Travelogues Oamaru

Coastal town with a special steampunk touch and no penguin sightings.

09/01/2015 The bed was super comfortable and I slept like a log. The alarm at 8:00 a.m. is bothering me accordingly. Breakfast on the terrace outside the room in the sun with...

After an unplanned, extended stay in Timaru, we continued our journey south of the South Island yesterday. In New Zealand, cars must be regularly re-registered in addition to...

What can I say, it's raining. Today the blooming comes to an end. We still have a packed sightseeing program ahead of us before we reach our next destination. We start with...

Oamaru was intended as a stopover for us. However, the stay turned into one of our most beautiful ones. Our accommodation was the Oamaru Backpackers. A beautiful house with a...

Day 16 Clay Cliffs Path to the Clay Cliffs - Mattis hiked all by himself Clay Cliffs In the morning, we had a leisurely breakfast at Lake Pukaki (First time we had a...

I've thrown my plans for today out the window due to the weather forecast. I had originally planned to go to Lake Tekapo and Lake Pukaki, then to Mount Cook National Park, and...

Monday 26.3. (60 km in 2.5 h) We start the day with the Hookers Trail 5 km hike to the glacier lake It was extremely windy.... but walking is somehow funny... After 2 hours of...

Anglican Church

01/22/17 - 01/23/17 Oamaru We spend most of the day driving down the east coast in rainy weather. When we arrive in Oamaru, it briefly stops raining and we take a short walk...

On the tour to the coastal town of Oamaru, you can see for several kilometers before the town what it is famous for: cream-colored sandstone is being extracted here, which can...

We saw stone marbles in the sea on our drive along the coast and stopped in Oamaru, a city with a Victorian flair.

Wednesday 19.12.18 It's still raining when I wake up at 7.45am. Surprisingly late. Probably because it's so gray outside. I think about what to do based on the weather report...

We've been on the road for a while now and...

I was actually able to observe the two penguins that live under the kitchen of the place up close yesterday, as they went from the beach, which is about 50 meters in front of...

So, to get around to Christchurch in the end, we have to go back to the Pacific. So a little bit south again and then through the hills to the east. First thing in the morning,...

So... finally back on the road! We took it slow and first explored a small peninsula in the idyllic town of Karitane. We found amazing rock arches, had a wonderful view of the...

Today we went to the Elephant rocks (near Duntroon) where a scene of Narnia was filmed. Despite cloudy and chilly weather we explored Ōamaru at the coast with its ancient...

Oamaru is a stopover on the long journey south. The town is famous for the local 'little blue penguins'. They are the smallest species of penguin in the world. They come back...

04.02.20 We actually wanted to head towards Catlins today. But it has been pouring all night... and still is! It's not raining, it's pouring. During breakfast, we are very glad...

I haven't written in a long time and a lot has happened. During my time working in Blenheim, I met amazing people who became like family to me, so saying goodbye was really...

Aha! You have to explore New Zealand off the beaten track as well. That's how you can summarize today and leave it at that. But well: Today we drove from Lake Tekapo to Oamaru,...

After a night as "Fanz Meersdong" with my Fiat Punto in a trucker motel, I was the smallest vehicle in the parking lot and at 6 a.m. there was hell to pay on the same spot, I...

Today we saw our first extraordinary animal😍 After we were at the beach first and saw the sea lions and stood more or less right next to them, we went up to the lookout at 3...