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Back in Civilization, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Back in Civilization
Jan 11, 2008 (4 photos)

"Exhausted and hungry after the track we headed straight to the next biggest city which is Dunedin...back to civilization, at least we thought. Who knew at 8:00pm on a weekday the o ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by losbrowns
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Goodbuy to the Brit :(, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Goodbuy to the Brit :(
Feb 5, 2008 (10 photos)

"Kiwi state of mind is probably as chilled as you can get without the use of drugs. So nice is everyone, I even met couple of friendly Brits over here:) Matt actually shared a ride ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by orizarska
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Cadbury Factory, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Cadbury Factory
Oct 25, 2007

"After the first week or two, we had settled quite nicely into an on-road routine, with me in charge of driving and whistling, and Sinead looking after navigating and Wild ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by rich_mcg
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Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin
Dec 20, 2006 (7 photos)

"Today I decided I would check out Dunedin since I had a few days before my tours I booked started. I drove out to Mavora Lakes which is on the way to Te Anua. The drive to Mavora L ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by drmnsd
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Made in New Zealand, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Made in New Zealand
Dec 21, 2006 (3 photos)

"With the three of us all going in the same direction I accepted a lift from Christine and Nicole to Dunedin with the later lie in being an added bonus.   Heading south down th ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by alasdairm
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Life in the Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Life in the Otago
Apr 2, 2006 (4 photos)

"Greetings from Dunedin, the largest city I've seen so far in the South Island and center of Scottish descendancy in New Zealand. Dunedin is mostly a student town, but its Scottish ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by segacs
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The rest, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog The rest
Oct 14, 2006 (20 photos)

"Okay, so even though I had only spent roughly a week in New Zealand, I had already spent all my money and it was about time to make my way to Christchurch, fly out of there and sta ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by tracyleigh54
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Nature on the Otago Peninsula, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Nature on the Otago Peninsula
Dec 7, 2005 (13 photos)

"The Australians really need to do something about Daylight Saving, as I woke up at 4.30am...to clear blue skies! I spent my last remaining dollars at the airport on sausage rolls a ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by rich
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Yellow eyed freaks, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Yellow eyed freaks
Dec 13, 2006 (16 photos)

"Still trying to catch up with my blog, it seems as though everyday I am doing another activity or on the bus and theres not much time for chilling and catching up, so I am afraid s ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by hodge
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Edinburgh in Kiwi - Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Edinburgh in Kiwi - Dunedin
Dec 19, 2006 (3 photos)

"Dunedin - New Zealands Scottish city - Dunedin is actually Edinburgh in Celtic! Well, after a while in New Zealands small towns its soooooooo nice to get to a city, where there are ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by alinmattrtw2005
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Thinking about travel... Lets go!, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Thinking about travel... Lets go!
Mar 11, 2006 (4 photos)

"27-02-06 Not long to go now! Early 2005... That's it, we're going! We've set a date -- March 11th. We're leaving Dunedin. Trudie and I are off to the UK for a couple of years, w ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by benandtrudie
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Dunners, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunners
Nov 2, 2005 (9 photos)

"Another day, another city... Dunedin is actually Celtic for Edinburgh, and the city plans are based on those of Edinburgh too. So I was expecting a really scottish looking and feel ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by hels_belles
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Penguins on the Peninsula, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Penguins on the Peninsula
Apr 4, 2006 (5 photos)

"When you hear the jokes about the amount of sheep there are in New Zealand you might not think it so funny when you actually see for yourself. The journey down from Christchurch to ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by meercatvinny
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Penguins and Wine, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Penguins and Wine
Feb 8, 2005 (3 photos)

"The Otago peninsula was one of the coolest places that I visited while in New Zealand. If you are thinking of studying aborad I would highly reccomend the University of Otago in Du ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by theronrobley
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ppppick up a penguin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog ppppick up a penguin
Jul 20, 2005 (6 photos)

"We set off From Lake Tekapo after having a short walk around it and taking a few shots of the picturesque little church. Its the first lake we have seen and it has the classic brig ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by tonyandsarah
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World's steepest street and a Wildlife Tour, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog World's steepest street and a Wildlife Tour
Mar 9, 2005 (11 photos)

"The morning of Wednesday 9th march was walking up at the worlds steepest street!. Baldwin Street, at Dunedin's Northern end is reputed by the Guinness Book of Records as being the ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by whereiscliffy
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Dunedin, South Island, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin, South Island
Dec 17, 2004 (7 photos)

