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1 | Bolton Street and the steps down Kelburn Parade. STELLIN Parliament MEMORIAL House EXPLORE Memorial Park (See Explore Wellington Walk 5 for PARK BOWEN ST more details on the Botanic Garden). ANDERSON The City to Sea Walkway Start the walk at the main MOTOR CITY TO SEA PARK 1 starts in the heart of central entrance to Bolton Street To continue the walk, turn left on The WALKWAY Beehive Wellington near Parliament Memorial Park with a quick tour Kelburn Parade and walk to Kelburn TINAKORI RD EXPLORE and ends at the south through this fascinating old cemetery. Park, or turn right and visit Victoria WESLEY GLENMORE ST 1 MOWBRAY Set aside by the New Zealand Company University. BOLTON ST BOWEN ST WAY coast, 12 kilometres away in in an 1840 development plan for the BOTANIC Lady Norwood GARDEN Island Bay. city, it contains the graves of many of 2 | Victoria University Rose Garden EASDALE KINROSS START/FINISH WELLINGTON Along the way, you will visit Wellington’s early settlers. The path Victoria University of D crosses the motorway via the Denis A WESLEY CITY TO SEA Discover Wellington’s Town Belt, reserves and walkways Wellington (Vic) is one of O the Botanic Garden and two historic cemeteries, pass several R WALKWAY McGrath Bridge. Follow Robertson Way the city’s two universities. CA BOLTON ST observatories, see the famous Cable Car, Victoria University through the park to the Seddon THE TERRACE The landmark Hunter AMAN LAMBTON L and a plant nursery, walk through part of Aro Valley with its A Memorial, past Anderson Park to the Building on Vic’s Kelburn Campus S Bolton St turn-of-the-century cottages, 14 parks and reserves, several Lady Norwood Rose Garden (flowering dates from 1904 and sits alongside the GLENMOREBOTANIC ST Memorial Park children’s play areas, a public golf course, along bushy Town from November to May). Continue past purpose-built Adam Art Gallery Begonia GARDEN D EHT ECARRET the Peace Flame garden and pond Cable R Belt tracks, exposed ridge tops and through native and exotic opened during the university’s House A Car C and Begonia House before continuing centenary in 1999. The university is a CARTER N vegetation. A TCE up Serpentine Way through remnant I BOULCOTT ST OBSERVATORY M vital part of the cityscape, hosting IT A H L You will get spectacular views of central Wellington, the native forest to Junction Path. W KELBURN A A S many public events, including R G PARK UPLANDL ARD southern suburbs of Newtown, Berhampore and Island Bay, conferences, debates, seminars and S Walk past the Peacemaker G 1 O Government House, historic Erskine College, the Brooklyn Sculpture and along lectures, as well as theatrical W S METRES T performances and concerts. If you ACNAMALAS DAOR wind turbine, Mount Victoria, Mount Kaukau and Cook Strait, Manuka Way, turn right on THE TERRACE KELBURN PARADE Scrub Path, cross the road want to see the live tuatara display, 0 100 200 as well as more distant views of the Tararua, Rimutaka and BOULCOTT ST Central visit the art gallery, library, MANNERS ST Kaikoura ranges. and climb Hill Path and the 2 WILLISLibrary ST sleeper steps to the Australian Path. At or any of the university facilities, call Victoria The Civic 463 5283 or go to www.vuw.ac.nz for McKENZIE CITY TO SEA WALKWAY The walk takes about six to seven hours but can be done in the top you will find the Sundial of Universit Centre VIA THE BOTANIC GARDEN, ARO VALLEY, information and opening hours. Te Araroa stages. The route is described here from the city to sea but Human Involvement, Planetarium, the WAITEATA RD For some miles, along the ridges behind the city, the Skyline NEWTOWN AND ISLAND BAY marker posts mean it can be walked in either direction. You historic Carter and Dominion Enter Kelburn Park and follow the 3 KEY Walkway merges with Te Araroa, the National Walkway. observatories. It is a short walk from path around it to the left of the TOWN BELT/RESERVES can catch a No 1 bus to the city from Island Bay, and other Depending on which way you go, the Cable Car in Wellington here down to the Cable Car terminal fountain. Descend the path and cross Boyd Wilson CITY TO SEA WALKWAY services at several points along the way. Field T is the beginning or end of the North Island sector of this and lookout over the central city. the carpark at Club Kelburn, through TOILETS GHUZNEE ST 1 8 magnificent project – a defined track from North Cape to Note: to complete the entire walk in one day you will need another short stretch of bush and then WILLIS ST POINTS OF INTEREST Go through the Cable Car terminal and THE TERRACE FAIRLIE