We left the campsite and travelled to Palmerston. A small town in a gold mining region. It was fairly early and even the tourist office was closed so we moved on to the next stop.
We drove along the coast to see the view from the sea cliffs, but the view was hidden by the mist so we continued on to Dunedin. We wandered around the town and saw St Andrew's church and the very grand, old railway station. Apparently this is the most photographed building in whole town and very beautiful it is!
Next, we went to the Settlers Museum which was full of information dating back to the first explorer who sailed into Dunedin, a Scottish man, hence the name. In fact most things in this area can be related back to Scotland and have Scottish 'sounding' names. The museum was really good and had many displays from the early times in NZ to modern society. We remembered many of the items on display from the 70's, including; Tupperware cups, an old hairdryer complete with multicoloured cap and the Sinclair ZX80 first home computer. We even played on an Atari console, if anyone remembers them!
We stayed the night just inside the Otago Peninsula. We were perched fairly high up with the most wonderful view of the city lights.
We drove along the coast to see the view from the sea cliffs, but the view was hidden by the mist so we continued on to Dunedin. We wandered around the town and saw St Andrew's church and the very grand, old railway station. Apparently this is the most photographed building in whole town and very beautiful it is!
Next, we went to the Settlers Museum which was full of information dating back to the first explorer who sailed into Dunedin, a Scottish man, hence the name. In fact most things in this area can be related back to Scotland and have Scottish 'sounding' names. The museum was really good and had many displays from the early times in NZ to modern society. We remembered many of the items on display from the 70's, including; Tupperware cups, an old hairdryer complete with multicoloured cap and the Sinclair ZX80 first home computer. We even played on an Atari console, if anyone remembers them!
We stayed the night just inside the Otago Peninsula. We were perched fairly high up with the most wonderful view of the city lights.
