Livingspace Dunedin

... back to Larnach Castle (we ended up staying a second night, because it was too beautiful to leave) and took part in a very special dinner. For guests of the castle, you can have a 3 course meal with your fellow residents in the castle dining room. It was a pretty special experience. We met some wonderful fellow travelers, enjoyed a delicious 3 course meal and some great New Zealand wine in an exceptional setting. A nice way to end our time at the castle.

... churning out thousands of chocolate every second. One million chocolate buttons are made every 8 hours!!! Towards the end of the tour we got to see the amazing chocolate waterfall, the amount of chocolate that came out was impressive, a ton of chocolate in about 30 seconds. After stuffing our faces with chocolate we went to the supermarket, did some shopping and then spent the evening playing board games, saving our money and energy for going out tommorow night, satuday night!!!

... buying everything! It was just as well Dunedin is good for shopping. On the way to the chocolate factory, the small hole in my jeans decided it would turn into a much bigger hole. It was threatening to spoil my dignity! I spent a lot of my tour round the chocolate factory slightly paranoid I was exposing myself, and was very glad to be able to get the shops afterwards to replace my Jeans. Meeting back up with my ...

... we settled down for a while to enjoy the tranquil setting. We considered booking at the Royal Albatross Centre, but refrained after witnessing a magnificent albatross glide gracefully towards us as we stood on a bluff towards the rear of the car park. This is also a good spot to enjoy the antics of seagulls nesting on the sheer cliffs. Having completed his fly-by, the albatross veered out over the ocean and ...

... You can only see the site during low tide, so we were pretty lucky to be there at the right time. More impressive is what B2 found on the side of the beach - two molting penguins. You're not allowed to get too close, since you can scare them, but we managed to get some zoomed in photos. We were in total awe - we saw penguins in the wild!!! This is ...

This is the Southern Scenic Route in the South Island. We started in Te Anau after leaving Milford Sound, stocked up on groceries and headed south. Clifden was our first stop where we visited the Clifden Suspension Bridge and then the caves. Darren went in the caves and saw some trippy glow worms. <br><br>We drove on looking for a place to stay and ended up at Waiau Downs, an hour ...

... while glaring at me out of her evil orange eyes. Well, what would you do? I abandoned the possible marker and took to my heels before she could gather herself for another flight, the sound of Hitchcockian squawking still ringing in my ears. (In the end, I was going the wrong way, and stressed the poor thing out for nothing - after another few minutes I found some footprints not yet covered by the blowing sand and followed them to the actual exit and back to the path.)

... housing the remnants of materials recently used in re-painting and decorating the building. Nice. We went out that night to explore. Find some dinner, have a few drinks. Unfortunately, however, something really got to me regarding my father's death. And it took over me. I couldn't stop thinking about him, remembering when I last saw him, So, our first night out in Dunedin was spent with me bursting into tears in the pub while playing cards but trying to convince ...

... and a soda for $6 (way cheap by nz standards) or soup and a roll for $4. got my first paycheck today from them! yay! jackie (my boss and the owner's stepdaughter) says she will be trying to give me 4-5 days a week, which would be awesome. i've been doing some thinking--and planning--about my immediate future and what exactly i want to do and where i want to go. as of right now, i think i'm going to stay in Dunedin until september or ...

... Rocks with fossils of trees in them mind you, but superficially no different to any other beach anywhere. And actually fossils of wood are not nearly as exciting as fossils of, say, dinosaurs. I mean wood itself is pretty much straight and liney. Still I struggled on, and was cheered by seeing a really big sea lion and lots of waddling yellow eyed penguins on my way to Dunedin. Dunedin is the student capital of New Zealand and when I was out in a bar I was a ...