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Rangi Park Track

This track forms a circuit through a section of the Port Chalmers Town Belt. The track starts at the car park at Scott's Memorial. The walk ascends a series of steps and after a minute or two the track branches.

The right hand track is a dead end, but it opens from the scrub to provide a great lookout point with views of Careys Bay, the lower Harbour and Taiaroa Head. After returning to the main track the path winds it way through scrub, descending below a small bluff.

Here the track branches again with one route heading down onto Blueskin Road. The other branch ascends a rather awkward route around a rock outcrop to head back up onto the ridge. From here the track is easy to follow, looping back down to Blueskin Road.

Scott's Memorial

In memory of Robert Falcon Scott (explorer) and companions who sailed from Port Chalmers for Antarctica and the South Pole on 19 November 1910. They perished returning from the South Pole.

Port Chalmers is also the site of the "Nine Fathom Foul", a large iron anchor that fouled many local fishermen's nets until hauled ashore in 1978.

Centenary Lookout

A viewing platform, overlooking Port Chalmers container port.

Brailleys Track and Port Chalmers Cemetery

There are a number of short walks and tracks that loop around the cemetery and make their way down to Careys Bay from the memorial.

Rossville Reservoir Track

This short track encircles Rossville Reservoir located in Sawyers Bay. To get there, travel up Reservoir Road, Which branches off Stevenson Avenue. The entrance to the Reservoir is on your right past the Golf Course.

Travel up a short gravel track to a small car park and the entrance to the Reservoir. The grassed banks provide a quiet, secluded picnic spot.

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Lady Thorn Dell

This lovely rhododendron garden is nestled in an old quarry. The seats provide good views of the harbour and container port. You can either walk or drive up Church Street. There is a small car park at the gates of the Dell.

Port Chalmers Tracks

There are a number of short link tracks from Beach Road up to the Island Terrace and Bellevue Place located on the ridge of the Port Chalmers Peninsula. These short tracks allow for a number of semi-urban walks following through and around the Port Chalmers residential area.

Port Chalmers Peninsula Circuit

Starting at the Port Chalmers Museum, walk along Port Chalmers Beach Road, past the wood chip pile and logs, to the Port Chalmers Boat Club moorings. From here either walk up one of the short link tracks to the ridge, or continue on around the headland.

Walking along Grey Street and back to the Museum allows for a number of varied views of the harbour, old cottages, Goat and Quarantine Island and Sawyers Bay. You can also walk up to the flagpole and lookout at the end of Constitution Street.