Mechanics Bay a second route was formed further to the east through Meadowbank the shoreline between Mechanics Bay and Hobson Bay was also modified. St Georges Bay ceased to exist and became the shunting yard for the railway station, and Judges Bay was separated from the harbour by a railway embankment. The major thoroughfare of Mechanics Bay is Beach Road, which once ran around the beach front of the now reclaimed Mechanics Bay. The former Auckland Railway Station is located here, an impressive brick 1930s structure designed by Gummer and Ford. Formerly located at the bottom of Queen Street, the station was
Admiralty Bay (New Zealand) the first individual sea creature protected by law in any country. Admiralty Bay (New Zealand) Admiralty Bay is a large indentation in the northern coast of New Zealand's South Island. It lies close to the northernmost mainland point of the Marlborough Sounds, immediately to the south of D'Urville Island. The bay, one of the larger of numerous bays in the crenellated coast of the sounds, is wide at its mouth and extends south. The peninsula into which it cuts is almost bisected by the bay, with a narrow isthmus only some wide lying between the bay's southernmost extent and Hallam