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Te Aka Ōtākou (The Otago Vine) is a cycleway and shared pathway for walking and cycling in Dunedin, New Zealand, which follows the shoreline of the Otago Harbour. [1] It also known as the Otago Harbour Cycleway, and has previously been known by various names, including The Harbour Loop, and by the names of various sections (e.g., the Dunedin-St Leonards cycleway).
A plaque in Writers' Walk in The Octagon featuring the words of James K. Baxter. During the late 1980s, the Dunedin City Council commissioned consultants with a view to substantially renovating The Octagon area. The initial proposals included the closure of several sections of road around and within The Octagon, again resulting in public ...
The reserve was named for David Bethune, who took over the property in 1878, setting up a sawmill and brick kiln. The property fell into disuse after it was sold by Bethune, only to be redeveloped by J. B. Thompson immediately after World War I and leased to the Dunedin City Council. It became city property after Thompson's death in 1955. [2]
A popular walking and cycling track (part of the Otago Harbour Cycleway) runs from the central city along the Peninsula's harbour shore to Portobello. Google Maps does not recognise this as a walking route, but directs pedestrians from the city over to Ocean Grove, and then up Centre Road to Highcliff Road, which runs along the top of the ...
The city's main indoor sporting arena, Forsyth Barr Stadium is also located in Dunedin North, immediately to the southeast of Logan Park. Dunedin North's 2001 population, including the University area, was 7,047. One of the city's oldest cemeteries, the Dunedin Northern Cemetery, is located in Dunedin North, as are the Dunedin Botanical Gardens ...
A popular 1000 metre-long walking track leads from behind the St Clair hot saltwater pool to cliffs at the head of Forbury Hill, along a ridge behind Second Beach. The walking track is well-tended, and traverses an area which was the site of quarrying operations from the early days of Dunedin until the 1950s.
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The hill was known by the Māori as Whakari, and the Southern Māori form of this name is still used for the Dunedin suburb of Wakari, which lies to the south of Flagstaff. The city's first road route to the Taieri Plains , which lie to the west, skirted the slopes of Flagstaff, and is still used as an alternative route out of the city.