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Boulder Bank Lighthouse with the Arthur Range beyond. Photo: Ray Salisbury

Boulder Bank Lighthouse, Nelson

Nelson-Tasman Hikes

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Ray is an author and photographer living in Nelson, and a longtime contributor to Wilderness.

By Ray Salisbury

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July 2022

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Ray is an author and photographer living in Nelson, and a longtime contributor to Wilderness.

By Ray Salisbury

A wild shoreline jaunt in the company of soaring gulls to New Zealand’s second manned lighthouse.

Nelson’s iconic Boulder Bank is a 13km-long finger of shattered granite that creates a safe harbour and shelters Nelson Port. It’s 55m wide at high tide, varying from 6–25m in height and formed by the movement of igneous rocks being eroded from Mackay’s Bluff by sea currents moving southwards. My great-great-grandfather first sighted this natural […]

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About the author

Ray Salisbury

Ray Salisbury is an author and photographer living in Nelson with his wife and cat. He studied design and photography and has been contributing to Wilderness since 1997. His books include Tableland: The history behind Mt Arthur and EPIC: Adventures across Aotearoa. Ray began tramping with a camera more than 50 years ago and has visited over 500 backcountry huts.

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