Leaving Dunedin we're gonna go an hour north to my hometown as such of Oamaru.
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A town if 13000 people it services the local farming communities. Didn't like it growing up it's a small town. Looking back plenty of worse places to grow up.
Cape Wanbrow overlooking the harbor.
The cape was a fun place to go growing up. Pine plantation, bunkers left over from the war years caves to explore.
Another view.
Photos via my sister. In the distance you can see the Southern Alps. Mount Cook/Aoeaki is the tallest peak at 3700 metres.
Oamaru is famous for limestone Victorian buildings, a blue penguin colony and steampunk.
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It also has yellow eyed penguins. Used to collect Paua/abalone at one if the beaches and play dodge the sea lion or seal.
Recent drive through Oamaru during lockdown.
And penguins.
Tourist like em, they were roadkill in the 80s. Colony was built in the 90s and nesting boxes have been built along the coast to try and keep them out of nesting in basements.