Oreti Beach

Oreti Beach is the central bay of three lying on the Foveaux Strait coast of Southland, New Zealand, the others being Te Waewae Bay and Toetoes Bay. Twenty-six kilometres in length,^[1] the bay lies between the town of Riverton and the outflow of the Aparima River in the northwest, and the estuary of the Oreti River in the southeast.

The city of Invercargill is located on the Waihopai River ten kilometres east of the bay at the closest point.^[2]

This is the site where Burt Munro practised riding the Indian motorbike^[1] with which he would go on to break records at Bonneville Salt flats, Utah.

References

1 2 "Oreti Beach and Sandy Point | Southland, New Zealand". NewZealand.com. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
↑ "Oreti Beach Location". Findabeach.co.nz. Retrieved December 31, 2014.

Suburbs and localities in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand

Major settlements	Invercargill (seat) Bluff Clifton Lorneville Otatara Waikiwi

Invercargill suburbs	Appleby Ascot Avenal Georgetown Gladstone Glengarry Grasmere Hargest Hawthorndale Heidelberg Kew Kingswell Newfield Prestonville Richmond Rockdale Rosedale Strathern Waihopai Waverley Windsor

Localities	Awarua Plains Greenhills Kennington Mill Road Motu Rimu Myross Bush Ocean Beach Omaui Oreti Beach Sandy Point Seaward Bush Taramoa Tisbury Tiwai Point West Plains Waimatua Woodend

Coordinates: 46°24′07″S 168°07′55″E / 46.4019°S 168.132°E / -46.4019; 168.132

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