Travelogues Dunedin

Our first weekend in New Zealand was very successful. On Saturday, we planned to explore the Dunedin Peninsula (Otago Peninsula). We took the bus from the city to Portobello, a...

We have arrived in Dunedin. Our journey took us across the South Island from the west to the east coast. In this region, many Scottish immigrants arrived by ship in the late...

Note on pronunciation: in German I would spell it like this: Dannieden :-)) We reached our next destination Dunedin, a relatively large city for local standards, known for...

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Catlins without penguins, Dunedin without penguins, but many other natural spectacles...

After a short night in Oamaru, we set off early to Dunedin as we wanted to play golf on a links course by the sea, Chisholm Links, around 10:30. Shortly after we started...

... this is how Dunedin is pronounced, one of the larger cities on the South Island and one of our stops for today. Before our arrival there, we had a sightseeing spot to visit...

World's largest wool sweater

From Kaka Point, we head to Dunedin on Wednesday, with a stopover at Tunnel Beach. Dunedin is the oldest city in New Zealand and is said to be a trendy, young, and beautiful...

The train station building is made of marble, volcanic and limestone.

After a stopover at some great, but rather unspectacular sandstone rock formations, we drive to the next boring rocks on the beach. We expected more from these semicircular...

Our journey continues to Dunedin, the last stop before the Catlins that I have been looking forward to since the beginning of the trip.

I was expecting a more typical, perhaps slightly larger city in New Zealand. And as we all know, the cities in New Zealand aren't that beautiful now. But as we got closer and...

Dunedin is also known as the 'Edinburgh of New Zealand' due to its architecture...

Our first night in the car was more comfortable for some and less comfortable for others. While I slept quite well and woke up in a cozy warm sleeping bag, Eric froze overnight...

First time Helpexchange at Edwina's place in Dunedin

Today we drove from Christchurch to Dunedin. We wanted to explore the east coast of the South Island. It is mainly pasture land and farms, compared to the glacier lakes and...

ERGOS New Zealand Trip

It's raining. Unfortunately, the weather forecast was right today. And it's supposed to rain all day. So it's the perfect day to lounge on the sofa, watch TV, read, learn...

Dunedin is located on a peninsula and has the charm of a Scottish town. I went to a cricket game which was so boring. 1. I don't understand the game and 2. there are 10 players...

ERGOS New Zealand Trip

After a week at the workshop, our Dil-Mobile is finally back with us! It's just a car, but we really missed it. After all, this car is currently our home, no matter the weather....

We treated ourselves to a day off from the 'hustle and bustle' of the city on the Otago Peninsula in front of Dunedin's port. After a brief stop at dilapidated fortifications...

ERGOS New Zealand Trip

In Oamaru, we found a Paua shell on the beach and saw sea lions. After a sunny day, we continued on to Dunedin. On the way there, we found the biggest round ice we've ever seen...

Arriving in Dunedin in the evening, we just went out to eat. So we only explored Dunedin the next day. In the morning, we went to another district because we wanted to use three...

Being clever as we are, we thought we'd check if we could get a WOF (a type of vehicle inspection) for our car on Friday evening.. So we paid $50 to have it checked and found...

Tunnel Beach Little man on a huge sandstone rock. To get to the beach, you have to go through a tunnel (as you can probably guess from the name). ...

We say goodbye to Christchurch and head towards Dunedin. The Rakaia River impresses again with its turquoise water. Amazing. We drive through the ski resorts of New Zealand and...

First a trip to the Otakou Peninsula, encounter with many seagulls which nest and breed there, looked somewhat like in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. Later on another visual...