We decided to take the coastal scenic road from Invercargill to Dunedin. The scenery was different with low green hills and some lovely sandy bays below cliffs. It was still very windy on the cliff tops.
We have been very surprised by Dunedin. It is a university town with lots of students and was in the midst of ‘fringe week’; we have seen lots in bizarre costumes, which generally seems to involve the men cross dressing!
The highlight of the day was the trip when we arrived in Dunedin around the Otago peninsular. From the top there are terrific views of Dunedin and the harbour. We were looking for penguins and albatrosses, but only found sea lions on the beach. We then went to a penguin conservation reserve. The reserve owns an area in which the penguins live naturally, but can be observed from hides. The types of penguins which live on the reserve are the yellow eyed variety of which there are very few left. We watched one penguin getting a drink from the sea and playing around at the water’s edge. We also saw a ‘soap opera’ where a female chased another female away as her male had been unfaithful with that female. They were fascinating to watch and Ben managed to take some photos.
Tomorrow we are going on a train journey up the Taieri Gorge Railway.
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