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Oreti Beach & Sandy Point

A coastal playground located just 10km from Invercargill and a key location for the film The World’s Fastest Indian, which tells the story of Southland’s motorcycling hero Burt Munro who used the 26-kilometre stretch of perfectly smooth sand as his race track.

At the southern end of Oreti Beach is Sandy Point, a natural playground for walking, mountain biking and horse riding. 

In geological terms, Sandy Point is very young. The peninsula of sand, gravel and water-borne silt probably appeared some 4000-5000 years ago, when sea levels were higher. Long before the site of Invercargill was developed, the rich natural resources of Sandy Point supported an important Maori settlement called Oue. The arrival of sealers and whalers brought change, although the whaling station established there in 1836 was short-lived. Sandy Point's ancient sand dune forest of wind-sculpted totara and matai is rare and nationally important. Other native podocarps include rimu, miro and kahikatea. Native forest walks reveal a rich wildlife community from the shaded, ferny floor upwards.

For more information please visit the Invercargill City Council website or contact our Distinction Invercargill Hotel team who can assist with information.

Photo credits: Great South Southland Regional Development Agency
A coastal playground located just 10km from Invercargill and a key location for the film The World’s Fastest Indian, which tells the story of Southland’s motorcycling hero Burt Munro who used the 26km stretch of perfectly smooth sand as his race track. At the southern end of Oreti Beach is Sandy Point, a natural playground for walking, mountain biking and horse riding.
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