Dunedin

We drove a long way south past a major Hydroelectric Power Station at Benmore.

Next lunch at Oamaru famous for it’s white Limestone buildings and a caricature preserved Steam Locomotive – Steampunkt, which for $2 would belch fire or steam.

By the road we saw the Moeraki Boulders, perfectly natural half spheres.

 On our normal trip round as we arrived we were shown the world’s steepest street – Baldwin Street, Gwen’s maiden name

Gwen went on a Nature trip to see both penguin and albatross breeding grounds, it was an expensive disappointment, 3 penguins hiding and a possible distant albatross, lots of gulls (of course) and cormorants.

I went on the Taieri Gorge Railway but got a seat on the right of the carriage, when all the scenery was on the left (we were meant to swap over at the top, half way up we had a toilet break, and I took a picture of a sculpture of a sheep dog, and then my battery packed up with no warning, always shows as fully charged.

Dunedin is very much a Scottish City, with streets named after Scottish places, we learned that Dunedin is Edinburgh in Gaelic.

The hotel was equally bad as the Travelodge in Wellington, we had to lay our own tables for breakfast and then queue for the buffet only to find they had run out of many items and had to tell the staff about it.

Next morning we had a couple of hours to ourselves and went to the library for free wifi, and then pictures of Rabbie Burns Statue and the Railway Station, which is regarded as amongst the best architecture in New Zealand.

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