01.03.10 Dunedin and Moeraki Boulders

We arrived in Dunedin and took a drive along the peninsula to maybe see some penguins and albatross. The windy road gave great views of Dunedin, the water and the little bachs along the waters edge but unfortunately not of albatross which are obviously tied up around the corner so you have to pay to go and see them. We had dinner at the beautiful Etruscos, the stained glass windows and atmosphere made for a great evening. The next day we checked out central Dunedin, the art gallery and then decided like most cities in NZ, there isn't much to them! Instead we headed to tunnel beach a spectacular bit of headland. There are arches, stacks and unimaginably thin slithers of rock as well as old man made tunnel which goes from the head of the cliff down to a lovely bay. After this there was more fun than we had envisaged at the steepest street in the world and then we moved up the coast to the Moeraki boulders. Our timings didn't quite work out and so with high tide at its peak the boulders were surrounded by water... this only made it more fun to try and clamber onto them without getting drenched, as you can see in the picture mum and I were successful due to Charlies help!