Dunedin Hotels - Reviews and Rates

The drive from Invercargill to Dunedin takes in an area of coastline known as The Catlins after an early landowner. This area is very pretty with waterfalls, cliffs, caves and copious wildlife. The drive through this area takes quite a while despite the distances not being too far.

First stop was Bluff Point which is the equivalent of La...

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All packed and sorted.. we'll see how well this pans out at 5.45am tomorrow when I'm picked up for the airport.

Will update this when possible, and add photos when I can.. so hopefully this will keep everyone's (mums) stress levels to a minimum!

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Back to the East coast again, but this time a bit further south in Dunedin, at the base of the Otago penninsula. The bus ride here was an uneventful five hours through farms and orchards and many, many fields of sheep. We drove through a couple of darling, quaint little towns--Cromwell, Alexandra, Roxburgh, and stopped in Lawrence at The Wild Wa...

Well, I am happy to say the days since we have left Ashburton have been a considerable improvement on those few days. We were happy to leave the town behind to board the bus to Queenstown. We saw some amazing scenery on the way- lots of mountains and incredibly blue lakes. I also had possibly the best iced coffee EVER at our lunch stop. (Those s...

Dunedin is know as the 'Edinburgh' of the south. Its the only place in New Zealand that has a castle apparently, and it did have Scottish feel about the place...buildings etc. Itys also a university town so it was quite young with lots of students.But the highlight of trip to 'Dunners' was visiting the Cadbury's factory. Yes I was in element. Yo...

Just to give you an idea of where Dunedin is and where we have travelled....update to follow under separate cover...

hey guys! my mid-semester break (spring break, i guess!) is starting friday morning 8am as abby, sarah and i hitch a ride with sarah's friend, Vicki up to Christchurch! then we will catch a flight saturday morning up to Auckland, stay at my aunt's place for one night after picking up our campervan from auckland international airport. campervan a...

today i went and bought an on-sale awesome bright red tramping backpack from (love this store) Kathmandu (and a pack raincover! that i have been looking for for months in Toronto but never found, but not relevant to this story. just a general happy moment) that i plan to use when i go tour north island with my two flatties, Abby and Sarah. Now I...

Went for the Elm Wildlife tour today. The Otago Peninsula, adjacent to Dunedin, is world-famous for its wildlife and birdlife. Of note are the Yellow-Eyed Penguin (Hoiho in Maori), one of the rarest penguins, the Royal Albatross (the only mainland Royal ALbatross colony is here) and the New Zealand sealions. The tour only started at 1pm so I had...

Boxing Day and it's brillant sunshine. Day of Boxing Day sales (they have them here too), t'internet for the last few days, and King Kong later on. New Zealand is mad about King Kong because they made it here. Possibly the smallest cinema in the world... but then it's a wonder they have electricity!