Kogin Boulder

Boulder Beach rairayin bakin teku ne mai duwatsu a kan Tekun Pacific, wanda ke gefen kudu na Otago Peninsula, kimanin kilomita 15.7 (9.8  ta hanyar hanyar gabas daga tsakiyar Dunedin, New Zealand .  Baya ga kasancewa da ɗan wahala a isa ta jiki saboda tsananin ƙasar da ke kewaye da ita, an rufe shi ga jama'a a cikin watanni na rani (Nuwamba-Fabrairu) don kare tsuntsayen da ke da idanu masu launin rawaya da ke zaune a ciki.

 Yanayin jiki 
Boulder Beach yana da kimanin kilomita 1 (0.62  tsawo, yana fuskantar kusan daidai da kudu. Kusa da ƙarshen gabas wani tsawo na kimanin mita 200 (660  yana da yashi; sauran an rufe su da duwatsu, saboda haka sunan rairayin bakin teku. A yammacin rairayin bakin teku ya ƙare tare da tashiwar Highcliff, wanda aka sanya sunan unguwar Dunedin makwabta; Highcliff ya zama Pudneys Cliff a yamma, kuma ya ƙare a Māori Head, bayan abin da Smaills Beach da Tomahawk Beach ke zaune. A gabas Boulder Beach an yanke shi da jerin tsaunuka waɗanda suka ƙare a Seal Point, sannan Sandfly Bay. A arewa ƙasar ta tashi sosai zuwa Highcliff Hill, Patrons Hill, da Sandymount. Kogin da ake kira Robertsons Creek yana gudana daga Sandymount don ƙetare Boulder Beach game da rabin tsawonsa. Kodayake ana noma yankunan da ke saman gangaren, ƙananan sassan da ke kusa da rairayin bakin teku da kansu suna da kyau kuma suna da wani ɓangare na gandun daji.

 Waƙoƙi masu tsawo 
Samun damar zuwa Boulder Beach ta hanyar tsarin Highcliff Track ne. Highcliff Track ya fara ne a ƙarshen McMeeking Road, titin gefen Karetai Road, kuma ya bi tsarin ƙasar don saduwa da Braidwood Track, fadadawar masu tafiya na Braidwood Road (wanda kansa zai iya samuwa daga Seal Point Road) a Robertsons Creek. Hanyar Karetai da Hanyar Seal Point dukansu sun haɗu da Hanyar Highcliff a saman tudun. Boulder Beach Track kanta ta bi Robertsons Creek zuwa rairayin bakin teku. Za'a iya samun dama ta hanyar Buskin Track ko Paradise Road Track, dukansu suna jagorantar sauka daga Highcliff Road.  

 Kare namun daji 
Boulder Beach sau da yawa ana ziyartar fur seal na New Zealand da zakunan teku na New Zealand. Yankin da ke kusa da rairayin bakin teku wuri ne da aka fi so don tsuntsaye masu launin rawaya, kuma tunda waɗannan tsuntsaye suna jin kunya sosai game da yin gida ko haifuwa inda mutane zasu iya ganinsu,  Boulder Beach Track an rufe shi ga jama'a a lokacin haifuwar su tun 2005,  da farko daga Disamba zuwa Fabrairu, amma kwanan nan daga Nuwamba zuwa Fabraira.

Ma'aikatar Karewa (DOC) ce ke gudanar da kiyayewa ta Boulder Beach a cikin tubalan biyu: Boulder Beach / Highcliff Block da Boulder Beach * WWF Block . 

 Amfani da nishaɗi 
Tsarin Highcliff Track ya shahara tare da masu tafiya, kuma an dauke shi da matsakaici. Boulder Beach an dauke shi rairayin bakin teku mai daidaituwa, yana ba da raƙuman ruwa na hagu da na dama. A wasu lokuta masu amfani da dabi'a suna amfani da shi don wanka a rana. New Zealand ba ta da rairayin bakin teku na tsirara, kamar yadda tsirara ta jama'a doka ce a kowane rairayin kan teku inda "an san ya faru".

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