Asure Armada Motor Inn Oamaru

... by Europeans in the 1850s. The town prospered due to refrigerated meat shipping. The town is known for its “whitestone” buildings made of limestone which are still standing. As soon as we checked in to our Top 10 Holiday Park, we booked a guided tour to see the Oamaru’s best attraction, their penguin colonies. We cooked a quick dinner and met the tour at 6:45. First, we toured through town seeing the imposing ...

On arrival in Oamaru we checked into a nice hostel in an old town house. We then headed straight for the cliffs to watch the blue penguins come in. The waves were at least 4m high, but the penguins didn't seem to care. They still waddles home, back to their burrows, avoiding the resident rabbit and a feral cat. After this we made prawn curry and went to bed. We awoke to bright sunlight streaming through ...

... really know what to expect here, but since it was on our route we figured we'd stop and have a look anyway :). The reason these boulders are so special is that they are almost perfectly spherical. And as un-interesting as that might sound at first glance, once we saw them we were quite puzzled and impressed by them. Yes, they are just large rocks, but the weirdness of the whole scene... Several large boulders that look like they could have been God's ...

... as well which was fairly dull and we started to wonder why we had bothered going on the tour when the driver, Denis, said that the actual penguin bits were self-guided, but as time went on he started to give more bits of info and then it gradually came out in passing that he used to be the manager of the blue penguin colony and had built it up from nothing to where it was today. We then passed a road sign with a penguin on it and he announced that it was his idea and design and was ...

... me much to the disgust of a unimpressed Hannah quiet fun. Until we hit the highway that is when our roles reversed and my temper exploded at every vehicle being blow to close. Hannah seemed better able to see the futility in the this rage and managed alarm but calm. To our surprise we did make it to the Moaraki boulders and actually got to see said boulders. They are giant round rocks on a otherwise sandy beach they ...

... blessed to watch dolphins playing in the tempestuous sea. I was enraptured - in absolute, childish awe. Each time I saw their shiny bodies break the surface I had to hold back a squeal. I clapped my hands together like a child who is receiving their much anticipated treat. Walking passed the seal tanning on the beach and hearing the growl from his toothy mouth was also exhilerating! I ended up running, fearful of him chasing after me, but of course I was grinning the ...

... next to our car. i was afraid to use the flash on my camera in fear i would scare it, so i appologize for the blurriness, but it's the best we could do. we drove the hour and a half back to dunedin only passing five or six cars on the way home-- ah, new zealand traffic. although we were tired, both vincent and i couldn't stop saying (yet again) what a great day it was. Love you all so very much, especially uncle Tom--my thoughts and prayers are with you. *katelin P ...

... pointing out where they were. we were like "Oh yeeeeaaaahhhhh"... couldn't see a thing. Jumped back in the car and sped off to catch the Blue Penguins coming in at dusk. This, you had to pay for. $20 or something but it was worth it. It was a Blue Penguin Reserve where they provide homes for the penguins and track their comings and goings but other than that pretty much leave them to their daily routines. So we paid in, got a hot chocolate (it was pretty cold) and ...

Hi everyone Well, after a hoplessly euphoric welcome to NZ, we then descended down the east coast with the aim of doing a big horshoe - down east coast, across the south, up the west coast and over to the North Island. So then, from English Christchurch and Utopian Akaora we drove down in one day to Oamaru. We passed through several other small towns, but I honestly can't recall anything about them so they must have been very dull indeed! The great thing ...

... gaan. Op de Walkway heb ik wat rondgewandeld en de grote tribune bekeken waar wij op verplicht zouden worden om plaats te nemen; achter het hek. En daar aan dat hek, een gevreesd bordje: er mochten, onder geen enkele omstandigheid, foto's of video opnames van de pinguins gemaakt worden. Nou zeg??<br>Na bij het Informatie Centrum te zijn geweest, was het me duidelijk: de flitsen van camera's kunnen de pinguins op den duur blind maken en hoewel altijd iedereen beloofd ...