Penguin Place Dunedin

Toen kapitein Cook in 1769 voor anker lag voor 1 van de vele fjorden aan de Westkust, durfde hij de fjord niet binnenvaren. Hij noemde de plaats Doubtful Harbour, later werd dit aangepast naar Doubtful Sound. Wij durfden wel en we waren niet alleen :) Zwermen zandmuggen (sandflies) die niks anders doen dan eens goed bijten, we staan dan ook vol van …

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 …

Today we are going to see Northern Royal Albatross at the Royal Albatross Centre and yellow-eyed penguins (also known as Hoi Hoi, which means 'noise maker' in Maori I believe!) at Penguin Place; both of these are on the Otago Peninsula which is a short drive from Dunedin. The albatross colony here is the only mainland colony in the world! An …

We enjoyed a delicious breakfast prepared by James and then made good use of the free wireless internet for a couple of hours before getting on our way.

We drove back down to the harbour where we had seen the blue penguins and then had a look round the Victorian area of Oamoru and saw many historic limestone buildings and lots of British …

... enter the water, so we managed to see quite a few and they were amazing. I wanted to take one home Flax's grow in Canvey. Penguin place has constructed little houses for them to use if they want and as you can see from the picture they are very popular. ...

... 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 tower to see spectacular views of the peninsula. After Larnach Castle we drove past beautiful bays and beaches out to Penguin Place. Here you can take a tour across private farmland to the beach where the pengiuins come in. We ...

... pictures of the gun's breech... Much was therefore riding on our second trip of the day to see the Yellow-Eyed Penguins at the Penguin Place. We were much more likely to see the Penguins though as we would be taking a tour of the colony they lived in ...

... then flared upward and dropped thier feet to land o the rocky cliffside.  By 1-2 pm we were freezing so we drove back into Dunedin for lunch and the final bit of grocery shopping.  Then at 5 pm it was off to see the Albatrosses.  It was ...

... of the wheel and we could have ended up in the sea.  We went past our accomodation to a place called Penguin Place.  This is a conservation area where private land (including a beach) has been set aside purely to wildlife.  ...

... as when we were in Milford. Nobody was around, and we joined a group touring the site with only four other people. Penguin Place is a privately run operation funded solely by tourism dollars. Thay have retired some farmland to make a good home for the ...

... day, its Easter Sunday. We drive out to the Otago Peninsula, first stop is the Albatross centre. Then we go onto 'Penguin place', a penguin reserve & private conservation effort. We saw Yellow-eyed (which can only be found in South New Zealand) & ...

... apparently walk all the way round the cliff face until they find the right spot. Bless. After the albatrosses, I went to Penguin Place, the nearby reserve where Yellow Eyed Penguins come to breed. The penguins I saw at the Antarctic Centre ...

... were also more shags and seals on the rocks by the albatross which was great to see. That evening we took a tour of Penguin Place, a sanctuary for the breeding of rare Yellow Eyed Penguins. They are a lot cuter than they sound. The sanctuary have set ...