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STATE HIGHWAY 67: 1 Cape Farewell Farewell Spit STATE HIGHWAY : TIMARU - PICTON WESTPORT to KARAMEA Cook Strait TIMARU (H-11) Began as a landing place and service centre for agricultural development S.H.67 first passes through a series of typical West Coast Pakawau in 1859. Later the town became an important flour milling centre. Several impressive multi- 1 coal mining towns - Waimangaroa (stop and investigate Golden Bay storey former mills in the central city area are monuments to this era. Today dairying is the famous Denniston Incline historic place), Granity, Collingwood becoming dominant in the Timaru district. Attractions: historic buildings, churches and Ngakawau and Hector. At Ngakawau an overhead bucket Basilica, Caroline Bay beach, botanic garden, museum, Aigantighe Art Gallery. line brings export coal down from the Stockton Plateau to Totaranui ASHBURTON (H-10) In the late 19th Century the Canterbury Plain were transformed a large bin complex where it is loaded onto trains. Where Wakamarama Ra Takaka Abel Tasman S.H.67 leaves the coast at Mokihinui it is worthwhile detouring National Park from vast uninterrupted tussock grasslands into a patchwork of farm paddocks. Ashburton a short distance to the quaint old former coal town of Heaphy Track Aorere Valley 60 Tasman soon became an important farm service town. PelorusPortage Sound Queen Charlotte Sound Seddonville. S.H.67 now enter the forest and climbs over Kaiterteri Bay CHRISTCHURCH (J-8) See Separate Christchurch Maps. North of Christchurch to Karamea. Tasman Mtns Takaka Hill Riwaka 2 the highway passes turnoffs to several beachside holiday villages before reaching Waipara. Motueka Havelock Picton The Waipara district is well known for its wines and vineyards. KARAMEA (E-2) has an almost sub-tropical climate. It is Kahurangi Lower Moutere the southern step-off point for the Heaphy Track. Tasman Mapua Pelorus Bridge 6 1 KAIKOURA (K-5) began as a Maori Settlement noted for its crayfish. The name means National Range Attractions include a museum and walking tracks in ‘meal of crayfish’. Attractions: Whale Watch nature cruises, museum, walkways on Kaikoura Kahurangi National Park. Mt Arthur Upper Nelson Park Moutere Richmond Blenheim Peninsula - take in the rugged coast and magnificent views of the Seaward Kaikoura Range, Hope and off course a crayfish meal. Between Kaikoura and Blenheim is Lake Grassmere, the Golden Brightwater Renwick 0 50 100 km Arthur site of New Zealand’s only salt works. Karamea Downs Wakefield Seddon 63 3 BLENHEIM (K-3) Named after the Duke of Marlborough’s greatest victory, Blenheim began 67 Kahurangi Lake Grasmere Cape Campbellin 1850 as a depot serving pastoral runs. Today the town is the centre of New Zealand’s NORTHERN 6 Mt RichmondWairau Forest River Park most extensive vineyard district. Attractions: Marlborough Wine Trail, cafes. National Ward Mt Owen Red Hill PICTON (K-2) Founded around 1850, Picton was briefly the capital of Marlborough Province, SOUTH ISLAND Park River Mokihinui River Hope Saddle but Blenheim soon become dominant. In the early days the timber trade was important, NORTH Mokihinui but today Picton is very much a holiday and tourist town. Attractions: boat cruises on the Seddonville 6 63 Awatere River Sounds, Historic buildings, Queen Charlotte Track. Hector Waihopai St Arnaud Granity Ngakawau Rotoroa 4 Lake Tapuaenuku Range CHRISTCHURCH to TIMARU via INLAND SCENIC ROUTE 72 67 Murchison Rotoiti 1 Waimangaroa Lake Rotoroa This scenic route skirts the outer ranges of the Alps. Highlights along the way are the Ashley Stockton River Clarence Westport Plateau Nelson Lakes Rainbow Molesworth Gorge near Oxford, the Raikaia Gorge, Mt Hutt Ski Area, Methven (ski resort), Mt Cape Foulwind 67a National Park StArnaud Ra Station Somers (where there are walkways and an access road to the lakes and mountains of the Buller Ihangahua Inland Kaikoria Upper Rangitata area) and the country town of Geraldine. Junction R Matakitaki Clarence River 69 Charleston 65 STATE HIGHWAY 7: WAIPARA to GREYMOUTH Victoria Mountains Forest Seaward Kaikoria Range 5 S.H.7 first travels up through Weka Pass with its impressive limestone formations before Park Kaikoura Paparoa Reefton arriving at a broad inland basin and its settlement of Waikari, Hurunui & Culverden. 