TCE Bluff. Follow the City to Sea Walkway for an extension to a good level of fitness. right up the steps to Salamanca Road. TE ARO A ALONG THE WALKWAY descend the path to Rawhiti Terrace 4 ‘The Long Pathway’ finishing at the South Coast. www.feelinggreat.co.nz Te Aro VIVIAN ST School DEVON ST ARO The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of the Wai-te-ata (student) Apartments Continue on and then down Te Aro Kainga Trust. These gardens were 8 | Colonial Cottage PARK Wellington, Victoria University and veer left down the steps behind the School’s driveway to The Terrace. established in 1991 for low income Museum A Te Aro School have kindly agreed to building and onto the footpath on ARO ST ABEL SMITH ST Cross the road, turn right and families and community A side route leads from EPUNI ST let walkers cross their properties on the outside edge of the carpark. continue along The Terrace to the organisations to grow organic Nairn Street Park to the this next stretch of walkway but they Walk down the road past the rugby Abel Smith Street intersection. Cross vegetables. To date it has 33 plots Colonial Cottage Museum WILLIS ST CUBA ST 1 accept no responsibility for your the street and take the access path and gardeners of many different LEVINA gymnasium and along the path OHIRO RD health and safety. (68 Nairn Street) some 300 metres 6 beside Boyd Wilson Field. Turn left to Aro Street Park and Aro Valley. ethnicities. away. Built in 1858, its construction WEBB ST ARTHUR ST Turn left at the top of the steps and down to Te Aro School. Cross the park, turn right into Aro Continue down the old access road is of the elegant late-Georgian style. walk along Salamanca Road to NAIRN ST 4 | Te Aro School Street, and continue a short to Ohiro Road, turn left and enter See how Wellington's first European Mount Street. Walk up Mount Street Government House OHIRO RD distance before turning left into Epuni Central Park opposite Maarama settlers 'create' new lives for to the historic Roman Catholic Mount In 1854 Te Aro School was Street. Epuni Street was named after Crescent. themselves by mixing traditions from Government House was Street Cemetery. opened on Ghuznee BROOKLYN RD the Atiawa chief Te Puni). Many of their home land with the dictates of built between 1908 and Street with 117 students. 7 | Central Park CENTRAL 8 TARANAKI ST 3 | Mount Street Cemetery the houses in this area were built a new country by visiting our oldest In 1879, with the growth 1910. It has 11 bedrooms and PARK before 1900. Note number 13, a rare identified building. Photograph taken MT COOK This peaceful old cemetery, in the roll, land in upper Willis Street Central Park was two large suites as well as Gothic influenced house, and established in 1913 on by Mark Coote. 7 a protected heritage site, was purchased for a larger school a ballroom, sitting rooms, Wellington provides good views of the building that was opened in 1881. number 37, a slender two storey Town Belt land. The To continue the walk, go up Bidwill NAIRN High School service rooms and a wing city and harbour. The land The present Te Aro Infant School was timber structure with a corrugated wrought iron gates at the Street, right into Bell Road a few STREET iron side and a of offices. The grounds cover BROOKLYN RD PARK was granted by the Government in built in 1922 on the site of the old entrance to the park metres and then up the vehicle access BIDWELL ST WALLACE 1853 to be held in trust by the Catholic Terrace Gaol. This new light airy and pronounced tilt. Take the were presented in 1920 road straight ahead of you, past the about 12 hectares, including Massey University Bay. Island and Berhampore Newtown, concrete steps by the by the then Mayor, John P Luke. ST Archbishop of Wellington for use as open school, enjoyed by the juniors, vehicle barrier and down the path flat lawn, garden and steep ROLLESTON ST Wellington , Valley Aro historic of parts through a burial ground. About 800 early served as a catalyst for more change substation up to the Note the nikau palms and mamaku and steps to Prince of Wales Park. Garden, settlers were buried in this pioneers’ and in 1932 new buildings next to foundations of the former tree fer ns along the track and the hillside. H HARGREAVES ST Botanic the from Belt Town the of part From the playing field climb the E A cemetery including Father J P O’Reily, Benevolent Home. T the infant school were officially northern rata near the park’s main O grassy spur to fine views of N Other building and facilities along you guides Walkway Sea to City The T BELL RD Wellington’s first resident Catholic opened.