Dunedin Day Trip

We went to Dunedin this past Saturday. It was a nice day trip and we got to see and do a few interesting things. We left Pukerau (where we live) and drove towards the ocean along the west coast. There is a Scenic Southern Route that we ended up taking. The skies were full of dark clouds and the winds were high. It was a drizzly rainy day, but the pictures will show that from time to time the sun did come out. Once in Dunedin we found the Octagon that is the centre of the city. There was a bagpiper thing going on so the streets around the Ocagon were closed. We parked and walked. We found a Beading store and Abby made a necklace. The boys went exploring while Abby was busy beading and they found an information booth that told us how to get to the Albatross Colony. It was out a long penninsula that twisted and turned and was not nearly wide enough for 2 vehicles. On one side of the road there was a hill/bluff and on the other side there was water!!!! I had a cold sweat going by the time we got out to our destination.
We got to see sea lions sunning themselves, they are not attractive animals and we saw albatross. The scenery was beautiful.

On the way home we found a little Pub outside of Dunedin and had a tasty fish and chip meal. Driving on the wrong side of the car, on the wrong side of the road on unfamiliar roads is one thing...but add complete darkness to the drive.....YIKES! That was our first night time drive.
I am trying to make the posts shorter as SOMEONE has sweetly mentioned that I they are too wordy!
Till next time...