6 National Spencer 1 Note the hotel at Hurunui which dates from the 1870s. Punakaiki Park Rahu Paparoa Range 7 Saddle HANMER SPRINGS (I-6) Hanmer’s warm springs were developed into a fashionable Mt Lyford health resort in the early 1900s. Attractions: thermal pools and spa, walks in the exotic Lewis Pass Barrytown Ikamatua Springs Junction Maruia Hanmer plantation, horse trails, fishing, bungy jumping and jet boating on Waiau River. Springs Hanmer Springs 70 Blackball 7a LEWIS PASS (H-6) At 864m A.S.L. the Pass was a well-worn Maori route to the West Waiau 6 Coast, but the road was not constructed until the 1930s. Beyond the Pass is Maruia Runanga Ngahere Parnassus Springs spar resort and the service village of Springs Junction. The highway then 7 Rotherham Waiau River Grey River crosses Rahu Saddle and follow the Inangahua River down past Blacks Point to Reefton. Stillwater Cheviot Greymouth Dobson Lake Sumner Culverden REEFTON (G-5) began as a goldrush town. Later large quartz crushing batteries were Shanty Town Moana Gore Bay Tasman Sea Hurunui River built to exploit rich gold deposits and in 1888 Reefton become the first town in New Mitchells Moana/L Brunner 7 Zealand to have an electric power supply. Coal and timber also sustained Reefton and Lake Sumner Hurunui recently large scale gold mining has resumed. Attractions: Precinct of historic buildings, Kumara Taramakau River Forest Park 1 73 Waikari School of Mines, Blacks Point Museum, Victoria Forest Park. Jacksons 7 Hokitika Lake Otira Weka Pass REEFTON to GREYMOUTH: S.H.7 now turns down the Grey River Valley. A side Kaniere Lake Mahinapua Arthurs Pass Waipara trip to Blackball (G-6), a quaint former coal mining town, is rewarding. Blackball is famous Mt Rolleston Arthurs Pass for an early 1900s miners strike (over a half hour lunch break), which gave birth to the Arthurs Pass National Park Mt Grey Ross Amberley modern union movement and the Labour Party. Near Dobson is the historic Brunner Mt Greenland Mine Industrial Site (G-6). This is accessed via a bridge over the river from S.H.7. 6 Bealey Leithfield Beach 73 Puketeraki Ra The site includes relics of coke ovens, brickworks and coal mines. Ashley Gorge Waikuku Beach Rangiora Lake Ianthe Woodend 8 STATE HIGHWAY 70: CULVERDEN to KAIKOURA Oxford Cust This scenic inland route branches off S.H.7 Just north of Culverden. Points of interest include Hari Hari Mt Ashmore Craigieburn Ra Kaiapoi Waimakariri River Lake Coleridge Torlesse Ra Waiau and Mt Lyford village where a skifield operates in the winter. The road skirts the Porters Pass Belfast Pegasus Bay Springfield SOUTHERN ALPS Sheffield foothills of the Seaward Kaikoura Range before descending to Kaikoura. Okarito Lagoon Mt Adams Darfield Whataroa 73 Christchurch Okarito Darfield 1 Lyttelton Lake Mapourika Mt Hutt Lake Heron Rakaia River Rolleston 75 Banks Peninsula Burnham Franz Josef/Waiau 9 Methven Dunsandel Little Akaroa Franz Josef Glacier Erewhon 77 Lake Ellesmere River Fox Glacier Aoraki/Mt Cook Rakaia Waihora Westland/Tai Mesopotamia Mt Somers Poutini Nat. ParkNational Park Aoraki/Mt Cook Tasman 6 Glacier Mayfield Ashburton 6 State Highway Bruce Bay Mt Sefton Fox Pk Mt Peel 1 Round Hill Peel Forest Alpine Pacific Triangle Aoraki/Mt Cook Route 10 Rangitata River Hinds Two Thumb Range Two Mt Hooker Lake Tekapo Canterbury Bight Inland Scenic Route 72 Glentanner Geraldine Mt Ward Mt Dobson Lake 79 Other Important Routes 80 Pukaki Lake Tekapo Fairlie Major Walking Tracks SOUTHERN ALPS Burkes Pleasant Winchester YourYour ComplimentarComplimentaryy Pass Point Temuka Albury 8 Vineyard District Ben Ohau Range MapMaps and and Guide Guide of o fthe the Mackenzie Ski Area 11 Lake Basin Ohau Twizel Timaru H I LakeE Ohau F G J K 6 Hunter Hills SouthSouth IslandIsland STATE HIGHWAY 6: 8FRANZ JOSEF to RENWICK via NELSON STATE HIGHWAY 60: NORTH OF NELSON see overleaf for S.H.6 between Invercargill and Franz Josef 1 North of Nelson places of interest include Mapua and Kina Beach near Tasman. Motueka Benmore Ra FRANZ JOSEF/WAIAU to HOKITIKA: At Whataroa White Heron Colony tours services a rich horticultural and winery district. North of Motueka is a turn off to the are offered. Hari HariAhuriri Riveris a small tourist stopover. RossKirkliston Range (F-7) originated as a goldrush excellent Kaiteriteri Beach. S.H.60 now ascends Takaka Hill (the Marble Mountain). town in 1864. Later sawmilling became the main industry. Attractions include the local Detour at the top of the hill to view marble outcrops, caves (guided tours) and the 370m museum and bush walking tracks to old gold workings. deep Harwood’s Hole. The highway winds spectacularly down into the Takaka Valley. 8 St Bathans Ra Waitaki River 82 HOKITIKA (F-7) began as a rip-roaringHawkdun Range gold rush town in the 1860s. At its peak there TAKAKA: (H-2) As well as serving local farmers Takaka is now a thriving tourist centre. Attractions include artisan outlets and Pupu Springs. At Takaka a road branches off to was an estimated 15,000 people in the district and over 100 hotels in town.83 Attractions include the museum, cafes and restaurants, greenstone carving, walking tracks in local Totaranui in the heart of Able Tasman National Park. The Park is famous for its beautiful historic gold workings, Lake Kaniere. Mt Domet beaches and coastal tracks. Information can be obtained at Takaka and Totaranui. 8a COLLINGWOOD (H-1)began as a goldrush town in 1857. A road from the town travels GREYMOUTH (F-6 ) The West Coast’s largestDanseys town Pass grew on the site of a big Maori up the Aorere Valley gives access to the Heaphy Track.