Flag Hotels Cargills Hotel Dunedin

... private viewing. Being bent double for too long doesn&#8217;t do my back any favors and I wasn&#8217;t keen on pushing our luck by going further in without equipment so we backtracked banging a few heads and elbows on the way but it would be great to go back and explore them as they go on for quite a few km&#8217;s.<br><br>On the way to tonight&#8217;s accommodation we stopped a few times at wetlands and some cloudy view points but owing to previous days events we had ...

... removed from the multitude of zoo experiences we've had. It became even more so when he decided (all 300kg of him) that he'd had enough posing for the cameras and chased us off down the beach! Apparently sea lions can move at 20 km/h on land but luckily he settled down when we bolted so we didn't have to see that particular fact in action. Down at the end of the beach we got to watch some rare yellow-eyed penguin return home from a day at sea - again it felt like a ...

... were surrounded by a group of Japanese tourists, who seemed determined that every member of their party should be photographed striking various poses, whilst seated on the boulders!!! Conscious that time was not on our side we simply grabbed what photo opportunities we could, like tourists who simply tick off the sights they have seen, and hurried back to the car without stopping long enough to appreciate them!! Finally we reached Dunedin, which from ...

... you switched it off and switched it back on again" etc), it sprang reluctantly back into life. YESSSSS, thought I. Until about five minutes later, when it absolutely insisted it could not find me, the satellite, or, indeed, New Zealand. After many minutes of contrary instructions ("continue for 51km" immediately followed by "do a U turn" immediately followed by "after 820m, turn left"), I decided to just switch the damn thing off and put it in the side pocket ...

... had some live music, then onto a very odd nightclub. The coolest music, the stickiest floor, the most bizarre laser show downstairs, it was memorable! Surprisingly, we all felt fairly fresh the next day, and fortified with a trendy brunch, we headed off to do some shopping. Mainly halloween costume and decoration bits and pieces were purchased, soon it all became too much and we retired to a bar for afternoon cocktails! Strangely, after mocking Dunedin's "city" status ...

... card games and drinks in the evening with Josh, Valarie and Sebastian. Tuesday 14th July We set off early to visit the free museum in Dunedin, which had plenty of information on the history of Otago. Including a gem of info about how to see the yellow eyed penguins (the rarest penguin in the world) for free. Luckily Sebastian had a car and kindly offered us a lift to see these penguins in Sand Fly beach. We set off for the beach mid ...

... a deal with a sheep farmer to access their private beaches, so it's not a place I could have gone on my own.  We walked down to the beach and saw a couple penguins who had walked up from the beach.  They go fishing during the day and come up on the beach in the late afternoon/early evening.  We were there around 4 pm.  There were a couple of sea lions lying on the beach.  Apparently they hang out during the day, and then go fishing at night.  We walked up into the grass up ...

... een keer een filmpje met mijn camera ergens van te maken.... :-D<br>En het mooiste van alles was Tarzan, het grootste en meest trotse mannetje van de club. Hij lag in het gras recht naast de loopgraven toen wij eruit kwamen.... En bleef daar doodleuk liggen, een beetje arrogant haast! Hahaha! Errug bijzonder dus weer.<br><br>De volgende dag was het alweer tijd om te vertrekken richting Oamaru (vertaald uit het Maori: de schuilplaats van Maru, een kleine, lokale god): Janet Frame Town!