South Island Otago Region 2020 Lawrence to Oamaru
Balclutha to Oamaru
Otago Region South Island
New Zealand
2020
We had a bit of a quiet day today, drove from Balclutha to Lawrence. We visited the Chinese Camp and then headed out to Gabriel's Gully Historic Reserve (our free park for tonight) it’s packed here as the Otago region NZMCA members are having a roving rally on the way to the Southland rally. Tomorrow we will do the walk here before we leave
a couple of originals
Tonight's stay
Dunedin
Here we are for 5 plus days
Lovely colorful field on the drive
Driving into Dunedin
Staying for 5 days
Dunedin
OMGosh 14 km’s 5 hours walking around town from the NZMCA park. We visited the I-site and are disappointed to find we will need to wait until we come back in the new year to visit the Albatross colony, they aren't nesting at the moment.
Then we visited the Colonial museum, Chinese Gardens, and Railway Station by then we needed a late lunch before walking home, seeing lovely old buildings and houses everywhere.
Botanic Gardens
Walked 8 km 3 hours return from NZMCA, lovely day first-class gardens.
Last day now moving north, we visited the Otago Museum and Baldwin Street, we walked to the top for fun.
Koekohe Beach
Moeraki Boulders
Tonight's stay Red-Barn by the sea, a great place to stay ($10 for the two of us) short stroll to the boulders up the beach.
Tonight's stay
View from window
Oamaru
Tonight's stay at A&P Showgrounds ($6 per vehicle per night and very nice)
We stopped and did the Swallows Track this morning it was 1-hour return and a bit of a killer steep up then very steep coming down.
After lunch, we visited the Steampunk HQ and then the Botanic Gardens.
Tonight's stay
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