Kingsgate Hotel Brydone Oamaru
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Its all Balls really
Happy Birthday Paula!
We were told that balls may play a part in out journey to Oamaru, what we didn't realise just how big. Let us explain. On a beach at Moeraki there are these large almost perfectly spherical spheres of stone that measure anything up to a metre across. They were created in the same way a pearl is in an oyster. A pebble, …
All this way for a little penguin
We woke up to cloudy, overcast skies. The beautiful weather of the past two days was history! We enjoyed a delicious full cooked breakfast and chatted with the other guests at TreLawn Place. It was a very pleasant way to start the day. Today our destination was Oamaru where we would visit the Blue Penguin Colony in time to see them come home after …
Old Bones At Oamaru
... a chocolate waterfall flow and were given hot chocolate to taste as well as a goodie bag to take away with us. After a 90 minute tour I was now very knowledgeable on how chocolate bars, chocolate drinks and Easter bunnies are made. Back in the van we stopped at KFC for me to grab a quick bite and then headed for Omaru a small town enroute to Christchurch. Omaru seemed to have some interesting things to see to so we decided to stay there for the night and as ...
Shag point, Moeraki boulders, blue penguins
... instead they choose to scramble up the rocks at the side of the ramp. Then they huddled together under a boat and then they stood together between a small shed and a fence and waited for others to join them. Then in groups of about 10 they watched the road before collectively waddling across as fast as their little legs would allow. The penguins did this for well over an hour. One came up the other side of the ramp where we were all ...
Swimming With Hector
... future. The “punk” in steampunk is a rebellion against the present day’s preference for plastic and the disposable way of life. For many it is a search for where society might have taken the wrong turn at the end of the Victorian era’ (nice try at connecting with the rest of the town). I had a great time exploring this bizarre setup but DH stood outside most of the time wistfully staring across the street at the ‘afternoon tea’ place (sorry ...
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