Blogs from Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 43

... while travelling through New Zealand we saw heaps of signs advertising historic sites... but honestly most times my Grandma was more historic. None the less Dunedin and Oamaru provided outstanding historic buildings. Dunedin is famous for its Scottish influence. Even the name means Edinburgh in the Galic language. The railway station and the First Church are the most pretty ones among the buildings. The Station is meant to be one of the best examples for Railway Station Architecture in the southern hemisphere, built by the architect George Troup. Oh well, at least that's what our guide books tells us. One of Dunedin's major architects is Robert Lawson who's master piece is the First Church. For further details just take a look at the pictures. The highly recommended Octagon Square in the centre disappointed us, it ... read more

Hey all.. My mother has been at me again about my entry for Dunedin even though I only got here last night... Have to add in my pics from christchurch as well but havent quite figured how to get them on here yet. Christchurch was pretty boring actually. I think it would be really nice if it was by car as most of the sights are out of the city and when I say out of the city I mean OUT. Like 30 mins to 1 hour away. So roamed around a fair bit feeling like I was travelling in circles. Have definately worn in my boots though which is a good thing. Got burnt on sunday from sitting in the cathedral square for too long. They have heaps of street performers doing their stuff which ... read more

Hey All! So life is pretty good here in Dunedin. After heading back from Te Anau and Milford Sounds we entered the crazy week of orientation…all about having a good time and meeting tons of people. Two of my roommates Holly and Scott arrived on Sunday night. It was awesome to get to meet them. Scott is my “kiwi host” and is awesome! He has totally made the transition here so easy. I have spent quite a bit of time hanging out with him and his friends who are all really cool. Holly is from just out side of Buffalo, NY. She is really sweet but is still pretty quite. Orientation week was pretty crazy, lots of activities all day long, free food, free stuff, and lots of going out. The study abroad office ran a ... read more

Maandag zijn we op ons gemak naar Milford Sound gereden. Onderweg nog even gestopt in Te Anau om informatie op te halen en een lekkere lunch te halen. Ook langs de weg van Te Anau naar Milford is al genoeg te zien, dus onderweg zijn we nog verschillende keren gestopt. Onder andere bij Mirror Lakes waar we deze keer wel mooie weerspiegelingen hadden, maar ook gewoon om af en toe van het uitzicht te genieten. In Milford Sound gingen we nog even een kop koffie drinken en daar kwamen weer een Nederlandse tegen uit het vliegtuig. Wel grappig hoe vaak je een aantal mensen telkens weer tegen komt en ook wel leuk om met elkaar ervaringen uit te wisselen. De tijd was zo om en voor we het wisten konden we al inchecken op de boot. ... read more

Unfortunately we let someone else take our pictures off our camera and they screwed it up, so we lost another 200+ pictures again. So we don't have any pictures for this blog. So let this be a lesson always do it yourself. We left Marianne and Geoff's today and headed to Dunedin, which is on the East Coast. We took the Southern Scenic Route around the bottom of the South Island following the coast, round the Catlins. Our first stop along the way was Porpoise Bay, where the world's rarest dolphins reside, the Hector Dolphin. We couldn't see them clearly but we did see quite a few of them swimming around in the Bay. The next stop was to check out a fossilized forest. It was pretty neat, you could actually see the trees that used ... read more