"Well, what can we say about Dunedin! It is supposed to be the Edinburgh of the South (that's the very far south, not England!) but it is blatantly nothing like it! However, it coul ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by carolandthomas
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Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin
Apr 2, 2005 (2 photos)

"We arrived in Dunedin and booked into our hostel, it sounded really posh from the description as it was also a hotel, but I can safely say that this was the worst place I have stay ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by penguinmad
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Video Nasty, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Video Nasty
Nov 13, 2005 (1 photo)

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A travel blog entry from Dunedin by stevejames
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Its frickin' freezin' down here Mr Bigglesworth, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Its frickin' freezin' down here Mr Bigglesworth
Apr 9, 2005 (5 photos)

"Our first stop after Christchurch was at Akaroa, a little fishing town on the Banks Peninsula originally colonised by the French. The whole area, and the drive to it, defies descri ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by bush-trotters
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Second week of the Lions tour, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Second week of the Lions tour
Jun 21, 2005

"This tour is really hotting up now. More and more plane loads of Lions fans are arriving each day and the country is a sea of red. There is an advertising campaign here trying to g ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by brendanlarkin
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Drunk micks and big chicks, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Drunk micks and big chicks
Mar 18, 2004 (7 photos)

"Monday March 15th My arms were stiff from trying to stay on the board and not drowning during yesterday's river trip and so I decided that today would be a chill out day. Fiona had ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by dazzla
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Bouncing here and there, and everywhere, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Bouncing here and there, and everywhere
Feb 18, 2005

"When you think of New Zealand, most people automatically think of Lord of the Rings. There are tons of tours, however I refuse to pay for them. It's a beautiful country with rollin ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by ajpeel
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The Steepest Road in the World, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog The Steepest Road in the World
Jun 6, 2005 (4 photos)

"Our visit to Dunedin was a quick one as we don't like driving round cities in the campervan, and because we had a long journey ahead of us. However, we did find time to stop and cl ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by shonandgraham
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Och Aye, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Och Aye
Feb 28, 2004 (8 photos)

"From Invercargill it was time to start moving back north up the East Coast of the South Island, hopefully in search of warmer weather and a little less rain! On the way to the Scot ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by vicki
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Seals on Beaches!, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Seals on Beaches!
Dec 19, 2004 (9 photos)

"Today was another long day as we explored the deep South. We headed right along the South Coast and in to the remote Catlin's wilderness. Well I wasn't prepared for it and I really ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by scottwoz
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Clip Clop Clip Clop, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Clip Clop Clip Clop
Feb 21, 2005

" 21st February 2005 Clip Clop Clip Clop ....horseriding today, by the beach, and, its sunny! With my vast experience of horses (err, one ride last year), this should be no problem ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by shaunduvall
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Exit Otago, Enter Exeloo, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Exit Otago, Enter Exeloo
Dec 17, 2003 (3 photos)

"After packing and saying goodbye, we pass out of the dry rough range south of Alexandra. The forces that shaped the many hills of Otago lost energy here, only managing to labour pi ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by mbgower
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Chapter 13:  Happy Thanksgiving?, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Chapter 13: Happy Thanksgiving?
Nov 28, 2003 (10 photos)

"It's funny how easily you forget about important days when you're far away from the people who celebrate them. Thanksgiving, for example, completely escaped my mind until I got a n ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by easyread
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Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin
Aug 16, 2004

"Hi Guys, You can read our update from Dunedin in our entry from Kaikoura, New Zealand entitled 'The Last of the Cliff Climbing Penguins!'. Cheers, K & S ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by kevandsian
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Dunedin - Scotland of the South, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin - Scotland of the South
Nov 25, 2003 (5 photos)

"As we drove down the steep and winding road into Dunedin, I felt sure that the scenery around us was pretty impressive, unfortunately the weather was so bad that we could barely se ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by andanddan
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Real Life, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Real Life
Mar 15, 2004

"Well it's been a while since I last updated and I've been quite busy. I'm now living in Dunedin, still trying to find somewhere semi-permanent to live, but I do have a job, so that ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by hils
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Otago Wildlife, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Otago Wildlife
Sep 3, 2003 (5 photos)

"Noon Onwards Day 218 - Dunedin We'd booked onto a wildlife tour for this afternoon prior to this morning's debacle and after an unpromising start it turned out to be superb. We wer ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by kandg
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Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin
Jun 24, 2008 (4 photos)

"Another lovely drive in beautiful New Zealand, stopping at Benmore Dam, Elephant Rocks (Aslan's Camp in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe,) Omaru and the Moreaki Boulders we arri ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by kimandrob


Arrival and beyond., Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Arrival and beyond.
Oct 13, 2007 (20 photos)

