes cushioned, well sensible, Wear 26 Bluff Road to Chesney Street Chesney to Road Bluff Main Roads Main

E W

otherwise.

For your safety and comfort and safety your For Rivers Southern Greenway Southern 2

24 27

Brown St Brown indicates signage unless reserves and parks on Riding Bike Trail No Bluff Hwy

Elles Rd Walks

Is free and fun and free Is

Stirling Point Stirling

N 29

Is the most sustainable mode of transport of mode sustainable most the Is 25

Raises knowledge and awareness of the natural environment natural the of awareness and knowledge Raises No Mountain Biking or cycling on those tracks that are walking only. walking are that tracks those on cycling or Biking Mountain No Kingswell Creek Walkway Creek Kingswell

Bluff Provides opportunities for social interaction with friends and family and friends with interaction social for opportunities Provides

28 Pond

Improves health and well being well and health Improves

Tiwai Point Tiwai

No Camping permitted on walking tracks or parks and reserves. and parks or tracks walking on permitted Camping No

Robert St Robert Bluff Highway Bluff

Walking: 805m

Ocean Beach Ocean

Why go walking? go Why

Kew Bush Walk Bush Kew

Bluff Harbour Bluff

No Horses on the walking tracks. walking the on Horses No

The number on the map links to the description of the walking track. track. walking the of description the to links map the on number The Grant Road Grant

Greenpoint

John St John

Use the map of the Invercargill area to select where you want to go walking. walking. go to want you where select to area Invercargill the of map the Use

Allan St Allan

To City Centre Elles Road City Centre To

Southland Hospital Hospital Southland

1067m information on where you can exercise your dog off the lead. the off dog your exercise can you where on information Awarua Bay Awarua

demanding hill climbs. climbs. hill demanding

Pick up a copy of the brochure ‘Walking Your Dog in Invercargill’ for for Invercargill’ in Dog Your ‘Walking brochure the of copy a up Pick

Tikore Island Tikore

Choose between short easy strolls, long and winding bush trails or more more or trails bush winding and long strolls, easy short between Choose

Dogs must always be on a lead when on formed walking tracks. tracks. walking formed on when lead a on be always must Dogs

Bryson Road Bryson to the Chesney Street intersection. Street Chesney the to

Choosing a walk a Choosing

through Kew Bush and follows the Kingswell Creek parallel to Ball Street up up Street Ball to parallel Creek Kingswell the follows and Bush Kew through

Marama Ave South Ave Marama

We invite you to explore and enjoy the great outdoors of the Invercargill area. area. Invercargill the of outdoors great the enjoy and explore to you invite We Dog waste bin. waste Dog Southland. It starts at the Bluff Road/Kew Road intersection and continues continues and intersection Road Road/Kew Bluff the at starts It Southland.

The Kingswell Creek Walkway (3086m one way) is managed by Environment Environment by managed is way) one (3086m Walkway Creek Kingswell The

and experience a fun, safe and healthy outing together. outing healthy and safe fun, a experience and have dog doo bags and waste bins at main entrance points. entrance main at bins waste and bags doo dog have

and is managed by the Otatara Landcare Group. Group. Landcare Otatara the by managed is and

Club. Access is off Elles Road and from the hospital grounds. grounds. hospital the from and Road Elles off is Access Club.

in this brochure. These tracks are yours to enjoy! Take your family and friends friends and family your Take enjoy! to yours are tracks These brochure. this in Office and City Council Help Desk. Some Parks and Reserves now now Reserves and Parks Some Desk. Help Council City and Office

Hospital with assistance from members of the South Invercargill Lions Lions Invercargill South the of members from assistance with Hospital project. This is a marked grass trail on Department of Conservation land land Conservation of Department on trail grass marked a is This project.

Step out for a leisurely walk on one of the twenty-nine walking tracks featured featured tracks walking twenty-nine the of one on walk leisurely a for out Step be carried at all times and are available free from the Queens Park Park Queens the from free available are and times all at carried be

the walking track (15 minutes return) and bush is maintained by Southland Southland by maintained is bush and return) minutes (15 track walking the land into native forest and wetland habitat, and is an ongoing restoration restoration ongoing an is and habitat, wetland and forest native into land

Pick up and remove any dog waste. Bags for this purpose should should purpose this for Bags waste. dog any remove and up Pick

Greenhills

is an excellent way to appreciate the beauty of the environment around you. around environment the of beauty the appreciate to way excellent an is

grounds. The remnant is protected by a QEII Open Space Covenant and and Covenant Space Open QEII a by protected is remnant The grounds. return) to a viewpoint. This community project aims to transform grazing grazing transform to aims project community This viewpoint. a to return)

