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Fjordland National Park - Dunedin
Toen kapitein Cook in 1769 voor anker lag voor 1 van de vele fjorden aan de Westkust, durfde hij de fjord niet binnenvaren. Hij noemde de plaats Doubtful Harbour, later werd dit aangepast naar Doubtful Sound. Wij durfden wel en we waren niet alleen :) Zwermen zandmuggen (sandflies) die niks anders doen dan eens goed bijten, we staan dan ook vol van …
We've entered NZ's Scottish corner....
Well, here we are at sunny (ok today it is rather grey) Dunedin.....the Scottish quarter starts here. We left Timaru this morning, after a brief coffee stop in town and headed to Oamaru, about 50mins away. Here we found The Barrel House, maker of fine NZ whiskey. A little taste warmed us up for the remaining trip to Dunedin. Approx 2 hours later, …
Disappointing Dunedin but awesome Otago
A weekend off and the whole of the South Island to choose from. We decided on Dunedin and the Otago Peninsula as we wanted to see the Albatross colony whose webcam we had viewed whilst back in the UK - it always seemed to show the same Albatross, which looked as though it was stuffed! We left for the 3 hour car journey in dreadful weather with …
Dunedin
... the city had a Scottish vibe, it felt more like Glasgow to me.
The city has several suburbs and student / university areas which we also looked around. We went to the steepest street in the world and of course had fun walking it up, watching cars drive up it and taking photos.
We spent a day driving around the Peninsular where we kept an eye out for albatrosses and penguins. ...
Thirsty work, this exploring
... if it hadn’t been for the fact he was genuinely proud and passionate about the brand, I’d have thought his big grin and laughter came with drinking on the job. The drinking part for all came at the end though, and I got to sample all six of Speight’s creations, favouring the dark ale the most.
And that ended my whirlwind tour of Dunedin, and my South Island exploring before I head back to my hostel base in Picton tomorrow. It’s been quite the mini ...