The Floodwall Walk follows the right bank of the Grey River through the centre of town, from the railway station out to the river mouth at Cobden Bridge. About two kilometres each way, flat and easy, the walk is the obvious way to fill an hour and gives a sense of how completely the river dominates the town. Information panels along the way explain the floods that gave the wall its existence.
The mouth of the river, where it meets the Tasman Sea between two long breakwaters, is the dramatic end. In rough westerly weather the surf coming over the southern breakwater is spectacular; in calm weather the seal colony on the northern wall is often visible. Sunset from the mouth, looking out across the Tasman, is the moment to be there if the weather cooperates.