Blanket Bay (Otago Harbour)

The second causeway is a railway link, part of the South Island Main Trunk, that runs across the mouth of the bay.

Between the two, running close to the road link, is a combined foot and cycle path completed in 2023.

This is part of Te Aka Ōtākou (The Otago Vine), a link running around the perimeter of the harbour.

On 4 July 1863, the two harbour steamers Pride of the Yarra and Favourite collided at the mouth of Blanket Bay, resulting in the loss of 12 lives, including the Rev.

Thomas Hewett Campbell, newly appointed rector of Otago Boys' High School, and his family.