Panorama taken from the end of the harbour wall at Timaru. The picture was taken on a cloudy day and shows dramatic cloud formations over the dark water, with the sun trying to break through in the distance.

Timaru Harbour Wall - Timaru visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Timaru Harbour Wall' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Canterbury.

Timaru Harbour is an artificial port, built between 1887 and 1890 to reduce the number of shipwrecks in South Canterbury and enable goods to be landed in this part of 109,New Zealand. Today, along with Port Chalmers and Lyttelton, the harbour at Timaru remains an important landing site for food and goods to the South Island.

While the harbour did reduce shipwrecks in the area, in 1886 the 'Lyttelton', an iron clipper rigged ship, sank during an accident as she was being towed from the wharfs of the old harbour. The harbour played an important part in the whaling trade, and the Weller brothers built a whaling station here, as well as one at Wellers Rock on the Otago Penusula. Caroline Bay, next to Timaru Harbour, is named after a supply ship in service at the time.

Take Marine Parade off Port Loop Road and follow to the end.