Blogs from Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 11

Spring is here and with it the prospect of colour and growth and hope....a good time to be thinking of the trip next year.Like the purple magnolia flowering outside, which will all be gone to leaf in a month, so will our trip bloom and be forgotten...but that is a bit too deep at the moment! A first blog to get the trip underway. We have much to do before we head off.... read more

Invercargill to Dunedin So off we went again, further down south and further down the thermometer! The first stop was Invarcargill, not much to say about the place really although we did go to a museum and a chocolate café. We also stopped off at Bluff to try their big green mussels. We had planned a 5 day trip through the Catlins with lots of hiking, however, the weather turned this into a 1 day trip and we ran most of the walks we went on! We found shelter in a walk through an old abandoned rail tunnel, which was worth the trip alone to get an insight into Tory’s over active imagination! We therefore made it to Dunedin ahead of schedule so we spent a good 4 days there which was just as well as ... read more

Am Morgen konnten wir den Ausblick erst so richtig genießen, allerdings noch immer bei leichtem Regen. Und wirklich warm wars auch nicht, eher herbstlich – in österreichischem Wetter gesprochen. Nach dem Frühstück (wie fast immer hinter unserem Van – bei geöffneter Heckklappe haben wir genug Schutz vor Regen) sind wir ins Stadtzentrum gefahren. Dunedin ist eine schottische Stadt, soll heißen von Schotten besiedelt. Daher ist auch das Zentrum vor allem im viktorianischen Stil gebaut. Beim Spaziergang durch die Innenstadt konnten wir das sehr gut sehen, der geschätzte Leser sieht es auf so manchem Foto, z.B. beim Bahnhof. Welch gute Tipps der Lonely Planet manchmal hat, haben wir gleich danach gemerkt: unter der Rubrik „Cafès“ findet sich das „Strictly Coffee“ in der Bath Street. Und das war den Besuch auf jeden Fall wert: erstens sehr guter Kaffee, ... read more

It was bloody freezing last night. I got up in the middle of the night to put an extra blanket on the beds. I even put the fan heater on for a while!. It was a slow start to the day. We got the 11:00 bus into Dunedin. Dunedin Is the old Gaelic name for Edinburgh. There is a lot of Scottish influence on the city. The municipal building; Town Hall, Station etc. are all built in a Scottish style. We went to the visitors information centre to book a tour to the Otago Peninsula. Ended up booking a wildlife cruise that leaves at 15:00. So wee have some time to kill. I go for a haircut that passes all of 30 seconds. We go and get some lunch. It is a lovely day and we ... read more

After an extended stay in Wellington I am now in Dunedin. The guys decided to stay on. We might meet up again in the North island, but i'm running out of time, so i had to make a move. I really want to spend some time in Queenstown! It been a bit of a mammoth drive, but a very scenic one! The Ferry crossing from Welly, to Picton was really good! I took an early ferry. So the sun was still really low. The colors in the Sky were amazing! I took the coastal route, only stopping in Christchurch. It was a terrible sight!! My heart really goes out to people there! And now here i am in Dunedin. Haven't really had much of a chance to look around properly. Just had a drive round. I ... read more