Oamaru Trips
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Ppppp pick up a penguin!
(Mar 24 '06)
Left Dunedin at 8.30am, but not before walking up Baldwin Street - the world's steepest street! We were the only two people on our bus to do it, as the rest were a bunch of lightweights! Personally ...
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After a few bruises from Mt Hutt we took a Lazy day and headed further down the East Coast to Oamaru.
After checking into our hostel we checked out NZ not most ...
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Recap and penguins
(Jan 14 '05)
Scott: We are on the last full day of our journey. Journal entries have slowed down due to some technical difficulties with our computer, which recharges now only when it sees fit. Also, our ...
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Magpie Hill
(Oct 06 '07)
On our way south from the Banks Peninsula to Dunedin we noticed a hill that stuck out starkly against the coastal plains, and on top of this hill was some structure that we couldn't quite make out. ...
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Day 27
(Feb 15 '07)
"see how far we could get…3 hours later and we are still trying to get out of Christchurch!"
Thursday 15th Feb
After deciding we should get out of bed nice and early we eventually managed
to drag ...
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Oamaru and Mouraki Boulders
(Feb 15 '07)
From Mount Cook Village we crossed the country back to the east coast and headed for Oamaru, a former port town that has an immediate appeal in the presence of two penguin colonies - yellow-eyed and ...
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All this for one penguin
(Oct 10 '06)
"It decided this wasn't the beach it had been looking for and waddled back into the sea"
We made it to Oamaru after a five-hour drive from Christchurch (including a lovely lunch stop just off Highway 1 ...
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I love Oamaru!!!!
(Dec 29 '06)
Okay!!! Well, I'm starting to feel better with a few good night's sleep under my belt and just a cough left over :) I travelled by bus to get to Oamaru from Christchurch. Travelling by bus is ...
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A day trip to Oamaru and The Moeraki Boulders
(Mar 10 '07)
"The historic district is regarded as one of New Zealand's most impressive streetscapes."
March 10, 2007: A Day Trip to Oamaru and The Moeraki Boulders:
The town of Oamaru is about 120 kilometers ...
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We arrived
back on the East coast looking for somewhere to free camp, which was proving
difficult, we stopped at All Day bay at rest stop, which looked nice but the
toilet ...
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Moeraki Boulders
(Jan 22 '08)
These things are amazing. They are almost spherical rocks formed 55 to 55 million years ago. Geologically they are septarian concretians but to the Moari they are the remains of eel baskets and ...
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Cheryl’s Birthday! We picked up the camper van, but got a hassle doing so, they said that our reservation had been canceled. Then tried to palm off a really thrashed looking vehicle ...
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Big round rocks and heaps of Germans
(Nov 21 '06)
"We did manage to push aside a few of the more frail tourists to get some decent pictures"
Our travels towards Christchurch took us directly by an exciting geologic wonder know as the Moeraki Boulders. ...
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