Oamaru Hostels - Reviews and Rates

We decided to go to Oamaru after Lake Wanaka to visit my buddy Elaine that I met at the golf outing. She was the sweetest lady and invited us to stay with her and her husband, should we be in the area. When I called her, I told her we'd be happy to stay in our tent in their yard but she insisted that we stay inside. We when got there we were so ...

Apologies for the last 2 entries, I might have been on the beers... Stopped at a couple of places on the way to Oamaru. A windswept part of the coast where sea lions live, hanging out with their mates, doing the usual fighting,swimming, chasing, sleeping. We watched them for a bit as you could get quite close and they didn´t bat an eyelid, or sh...

Camping on the East Coast from just north of Dunedin to Christchurch lots of surf fishing for the Canadians...more camp fires for me. Tried to see penguins but they were all out to sea to feed during the day. Didn't get to surf in Oamaru like I wanted but no worries Australia will have plenty of that.Left the Canadians today flying back to Auckl...

So off we went to Oamaru where we were going to get to see some penguins and we were very excited about that! We got there at about 6 in the evening just in time to catch the yellow eyed penguins coming in... or so we thought. No wonder this part of the penguin spotting was free. you can't go down to the beach to see them as you'll scare them so...

My first coach trip from Christchurch was a success. It was straightforward and I got to see New Zealand countryside along the way. I arrived in Oamaru with the plan to see the penguins in their natural habitat. On my first day I did the skyline walk around the surrounding hills of the town, it took me through fields, forest and a valley. It was...