Oamaru is famous for it's Penguin Colonies located along the coast. We went out on an evening trip to view the Yellow Eyed Penguins as they came onto the beach to rest.We also viewed a Blue penguin colony which was absolutely incredible to watch. They came off the sea in groups of about 10 and slowly made their way to their nests.Amazing experia...

Alex: We left a beautiful sunny Te Anau heading for Dunedin, the Moeraki Boulders and finally Oamaru. We arrived in Dunedin (Edinburgh of the South apparently) hoping to find a nice spot to sit and eat our lunch, but the rain had other ideas so we ate in the car and then headed out for a whistle stop wander around Dunedin. We took in the gorgeou...

We decided to stop the night in Oamaru for one reason and one reason only...penguins. This place is well known for its Blue penguin and Yellow-eyed penguin colonies. Got to see the Blues surfing in on the waves to shore at dusk and scuttle up to their nesting area. Pretty cool really. Also got to see some Yellows as well from afar. So, given tha...

This morning we had another early wake up call, but at least I wasn't stuck to my mattress refusing to see the world as I have been doing so the last couple of mornings because of the cold! It was quite chilly where we stayed, but it was rather dry and I had my brand new possum socks to keep me warm. They might consider them as pests over here, ...

After staying in Winton for the best part of a week, it was time to say goodbye and head on up round the east coast on our way back up to Picton for the end of the month. First stop was Oamaru, a small town famed mainly for being a prime spot to see the Little Blue and Yellow eared Penguins. We managed to see both while we were here, the yellow ...

Oamaru is a little village half way between Christchurch and Dunedin. I stayed in the Red Kettle Youth Hostel which was very comfortable and friendly. Oamaru is the Penguin capital of New Zealand so I booked on the Penguin Express to go and visit them. Bruce and his bus picked me up outside the hostel at 7.00pm and our first stop was Bushy Beach...