Dunedin and Christchurch

Dunedin
(pronounced: Doo-nee-din)

Dunedin SDA Church

Need a pianist?


Song Service

Stopping for lunch

1908 Restaurant

Fish and Chips

Road along the coast, going towards the tip of the peninsula

Nature's Wonders tour

Farm and land toured on 8-wheeled ATV's to see endangered seals and penguins

Entrance to the property

ATV

Along the way...

Stopping for a Kodak moment

Most eastern tip of New Zealand and first place west of the International Time Line - a popular place for people to greet the new year

Seal Beach

Baby seals and a few adults

One of the males

Nursing

Sunbathing

Nap time - we were able to quietly view babies up close through a small opening in the wall that separated us from them

Penguin Beach - home of the Yellow-fin penguin which likes to hide in the brush of the hills

The guide tells me about the penguins avoiding the seals because they look like sea lions, one of their predators. Seals are not.

The path we just took with a view

Lonely Tree

Plant life

High Cliff Road

Road that runs along the top of the peninsula

Lamb grazing on the hillside


View down to the bay

Lanarch Castle

The path from the car park to the castle

Flowers along the way

The front

The entrance

Top of the tower

View from the top of the tower

The grounds

Other flowers

Rose Garden

Walking down to the duck pond

The duck pond - another photographer got in the shot by taking some undeserved precedence

Queen for the moment. ☺

Road back to Dunedin

View of the bay

The First Church of Otago - Presbyterian







Road to Timiru

Driving along the coast

Oamaru - Blue Penguin Sighting

Stuffed penguins - we weren't allowed to photograph the live ones lest it should scare them away from their nests

Christchurch

Our Hotel

Checking in to our suite

Sites around the city

Art Centre - notice scaffolding placed after earthquake

Modern art downtown

One way to sight-see!

Shopping at the artists' stands

The artist autographs her work that we purchased

Lunch

Le Cafe

Punting on the Avon






On and off tram

On and Off tram

The conductor punches the tickets

Stopping to let a bride and groom be photographed with the tram

Gondola Ride

Riding to the top

View from the top

Antarctic Centre

The front of the centre across from the US Air Force Base for their Antarctic Program

Watching injured penguins being fed

Sitting on the sled at the camp display

In front of the Hägglund after our ride in it!

Hiker's Lodge

Hiker's Lodge exterior on the outskirt of the city heading into the mountains - now a restaurant


Interior of the lodge

Back into the city

Cathedral Square with a fern sculpture in front featuring New Zealand's trademark

Mona Vale on the Avon

The entrance to Mona Vale

Amongst the roses

A charming neighborhood along the Avon, near Mona Vale