Calming to the soul and good for your health, an outing on a walking track track walking a on outing an health, your for good and soul the to Calming

signs at the track. the at signs in the Southland District Health Board’s Southland Hospital Bushy Point Point Bushy Hospital Southland Board’s Health District Southland the in Site to a pond and wetland area, or take a shorter walk (20 minutes minutes (20 walk shorter a take or area, wetland and pond a to Site

and windswept coastal margins, there is a walking track here for everyone. everyone. for here track walking a is there margins, coastal windswept and

safety and relate to all tracks unless otherwise noted in the description or on on or description the in noted otherwise unless tracks all to relate and safety

Kew Bush is a 3.3 hectare podocarp dominant forest remnant that stands stands that remnant forest dominant podocarp hectare 3.3 a is Bush Kew

Take a self-guided walk (1 hr return) through the Bushy Point Restoration Restoration Point Bushy the through return) hr (1 walk self-guided a Take

From the peace and tranquillity of the lush forest remnants, to the wild wild the to remnants, forest lush the of tranquillity and peace the From

The following conditions of use have been developed for your comfort and and comfort your for developed been have use of conditions following The

Elles Road, Invercargill Road, Elles Bryson Road, Otatara Road, Bryson

Conditions of use of Conditions area Invercargill the in walks Short

Omaui

Kew Bush Kew 1 Bushy Point Walk Point Bushy 4 Awarua

For more information Otatara Landcare Group

Sandy Point Sandy Tiwai Rd Tiwai Barry Smith

This brochure has been produced by the Invercargill City Council Parks 173 Grant Road Short Walks 18 Short Walks

Division with input and support from the Department of Conservation, Otatara, RD 9

Woodend

in the Invercargill Area Environment Southland, QEII National Trust, Southland District Health Rd Rimu Motu Invercargill 9879 17 Estuary in the Invercargill Area Board and the Otatara Landcare Group. The logo against each track Ph: 03 213 1500

description identifies the authority responsible for its management. In many River New Email: [email protected]

cases more detailed information on these walking tracks is available from 16 Web: www.otataralandcare.org.nz Bluff Hwy Bluff

these agencies or owners.

Waimatua QEII National Trust

Boundary Rd 21

Invercargill City Council Parks Division Rd Gorge Graeme Watson

Tisbury

Otatara Otatara

Clifton

Beach 24 Ivy Street

20 Queens Park Office St Scott

Oreti Oreti

Private Bag 90104 Rd Dunns Riverton 9822 1

Invercargill 9840 13 Ph: 03 2348804; 027 430 1398

11 Elles Rd Kew

Heidelberg Email: [email protected]

Ph: 03 219 9070 12 Strathern

Appleby

Mason Rd Mason Web: www.openspace.org.nz

Email: [email protected] Rockdale Stead St Stead

Georgetown

Web: www.icc.govt.nz 6 Rd Otatara Newfield

Tweed St Tweed Southern District Health Board Ariport

Invercargill Invercargill Public Health South

Department of Conservation Hawthorndale Dee St

Invercargill PO Box 743 Rd Oteramika 92 Spey Street

Invercargill 9840 Invercargill 9810

Tay St Tay

Ph: 03 211 2400 Glengarry Queens Dr Ph: 03 211 0900

Windsor

Avenal Email: [email protected]

Email: [email protected] Rd Findlay Herbert St Herbert

Bay Rd Bay Web: www.southerndhb.govt.nz

Web: www.doc.govt.nz Waverley

Rosedale

Environment Southland Grasmere Disclaimer

Bainfield Rd Bainfield Private Bag 90116 Waihopai

While all due care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of this publication,

Invercargill 9840 Waikiwi

the agencies involved in the management of these walking tracks accept no

9 West Plains Rd Plains West Ph: 03 211 5115 Rd McIvor responsibility for any error or omission and disclaim liability to any entity

Email: [email protected] 8 for loss, cost or damage whatsoever arising out of or connected with the Web: www.es.govt.nz contents of this brochure. All material is subject to copyright.

North Rd

Lorneville Lorneville - Dacre Rd Dacre - Lorneville

For further information contact:

Invercargill City Council Parks Office Makarewa Queens Park, Invercargill, New Zealand P: +64 3 219 9070 F: +64 3 217 5358 E: [email protected] W: www.icc.govt.nz