Otago Peninsula Dunedin

We stayed in Dunedin for another night so we could have a look around the town. It's a typical Uni town, lots of bars, pubs and cafes. Dunedin is protected by a peninsula so we drove along the windy road all the way to the end (after stopping to feed the ducks). At the end was a Royal Albatross Colony but turns out it’s fenced off and a bit …

In spite of a very unfavourable weather forecast the day dawned bright and sunny and we decided to visit the Otago Peninsula, just a short drive out of Dunedin. It was a beautiful drive, right along the water's edge for several miles with the sun sparkling on the water. The colours of the mountains all around and the bright yellow broom on the …

On this 4^th of January we start again later (what means 10:00 a.m.) and make a short drive to the south to 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 …

Ok, so Andrew, T-bone and Jann all crammed in the back of the hire van, Me and Amy in the front, and then we were off to the the Otago Peninsula!...Bloody weather!!! It was the worst day of rain since we left Wanaka! But that didn't dampen our spirits as we were all together and about to have a bit of fun with Albatrosses and Penguins!

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So after Stewart Island, Amy and me were trying to decide on what to do next. We both really wanted to do the Catlins but we couldn't hire a car to do so. We ended up hitching to Dunedin to meet up with a Jann, a friend from Wanaka. We were, yet again, lucky with the hitching but it was getting tiresome with the big bags all the time.

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... from 2 nights to three. While Dunedin itself has little to offer in my opinion, I was eager to do a tour of the adjoining Otago Peninsula which is famous for its wildlife. I had a star next to the Elm Wildlife Tour in my Lonely Planet, so somebody ...

... and then turned round to make our way back to Dunedin.   In the afternoon, we joined the Elm Wildlife tour out to the Otago Peninsula. It was my second time on this trip, and it proved to be as enthralling as the first. The journey through the ...

... We also went on a trip to see the Yellow Eyed Penguins which were very cute and funny, and we went out to the Otago peninsula to see the Albatross that nest there. They are massive birds and thankfully it was a really windy day so we got excellent ...

... , walk to the top of Baldwin Street (the steepest street in the world which was quite cool and then we took the van out on Otago Peninsula for a drive and were going to have lunch out there, but we had seen a sign for St Kilda Beach and thought that for ...

... end. We were planning on having a low key evening but of course vetoed those plans and opted to drive to the end of the Otago Peninsula. The peninsula lies along one side of the bay, and since we were in Dunedin for only one day, it seemed like we really ...

... off. We came here to see the rarest penguin in the world - the Yellow Eyed Penguin - in a sanctuary on the Otago Peninsula, about 100km from Dunedin. We went on a guided tour of the place with the guy who actually founded the sanctuary and saved the ...

Our quality toilet experience behind us, the Otago peninsula draws us along its weaving inner coastline. The lowering sun does spectacular things to Otago Harbour and the unsettled land north of Dunedin. A scant 20 km in length, the peninsula seems a lot ...

... dinner (can anyone in New Zealand make an edible falafel?!) when we break out of the city into the rural charms of the Otago Peninsula. The transition to this wonderful landscape and my better frame of mind is the Exeloo south west of town. Emma returns ...

... see a few yards in front of us, as the rain lashed onto the windscreen. We had indeed arrived at New Zealand's 'Scottish City'. Dunedin is actually a Celtic word for Edinburgh. Upon checking into Stafford Gables YHA we were informed that we would be ...

The Otago Peninsula is just outside of Dunedin, and as its name suggests its a peninsula which juts out into the sea just outside of the city. Being located right by 2 sea climated on a very important continental shelf this peninsula ...