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Tantragee Loop - Brook Valley
- Location
- Leave Nelson City and drive about 2km up Brook Street. Cross the second bridge and turn left into Tantragee Road where there is a gravel car park and interpretative panel
- Description
This walk takes you to part of the Tantragee Track and Dun Mountain Railway track and returns you to your starting place at the organic gardens in the Brook Valley.
Start at the Tantragee Walkway sign. Folllow the track as it zigzags uphill through native trees planted by school children in the 1980s.
This track levels out where you then go over a stile and you have a view back down to the Brook Valley. A sign on the right indicates the Dun Mountain Walkway, but continue on. Where the road forks take the uphill track to your right and follow it to the summit of the Tantragee Saddle where you can look down to the Maitai Valley. The roads on right and left lead to Fireball and Fringe Hill – popular mountain biking trails.
Head back down the gravel road and take the old Dun Mountain Railway track to the right. Further down the track curves through trees, through a gate and on down the hill. This track is a section of the historic Dun Mountain Railway and you follow it until you emerge on Brook Street just near Brook Terrace. Turn left and take the gravel path along to the right of the Brook Stream to the park and beyond to the carpark where you started.
Refer Walk Nelson for more details and a map of this walk
- Duration
- 1.0 hours
- Amenities
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- Carpark
- Dogs Allowed
- Historical
- Lookouts
- Mountain Biking / Biking
- Plant Life
- Source
- Walk Nelson 2007 – Nelson City Council
- Discussion
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