Sunday 15/03/2026 Stewart Island Backpackers – Dundee Street – Fuchsia Walk – Roroa Walk Watercress Beach – Thule Road – Golden Bay Wharf – Golden Bay – Deep Bay Road – Reinga Beach – Petersons Hill Road – Elgin Terrace – Oban
Stewart Island / Rakiura
Southland Region, NEW ZEALAND (Aotearoa)
Rakiura Country (Ngãi Tahu people)
Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report)
We spent a day wandering the bays and tracks around Oban on Stewart Island on a cool, partly cloudy March afternoon. From the Stewart Island Backpackers we headed along Dundee Street into the Fuchsia Walk — a short climb through native forest to Traill Park, then onto the Raroa Track down to quiet Watercress Bay. The forest track is well-formed with a straightforward descent.
