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This table details Fish & Game access points to the Pelorus
River as shown on the Lower
Pelorus and Upper
Pelorus access maps.
| 1 |
Boultons Road to
Twidles Island
2.7km from Havelock.
Contact Warren Keane (03) 574 2026 for access permission. |
| 2 |
Top of Twidles Island
2.4km from Boultons Road.
Vehicle access 0.5km to parking area by river.
Contact Warren Keane (03) 574 2026 for access permission. |
| 3 |
Kaiuma Road
8 km downstream of Daltons Bridge.
Foot access only along track to river.
To access downstream to the sea, contact Kerry Gates (03)
574 2050. |
| 4 |
Young's Dairy Shed
3.1 km from access point 2. Contact Mr
and Mrs Young 03-574 2165 or call in at the second house on
the left Wakamarina Valley Road. Parking at the dairy shed. |
| 5 |
Canvastown School
Vehicle track 500 metres to river. Watch
for electric wires across the track. |
| 6 |
Kaiuma Road
3.6 km downstream from Daltons Bridge.
Park by the stile and follow the fence line to the main river.
Good downstream access available through
gaps in the heavy riparian vegetation. Upstream access depends
on side stream flows. |
| 7 |
Kaiuma Road
400 metres downstream of Daltons Road.
Good parking.
Follow the fence line downstream. |
| 8 |
Daltons Bridge
Vehicle parking over the bridge 50 metres
downstream on the north bank.
Foot access by bridge upstream on the north
bank and downstream on the south bank. |
| 9 |
SH6
400 metres upstream from Daltons Bridge.
Safe parking where indicated by the gravel
piles.
Keep to the river bank along grazed sections. |
| 10 |
SH6
2 km from Daltons Bridge. Safe parking
where indicated.
Keep to the river bank on grazed sections. |
| 11 |
SH6 Hughes Creek
3.2 km from Daltons Bridge. Safe parking
where indicated.
There is a track to the river 30 metres
over Hughes Creek Bridge. |
| 12 |
SH6 Totara Flat gravel
extraction area
Vehicle access to the river. |
| 13 |
Pelorus Bridge
Good parking.
The Department of Conservation Falls track
provides upstream access to the Pelorus and the Circle track
provides access to the confluence of the Rai and the Pelorus. |
| 14 |
Maungatapu Road Upper
Pelorus
3.2 km from SH6 |
| 15 |
Maungatapu Road Upper
Pelorus
1.0 km from No. 13. Park away from the
gateway and follow the grassed track to the river. |
| 16 |
Tinline Confluence
Track and parking 100 metres past the Tinline
Stream Bridge on the south bank. |
| 17 |
Heringa Stream Confluence
3.7 km from the Tinline Stream Bridge |
| 18 |
End of Road Car Park
14.2 km from SH6.
A Department of Conservation track starts
into the Mt Richmond Park.
Excellent huts, tracks and swing bridges
provide access to the Upper Pelorus and tributaries. |
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