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State Highway 6 (from Blenheim to Invercargill via the West Coast) follows the coastline here as it comes into Nelson through the suburb of
Atawhai. It leaves the photo, still following the coastline, just above the number 7, on the right hand edge. Some of Nelson's newer housing
areas can be found up the valleys here.
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The Wood. This suburb was originally native coastal forest when Nelson was founded in the 1840's (hence it's name), but in the mid 1900's,
the area was full of glasshouses for tomato growing. There are a large number of lanes etc. into housing areas named after the Italian tomatoe
growers who got the tomato growing industry up and running.
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The centre of Nelson City. The dark green area here is Church hill, the site of Nelson's Cathedral, at the end of the main shopping street,
Trafalgar Street.
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Port Nelson. This area (over 140 hectares), stretching to the number 5, is all reclaimed land, and apart from being Nelson's main port, is the
home of one of the largest fish processing industries in the country (all wharves, sheds etc. to the left of the number 4). This is one of Nelson's
main industrial areas.
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The bottom of the hills here marks the original coastline when Nelson was first settled in the 1840's.
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The lighthouse here on the boulder bank is one of Nelson's oldest landmarks. It served faithfully for well over 100 years marking the Boulder
Bank but was retired in the late 1900's because the lights of Nelson City were 'drowning out' the light making it very hard to see. It was New
Zealand's oldest serving lighthouse when it was retired. The whole of the Boulder Bank is a wildlife refuge for nesting sea birds.
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The end of the Boulder Bank. The main Harbour Entrance is between here and Haulashore Island, just off the photo to the right.
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Grouped together at the foot of the hills here are Founders park (an 'historic village'/museum), Nelson's Marae, and the Miyazu Gardens, a
Japanese garden and park named in honour of Nelson's siter city, Miyazu, in Japan. The large light green area just to the right of the number
8 is Neal Park, one of Nelson's sports fields.
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The small hill just below the number 9 here is the geographcal Centre of New Zealand with lookouts etc. A 20 minute gentle walk from the
Botabics Reserve at the foot of the hill.
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