Southern Cross Hotel Dunedin

... than others but the percentage of population that is associated with the University makes it central to things. The Southern Cross Scenic Circle Hotel is centrally located, it offers spacious rooms and has under cover secure parking. being a students city ...

... moving, arriving in Dunedin at around 8pm with not a clue where to stay or where to eat.  After checking in to the Southern Cross Hotel, we went searching for dinner at 9:30.  After a whole lot of turn downs, we finally found a bite and hit the ...

... Boulders site north of Dunedin, where the restaurant is apparently noted for the quality of seafood.  At Dunedin we stayed at the Scenic Hotel, an older style 1930's building which also incorporated the casino.  After unpacking I set off up ...

Dunedin! We just loved this town! The laid back, college influenced, yet remote feel of this small southern city left a long lasting impression on all of us. We sort of randomly explored throughout the day, especially enjoying the ocean views from the ...

... on our way to Middlemarch to catch the train to Dunedin. On the train we were captivated by all the fabulous scenery in the Taiere Groge. We arrived to Dunedin in time for some dinner, but retired quickly as the jet lag was beginning to really kick ...

Travelled from Te Anau to Dunedin.  Different but beautiful countryside reminding us of Scotland.  Stopped off for coffee a couple of times then in hotel by lunchtime.  A walk round the city this pm and hit the shops - not enough to improve ...

Hi Everyone! Well we made it to Florida! We are in Dunedin which is on the Gulf Coast. We love it here and are looking for a new home. More to come on that... Now we have much to share on our last leg of the trip...sorry for not sending more ...

... Gorge Road is the best Brown Trout river in the world. There is a sign on the outskirts of Invercargill that says it is the "Southern Most City in the World" but I have seen a similar sign in Chile. The first thing that strikes you about the city is ...

... onwards to Queenstown, party central! We stopped off at Lake Matheson mid morning, often called the Mirror Lake reflecting the Southern Alps – a perfect picture postcard stop for some great photos.  We then stopped at Wanaka where we picked up ...

... a change from our journey down the west coast; however, the journey still has a sting in its tail! We pass through the southern outskirts of Dunedin on our first "Motorway" since Auckland, all 5 miles of it. Once through Dunedin the road and the scenery ...

... .  The weather changed just as rapidly and turned to torrential rain as we descended into Dunedin, not the best advert for the Edinburgh of the Southern hemisphere.  We booked into a swanky motel ($120), complete with swimming pool, and then ...

... the towns. Friday 19th February 2010: Westport to Hanmer Springs We had had enough of the West Coast, and headed inland to cross the Southern Alps via the Lewis Pass. On our way, we passed several abandoned gold and coalmines. We stopped for coffee in a ...

... , they calmed down quite soon after we got there and went back to sleep. And that was the Catlins really. We arrived into Dunedin to find that the hotel (not as plush as it sounds - they had a couple of dorms at the back for us scummy backpackers!) was ...

... through the silent beauty of the Marlborough Sounds.  It really reminded me of the Navimag ferry sailing through the southern fiords of Chile - a similar landscape but a lot warmer and with beautiful turquoise waters.  As usual I missed ...

... . Sinful!! and soooo British.     We also visited the poorly named Sandfly Bay. This is on the southern side of the peninsula which is undeveloped, presumably because it is exposed to the cold southerly winds which blow almost constantly. ...

... another new rental car we raced out into the wilderness of the country, visiting Lake Tekapo for the views of the Southern Alps, and then on to Moeraki to see strange spherical honeycomb centre boulders and eventually Dunedin. Dunedin is an old Scottish ...

... here) to stock our minute fridge and cupboard and eventually leave Christchurch at 3pm. A beautiful drive through some amazing scenery (the Southern Alps as a backdrop to every turn we make) takes us south along State Highway 1 - no traffic jams or queues ...

... valley full of the country's biggest and best geothermal wonders including the Kakahi Falls, the largest hot waterfall in the southern hemisphere and a boiling whirlpool which was New Zealand's largest. We strolled around in relative isolation compared to ...