We decided to leave the city and head for Otago Peninsula. It is about a 45 minute drive over narrow roads to a beautiful but narrow and hilly peninsula. On one side is the harbor for Dunedin and the other side is the Pacific Ocean. It is home to a great variety of wildlife.We stopped at Larnarch Castle, a beautiful mansion built by JWM Larnarch, a very successful merchant and politician, for his first wife on the highest point of Otago Peninsula.   Construct...

Today we once again used the city bus to return to the center of Dunedin. I have to mention how polite everyone is on the bus. First, the bus drivers are very helpful and offer to give directions. When changing bus drivers, the new driver stands in front and says, "Good Morning, everyone!" When people leave the bus, both the passenger and the driver tell each other "Thank You." How refreshing!We walked from the Octagon to Cadbury World for their Chocolate To...

Dunedin is Bob's favorite city in NZ. It is similar to San Francisco as it is a charming seaside city on steep hillsides; it even has the world’s steepest street, which I thought was in SF. It is a university town, which makes it fun and dynamic. Dunedin was founded by Scottish settlers and its name is Celtic for Edinburgh. It has fine examples of Edwardian and Victorian architecture.We avoided driving and parking in the "city centre" by taking a ci...

We stopped by Tea Pot Land before we left Owaka. Someone really loves tea pots! We looked for one like Patty's, but couldn't find it there.We then drove to the lighthouse at Nugget Point. To get to the trailhead, we had to drive a narrow and steep gravel road, and then to get to the lighthouse we had to hike up a narrow cliffside path that would have stopped my sisters' hearts, but it was so worth it.  The lighthouse sits on a promontory on top of ...

We started our day with a hike to Mc Lean Falls. It was a beautiful track to the falls, constructed by the students at King High School. We were very grateful for the impressive job they did, as we couldn't have made it to the falls without the five bridges and seven staircases that took us to a platform to see the falls. The track also had numerous signs identifying the trees along the way.We went back to our Mc Lean Falls campground and had a tall black a...