We drove north today up the east coast from Dunedin to Timaru. Before we left Dunedin we drove up Baldwin Street, which is the steepest street in the world with a gradient of 1:2.86 – the car’s brakes held on the way down!! Having left Dunedin we soon reached the coastal plain which is mainly agricultural and not that interesting. We did, however, see a couple of things to report on. One was the boulders on Moeraki beach, which resemble tenpin bowling balls, scattered on the beach. As the sea has eroded the cliffs the boulders have been deposited. We also went to have a look at the little blue penguin sanctuary in Oamaru. Most of the penguins were out on their daily feeding trip in the sea, but we managed to see a few that were moulting and still in their nests. It is amazing how small these penguins actually are.
We are staying the night in Timaru, which has the feeling of a ghost town. It is quite large but when we drove in to get a take-away at about 7.30 p.m. it was virtually deserted. We continue north to Christchurch tomorrow for our last night in New Zealand.
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