Departing from Queenstown, we are heading to Dunedin, the oldest city in New Zealand. Along the journey, we pass through many beautiful small towns, Cromwell, Alexandra, Ettrick, Beaumont and Milton.
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Beautiful Vineyard |
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Roxburgh |
One of the unforgettable one is Roxburgh, as there many fruit stalls. We stopped at one of the fruit stall selling apple. To our surprise, there is no one in the stall and customer all free to choose whatever apples in the stall and pay into the Honesty Box after weight it. I was so happy seeing all types of fresh apples and pears and of course, we bought a lot! We try it along our journey, the apples were so fresh and juicy^^
On the way, JL was so busy finding Jimmy Pie which is famous, and finally we get it at Ettrick. We also bought fish and chip as our lunch, very healthy lunch with apples!
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Roxburgh Fruits Stall |
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Braeburn Apple, Pacific Queen Apple, Pacific Rose, Royal Gala, Sonya apple that we bought! |
Finally we reach a town with many cars and students, which is lively and edgy compare to others town, that is Dunedin^^ We check in to Garden Motel, the owners was so friendly and free upgrade our room. After enjoyed the delicious coffee in our cozy room, we have a walk in Octagon, heart of Dunedin.
Being the second largest city in South Island, Dunedin possesses a unique combination of cultural riches, fine architecture, and world-famous wildlife reserves on the Otago Peninsula. I believe the people here have strong religious believe as there are many historical Church here. The Knox Church, First Church and St Josephs Cathedral are the cities church with few minute walk from octagon.
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Knox Church |
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The First Church |
Art gallery and musuem was found everywhere in this vibrant and cultured city. There is Otago Musuem which is free admission, Dunedin Gas work Museum, Quadrant Gallery, de Beer Gallery, Gallerry De Novo , Rockbourne Galley and many more.
Dunedin Railway Station, built in 1906, is said to be one of the most photographed buildings in New Zealand. This historical building is the most popular city sights with ornate stained glass windows inside to the wonderful block and stone features of the exterior. We also saw people held a wedding in this memorable place.
From the Taieri Gorge Raiway Station, we plan to go to very popular Otago Farmers Market, but later we get to know that it runs every Saturday morning from 8.30am to 12noon. So we plan to go next morning.
Another famous location in Dunedin is world’s steepest residential street, Baldwin Street, with total length of 161.2 meters, 47.22 meters in height and slope of about 38.3 degrees. Both sides of the street are houses and garden.
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Baldwin Street |
We then passed by University of Otago, New Zealand's first university (1869), and the Otago Polytechnic. It was a fruitful day as we took many good pictures of magnificent building in this city. At night, we have our self cook romantic dinner.
Many others attraction in Dunedin:
1. Cadbury World
2. Otago Museum
3. Speight's Brewery Tours and the Speight's Ale House
4. Larnach Castle
5. Monarch Wildlife Cruises & Tours
6. Elm Wildlife Tours
7. Dunedin Botanical Garden
8. Dunedin Chinese Garden
9. St Clair Beach
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