Dunedin – Glenfalloch gardens

Something I had been meaning to do on previous trips was to visit Glenfalloch Gardens on the Otago Peninsula – sadly I didn’t get around to it, however this trip we did. Last time I was there was when I was a kid, and all I remembered about it was the peacocks wandering around the place – we saw no peacocks this time, but I don’t know if it’s because we didn’t explore the whole place, or if they just don’t have them there any more.

We started out (oddly enough) at the main entry, looked at the bridal garden (where Jing must have left the map), and then went on a long walk up to the top of the hill – not good for my tibial stress fracture, but there you go. By the time we returned, we were too exhausted to look around the main area any more, so it’s still a bit of a mystery to me.

One observation – I literally think we saw more bees in the few days in Dunedin, than I have seen in 14 years in Sydney … odd. Plenty of bees seen elsewhere in NZ also.

Enjoy the photos …

Dunedin – architecture

Dunedin is well known for it’s historic architecture, amongst other things, and of course although we had taken many photos on previous trips you can visit Dunedin without visiting Otago University, the Octagon, and the Railway Station for a few snaps.

Otago University:

And at other times we had looked around elsewhere, including visited Robbie in the Octagon:

And headed to the Exchange:
 
I used to think this was a hideous building, but it has grown on me. It is the only building of this age that I can think off that looks like it has stood the test of time.

Dunedin – general

So, what did we do whilst in Dunedin you ask? There was a fair bit of eating (as with the whole trip) … Nova cafe in the Octagon was good:

Burger King was a pleasant surprise with “almost” wedges being an option instead of “fries”, tomato sauce readily available, comfy seating, awesome Hawaiian Chicken burger (my arteries are clogging just thinking about it), and of course being able to mix your own raspberry and coke:

And needless to say we had fish and chips from Forbury Takeaway.

We visited Signal Hill lookout …

Looked into the mouth of the port to find a set of teeth …

Did some unintentional bird spotting …

And drove to Waihola for no real reason …

 

More to come …

Oamaru

Our first day in Dunedin saw us leave immediately for a day trip to Oamaru to visit a friend. Whilst there, we of course we had a look around and we were both quite taken by Steampunk in general …

… and of course I was taken in by the train operating from Harbourside, and the rail junk nearer the water …

Lastly on the way home …