Sawyers Bay

Sawyers Bay is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the southwest of Port Chalmers in a wide valley on the shore of Mussel Bay, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) to the northeast of Dunedin city centre.

The suburb, on the western shore of Otago Harbour, lies between the two rocky headlands of Port Chalmers in the east and Roseneath in the west. The South Island Main Trunk rail line and State Highway 88 run along the shore of the bay.

The name of the suburb is indicative of the occupation of many of its early settlers; the Sawyers Bay area provided much of the timber used in the early construction industry around both Dunedin and Port Chalmers area. Little remains of Sawyers Bay's early industries; it is now largely a residential suburb.

Sawyers Bay's residential area is situated around one long street which runs inland from the bay itself. This street is called Station Road at its coastal end, and Hall Road further inland. At the coastal end, it connects with State Highway 88, the highway which runs along the west coast of Otago Harbour from Port Chalmers to Dunedin via Saint Leonards and Ravensbourne. Inland from here, roads branch off the main road - the most important of these is Stevenson Avenue, which connects with a back road to Port Chalmers (Borlases Road) in the east, and with Upper Junction Road in the west. Upper Junction Road, the winding old road to Port Chalmers from the Dunedin suburb of North East Valley, rises to join with the old Mount Cargill road, which was itself the former main road north out of Dunedin, linking the city's main urban area at Normanby with Waitati.

Other notable features of Sawyers Bay include the Port Chalmers Golf Course, located in the north of Sawyers Bay. A bush walk, Grahams Bush, links the end of Hall Road with the Mount Cargill road.^[1]

References

↑ Hamel, A. (2007) Dunedin tracks and trails. Dunedin: Silver Peaks Press. ISBN 978-0-473-13772-4. p. 5.17

Dann, C. and Peat, N. (1989) Dunedin, North and South Otago. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01438-0.

Suburbs of Dunedin

Central city	Central Dunedin City Rise Dunedin North Fernhill

Main urban area - north	Balmacewen Burkes Dalmore The Gardens Glenleith Leith Valley Liberton Maia Maori Hill Mount Mera Normanby North East Valley Opoho Pine Hill Prospect Park Ravensbourne St Leonards Wakari Woodhaugh

Main urban area - east	(Otago Harbour) Challis The Cove Grants Braes Highcliff Vauxhall Waverley

Main urban area - south	Andersons Bay Corstorphine Forbury Kensington Kew Musselburgh Ocean Grove (Tomahawk) St Clair St Kilda Shiel Hill South Dunedin Sunshine Tahuna Tainui

Main urban area - west	Abbotsford Balaclava Belleknowes Bradford Brockville Burnside Caversham Calton Hill Concord Glenross Green Island Halfway Bush Helensburgh Kaikorai Kaikorai Valley Kenmure Littlebourne Lookout Point Maryhill Mornington Roslyn Sunnyvale

Surrounding districts	Aramoana Brighton Broad Bay Careys Bay Company Bay Evansdale Fairfield Harington Point Macandrew Bay Mosgiel Ocean View Otakou Port Chalmers Portobello Pukehiki Roseneath Sawyers Bay Waitati Waldronville Wingatui

Coordinates: 45°49′07″S 170°36′06″E / 45.8187°S 170.6016°E / -45.8187; 170.6016