Whatamango Bay

Whatamango Bay was settled in the early days by members of the McCormick family. The mountain at its head is Mount McCormick. From this bay the road made in 1957 by the Marlborough County Council, over the range to Oyster Bay gave road access for the first time to the settlers in Port Underwood. It was made with a grant of back country access money and was just a matter of bulldozing wider the bridle track that had been there for many years.

A breastwork for launches was built at Oyster Bay. Though Port Underwood is one of the first districts in New Zealand to have white settlers it had to wait a long time until 1957 to have road access. The island in the Sound visible from Whatamango is Allports Island named after a member of the Nelson family who was prominent in the life of Tua Marina, Koromiko and Picton in the early days.