Dunedin Railway Station

Dunedin and Lake Tekapo

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April 20th 2007
After the much rated but never over-hyped Queenstown, we headed to the east coast and to the very Scottish town of Dunedin (it means 'Edinburgh of the south' apparently...) Our 2 days was filled mostly with some wildlife spotting on the Otago Peninsula, which was better than it sounds! Although it was a tad cold we saw Royal Albotros' (Albotri?!), Seals, Sea-Lions and Yellow Eyed Penguins to n ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more