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Getting Lost in Timaru  
   

Getting Lost in Timaru

There's an ocean around here, somewhere, isn't there? So people have been asking what do I do all day while Jack is saving lives?? I walk, walk, walk, getting lost on purpose...to know this lovely town. I did find some beautiful walkways by Caroline bay...will send in another posting. Also, walking is a good antidote for all the delicious food NZ offers and the overeating sampling it all!!
Dunedin!!!

January 18th 2009
Having been on call on Thursday night, we decided to take the two and half hour drive south to Dunedin, a college town of 122,000 plus some 27,000 students (who, by the way, are on summer holiday). On the way, we stopped at the highly recommended Fleur's Place (www.fleursplace.com) next to Moeraki Bay. We ate a delightful meal under the watchful eye of Fleur herself. It is hard to believe it ha ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Timaru

New Zealand Flag 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
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