Sir Stanely Whitehead Track

Schnitzel July 16, 2022

Always looking for (and finding) places that we’ve never been before. Today: The track connecting the centre of New Zealand on Botanical Hill with the Founder’s Park on Atawhai Drive.

Source: Nelson City Council, Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 New Zealand License

First few hundred metres are steep, some stairs involved. But as soon as the forest is behind you, the city views are opening up.

Some grazing sheep. How many years from now will it take until this is all residential area…

Lunch break. Got some goodies from the market to feast upon.

Rolling hills, and the further we go, also more harbour and seagulls.

From here you can almost see the Kina cliffs.

In total, I’d say this is the most underrated city walk so far. Looking forward seeing this in spring.

Sir Stanely Austin Whitehead was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was the eighteenth Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1973 to 1976, and Member of Parliament for the Nelson electorate from 1957 to 1976.