"After an eternity of flying over the Pacific from Los Angeles, we arrived in Christchurch for 3 days to settle jet lag and to present credentials to a rep of the NZ medical board. ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by donjohn


Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin
Mar 8, 2007

"South East Coast fun with Albatrosses ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by gojoadventures


Chocolate and beer, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Chocolate and beer
Mar 3, 2007 (4 photos)

"Even hillier than Sheffield. Has officially the steepest street in  the World too. ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by gilesandjane


On Top Backpackers, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog On Top Backpackers
Feb 25, 2008

"We've never been treated with such disrespect.  The staff at this hostel has no sense of customer service and is EXTREMELY RUDE!  Do NOT stay here! ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by amwiley


Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin
Mar 13, 2008 (22 photos)

"  Rain...   We woke up to the sound of rain pouring down on the van. As we have learned so far when the day starts out raining, that is most likely how it will end! Lucky ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by i-wander


Te Anau via Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Te Anau via Dunedin
Jun 11, 2007

"We woke up only to find we were totally frozen because as i said we bush camped so had no power for heating.  once we had thawed out we set of towards Oumarau, where we had a ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by rachellocke


Chocolate and Beer, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Chocolate and Beer
Dec 18, 2005

"Cadbury chocolate factory Speights Brewery tour ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by beth


Dundein and the Otago Penisula, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dundein and the Otago Penisula
May 30, 2006 (27 photos)

"Hi Eveyone, Arrived into Dunedin last Sunday, 12,000 miles away from Dublin! The town's origins are Scottish as most of the immigrants to arrive there in the 1800's were from Scotl ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by thephibbles


Well i'm now in dunedin founded by the ..., Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Well i'm now in dunedin founded by the ...
Jan 23, 2003

"Well, I'm now in Dunedin, founded by the Scottish Free Church, and therefore basically a Scottish settlement in the early days. Not surprisingly then, it boasts NZs only Whiskey di ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by no_one119


All aboard the Magic Bus!, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog All aboard the Magic Bus!
Feb 11, 2007 (4 photos)

"Kia-Ora from New Zealand! Doesn't time fly, it's been nearly two weeks since our last blog. We've been busy seeing NZ and haven't had much spare time but after much travelling we'v ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by rconkling


Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin
Aug 12, 2007 (3 photos)

"Dunedin - ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by jon_lyall


The Otago Peninsula and Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog The Otago Peninsula and Dunedin
Mar 24, 2005 (7 photos)

"I saw seals today!!! We went on this amazing tour with Nature's Wonders of a private farm and voluntary conservation area on these little eight-wheeled golf carts called Argos arou ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by katieb


Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin
Jul 14, 2008 (52 photos)

"Monday 13th July We woke at a reasonable hour and by chance found out we had arrived in Dunedin on chocolate festival week. We were told by the cleaner that there was a famous race ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by christina_sam


Done Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Done Dunedin
Mar 17, 2006

"Howdy Folks. Well, the weather is absolute crap here in Dunedin, but I have to say, not a bad little city ... not at all! Very hilly, not to big .... kinda reminds me of Guelph a l ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by miss_clay


Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin
Mar 24, 2008

"Life suddenly felt as though it was beginning to slow down a little again as we left Queenstown behind us. We made our way out towards Dunedin along the old gold mining trail takin ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by felicityb


Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin
Jun 2, 2005 (7 photos)

"Dunedin ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by jdr00


Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin
Mar 4, 2008

"4th March 2008 Before completely running out of time in New Zealand we managed a stopover in Dundedin which has quite a British feel to it. The weather was pretty rubbish while we ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by gemandsam


Down to Dunedin!, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Down to Dunedin!
Dec 3, 2007 (5 photos)

"Left christchurch around 1pmish to drive down to dunedin...a 4ish hour drive.. extended of course by my stopping off to look at the moeraki boulders! Now onea the writeups they get ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by rachemurphy


From here every step is a step home, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog From here every step is a step home
Jun 15, 2007 (17 photos)

"This morning we headed east to Dunedin, the furthest we would be, geographically, from home.  The journey was quick and soon we were in the NZ Edinburgh.  The centre of t ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by tonyandsara_rtw


Allo from Dunedin (Gaelic for Edinburgh), Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Allo from Dunedin (Gaelic for Edinburgh)
Mar 6, 2006

"Well! Driving to Dunedin was just about like driving through Babe's movie set, it was so great. One hill I saw was spotted with white sheep, EVERYWHERE! It was great. Hopefully I'l ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by andieontheloose


Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin
Nov 27, 2007

"I would like to thank all my amazing readers for the response to my question regarding the speeding ticket, winning with 1 vote is the not paying option so i have decided to beciom ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by russellffc


Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin
Mar 23, 2006 (10 photos)

"23rd March Stopped for some more food supplies and bought a double duvet as it was colder than we expected it would be in the tent and then drove West for a couple of hours until w ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by richsarasloper


Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin
Feb 19, 2007 (5 photos)

"We arived to the scotish influenced town of Dunedin and drove around completly lost for a good half hour looking for the campsite. When we eventually found the place, I was glad to ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by surfer_soul


Queenstown - Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Queenstown - Dunedin
Apr 9, 2006 (3 photos)

"I was quite impressed to hear the people in the room next to us getting into bed, just as we were getting up at 6.45am. They obviously showed full commitment to being a partying ba ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by dandewey1974


Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin
Feb 12, 2008 (12 photos)

"So from the party city of Queenstown, we headed back over to the East coast to a place called Dunedin. It apparently got its name from its resemblence to Edinburgh....obvious not f ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by babyt


Leaving Doodenin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Leaving Doodenin
Jan 22, 2008 (364 photos)

"Alas, we are finally leaving dunedin....or as we like to call it Doodenin... Dont really have time to write a full entry but I wanted to download as much pics as I can thus far bc ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by linzinnz


Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin
Jan 17, 2008 (8 photos)

"Situee sur la Otago Peninsula, Dunedin et ses environs est une region a ne pas manquer.  Nous y avons vu des lions de mer plutot paresseux etandus sur la plage.  ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by luckylove


Sea, sun and albatrosses., Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Sea, sun and albatrosses.
Mar 18, 2007

"Ely -  We arrived in Dunedin to a great hostel, an old restored mansion which is supposedly haunted. After a night on the town where we did dinner and went to see the new Simo ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by nwillz


The South East and Otago Penninsula, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog The South East and Otago Penninsula
Jun 11, 2008 (10 photos)

"We left Chirstchurch in glorious sunshine but with a frost in the air - just like in England in the winter. The main road south out of the city took us parallel to a range of mount ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by clairechris2008


Spellbound in Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Spellbound in Dunedin
Apr 7, 2008 (21 photos)

"We set off for Dunedin which was about 300km away.  The roads are not very busy in New Zealand and I haven't yet seen a motorway or a duel carriage road.  Needless t ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by nickandbev


Busy, busy, busy!, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Busy, busy, busy!
May 31, 2007 (11 photos)

"Hey guys! So after we had all recovered from our bungying, we decided to say a while in Queenstown. One because then we didnt have to get up early for the Magic bus which considers ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by gemmatthews


Dunedin and Seacliff - what to do and what not..., Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Dunedin and Seacliff - what to do and what not...
Feb 25, 2006 (9 photos)

"Hey guys! How're you all doing? Here continues my travelogue for the last 3 days! :) OAMARU The main attraction in Oamaru are the pinguins. There are two kinds - the rare yellow-ey ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by liorusii


Southern Scenic route, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Southern Scenic route
Feb 12, 2007

"stopped in Dunedin to update blog. ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by markandrebecca


Otago Peninsula, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Otago Peninsula
Oct 9, 2007 (5 photos)

"Hello Everyone, I am back to the east coast of New Zealand. The big city here is called Dunedin but we chose to stay out on the Otago peninsula. The Otago peninsula is not very far ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by gajordandk51


Glaciars, fjords and penguins, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Glaciars, fjords and penguins
Feb 16, 2008 (40 photos)

"Rebecca: Hello from Dunedin, probably New Zealand's most Scottish town. The houses are either typically British terraced brick houses or Victorian mansions. The weather is bad with ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by tomandbecky


Yellow eyed penguins but no Albatross..., Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Yellow eyed penguins but no Albatross...
Aug 27, 2006 (27 photos)

"Richard After our long drive from Milford Sound we didn't arrive in Dunedin until quite late in the afternoon. Having both driven a long way we couldn't face cooking so had a very ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by richardandfiona


Land of Students and Beaut Cantonese Curries, Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Land of Students and Beaut Cantonese Curries
Feb 19, 2006 (1 photo)

"Our first day on the Bottom Bus... we were still recovering from the madness of Queenstown so didnt do a lot.. but when we got to Dunedin instead of going on the Cadbury's tour (it ..."

A travel blog entry from Dunedin by clareyandnic


Heading South for the Winter..., Dunedin, New Zealand travel blog Heading South for the Winter...
May 4, 2006

"Hannah: Today saw us heading off on a bus tour to cover the Southernmost part of mainland New Zealand. We starte