Larnach Castle Dunedin

Another of the many, many things I love about this country is how passionate New Zealanders are about their homeland. When I told people we were touring as much of New Zealand as we could over the Christmas break/summer holidays, virtually everyone I told would be so excited for us and want to know the exact details of where we were going, what we …

So far, no car crashes! We picked up our trusty rental car (which has over 100k miles on it and a tape deck), and headed down the East coast towards Dunedin. Since we had some time, we decided to make some stops along the way. Our first plan was to stop in Oamaru to visit with the blue penguins; the smallest penguins in the world. However, we …

We drove about 4 hours to the Otago Peninsula on very windy roads but through good weather. We stopped in Oamaru for lunch at a lonely planet suggestion, Roost where I had a great salmon spaghetti. Down the coast was a real highlight of the trip, the Moeraki Boulders. These are spherical boulders on the beach, just on the tide line. There are …

On this 4^th of January we start again later (what means 10:00 a.m.) and make a short drive to the south of the Otago Peninsula. We drive up a steep road leading to Larnach Castle. This is the only castle in New Zealand. It was built at the end of the 19^th century, has been demolished, but restored and refurbished from the …

... day it was raining all morning and eventually we drove through Dunedin and out onto the peninsula we stopped and visited New Zealands only castle - Larnach Castle. This Castle was beautiful, the exterior, the gardens the furniture - we spent a while ...

... too. This morning (13th) the wind had dropped - HURRAH! We headed out onto Otago penninsular to visit the only castle in NZ - Larnach Castle. It was built by some chappie in 1871 just because he had visited his uncles big house in Surrey and wanted ...

... Check out the website information below: Cadbury World Chocolate Tour: http://www.cadbury.co.nz/cadburyworld/home.html" Larnach Castle : http://www.larnachcastle.co.nz Taieri Gorge Railway : http://www.taieri.co.nz Speight's Brewery ...

... glad I bagged the Catlins tour idea for the tours I took today intead. 9am begin my tour of Larnach Castle, New Zealand's only castle, built by one of Dunedin's prominent figures, a banker by the name of William Larnach. It wasn't really a castle in ...

... morning after the heavy might. We made it for the afternoon though and headed to Otago peninsula. We visited the beautiful Larnach castle, which overlooks the whole peninsula. It is the only Victorian castle in the Southern hemisphere. It was really ...

... Cadbury's, another possible tour, and lots of old impressive buildings, plus the world's steepest street. Not too far away is Larnach Castle - kind of like Hearst castle, though not quite so many different styles crammed in. The drive here was pretty ...

... this is a simply stunning viewing point and should not be missed if you are in the area.  At the risk of sounding boring, New Zealand is just so beautiful!  Take the time while you are here to take in the scenery and enjoy the peace and beauty ...

... beach - looking out for sea lions, unfortunately there were none to be found however the beach was glorious.  We then headed up to Larnach Castle which is the only castle in NZ - it was built by a wealthy man in 1871 and was really a stately ...

... going into the city Octagon.  Grant is going on a Speight's Brewery Tour and Liz is going shopping!!! Then we may go out to Larnach Castle on the Otago Peninsula or leave that for the next day.  Either way we will be here for at least 2 nights. ...

... top. In the afternoon, we took the 4 hour return Taieri Gorge railway from the Main station in Dunedin, it is the longest private railway journey in New Zealand and uses the old Cental Otago route which was built in 1891 for the Goldrush. The route ...