Careys Creek
Careys Creek, known in Māori as Whaitiripaku and Waihema, is a small river in Otago, New Zealand, which flows from the Silverpeaks into Blueskin Bay at Evansdale.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Whaitiripaku”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blueskin Bay and The Kilmog.
Blueskin Bay
Photo: Alistair Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blueskin Bay is in Otago, New Zealand, 25 km north of Dunedin, 25 km south of Palmerston, and 350 km south of Christchurch. The area's small towns and villages of Waitati, Warrington, Seacliff, Evansdale and Doctors Point attract lifestyle-commuter types who work in the city and alternative dudes who want to do their own thing.
The Kilmog
Peak
The Kilmog, occasionally called Kilmog Hill and known in Māori as Kirimoko, is a hilly area approximately 20 kilometres north of Dunedin, New Zealand, on State Highway 1, to the north of Blueskin Bay and south of Karitane.
St Barnabas Church
Church
Photo: Nankai, Public domain.
St Barnabas' Church is a heritage listed Anglican church, located at 266 Coast Road, Warrington, Otago, New Zealand. The small wooden church was built in 1872.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Evansdale and Warrington.
Evansdale
Hamlet
Evansdale is a locality on State Highway 1, 25 km north of Dunedin, at the north west of Blueskin Bay. It also has lent its name to a cheese producer, and a census-gathering district, which has a population of 1,482 in the 2013 New Zealand census, an increase of 198 people since the 2006 census.
Warrington
Village
Warrington, known in Māori as Ōkāhau, is a small settlement on the coast of Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is situated close to the northern shore of Blueskin Bay, an area of mudflats north of Dunedin, and is administered as part of Dunedin City.
Waitati
Village
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Waitati, from the Māori Waitete, is a small seaside settlement in Otago, New Zealand, within the city limits of Dunedin. It is located close to the tidal mudflats of Blueskin Bay, 19 kilometres north of the Dunedin city centre. Waitati is situated 3½ km south of Careys Creek.
Careys Creek
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Careys Creek” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Careys Creek”
- French: “Careys Creek”
- Japanese: “Whaitiripaku”
- Japanese: “ケアリーズ・クリーク”
- Japanese: “ホワイティリパク”
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